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• Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 6) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to clarify that native title benefits are not subject to income tax (including capital gains tax);

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: update the list of deductible gift recipients; extend the immediate deductibility of exploration and prospecting expenditure provided to mining and petroleum explorers to geothermal energy explorers; and clarify that the definition of ‘limited recourse debt’ includes arrangements where, in substance or effect, the debtor is not fully at risk in relation to the debt;

  Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Act 2011

  to extend the interim streaming rules for managed investment trusts until the end of the 2013-14 financial year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to apply an income test to the rebate for medical expenses from 1 July 2012;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to remove the concessional fringe benefits tax treatment for in-house fringe benefits accessed by way of salary packaging arrangements; and Retirement Savings Accounts Regulations 1997, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 and five Acts to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  to: provide the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) Chief Executive Officer or their delegate with the power to issue a disclosure notice to compel persons to attend an interview with an investigator and to produce information and documents or things relevant to the administration of the National Anti-Doping Scheme; impose penalties for failing to comply with a disclosure notice; clarify the role of the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel; provide that conflict of interest provisions apply to matters relating to activities of the panel or the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee; and clarify that the eight-year statute of limitations specified in the World Anti-Doping Code applies in Australia’s anti-doping arrangements; and

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  and

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to enable Australia Post to share information with ASADA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Completion of Kakadu National Park (Koongarra Project Area Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Koongarra Project Area Act 1981

  as part of the process to incorporate the Koongarra area into Kakadu National Park. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Commission) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to: establish the Anti-Dumping Commission within the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service; and confer on the commissioner powers in relation to anti-dumping matters; and

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

  to provide that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, as the National Marine Safety Regulator, is able to reimburse to the states and the Northern Territory amounts collected for infringement notices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2012-2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2012-2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  to enable the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly to determine the size of the Assembly with the approval of a two-thirds majority of the members of the Assembly. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: provide that a designated datacasting service is a datacasting service provided by a commercial television broadcasting licensee, a commercial radio broadcasting licensee or a national broadcaster, or is of a kind specified by the minister; and generally require that providers of designated datacasting services hold datacasting licences;

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to require the minister to direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority to review and report on the provision of spectrum for low interference potential device class licenses and provide a transition pathway for such licences by 30 July 2013; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Finance) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Competitiveness 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: allow for the payment of a $200 million special dividend from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s (EFIC) surplus capital in the 2012-13 financial year; enable the minister to direct that future special dividends be made by EFIC; and enable the minister, by legislative instrument, to prescribe an increase in EFIC’s callable capital; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum