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• Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuel Indexation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the:

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to: increase the rate of excise duty applying to domestic fuels, including gaseous fuels, in line with Consumer Price Index movements; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the:

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to provide that the road user charge rate determined by the minister is rounded in the same way as fuel duty rates are rounded;

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  , proposed

  Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015

  and

  Excise Act 1901

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill establishes the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account to make grants of financial assistance to the states and territories for expenditure in relation to road infrastructure investment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Defined Benefit Income Streams) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that the deductible amount for defined benefit income streams, excluding military defined benefits schemes, is capped at a maximum 10 per cent of the gross payments to an individual for the income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2015

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  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: alter the list of delegable functions and powers to include roads over Aboriginal land and access agreement matters and for other functions and powers to be delegated; enable the Executive Director of Township Leasing, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to hold a sublease of Aboriginal land; enable the transfer of the sublease between the executive director and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; provide for the Aboriginals Benefit Account to be used for payments in relation to the acquisition and administration of the sublease by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or the executive director; enable the minister to vary administrative areas of Land Councils at the written request of the relevant Land Councils; and add parcels of land in the Wickham River area, the Simpson Desert, and the Vernon Islands to be granted as Aboriginal land to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to provide explicit powers for the cessation of Australian citizenship in specified circumstances where a dual citizen engages in terrorism-related conduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide statutory authority for the Commonwealth to provide assistance to other countries to carry into effect arrangements for the processing and management of unauthorised maritime arrivals who have been taken to regional processing countries, including the expenditure of Commonwealth money on these arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 2) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: provide tax relief to taxpayers entering into certain arrangements in relation to mining, quarrying and prospecting rights and information; and amend the company loss recoupment rules;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the effective life of in-house software from four to five years; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide income tax look-through treatment for instalment warrants, instalment receipts, and other similar arrangements, and for certain limited recourse borrowing arrangements entered into by regulated superannuation funds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business Measures No. 3) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide a 5 per cent tax offset (capped at $1000 per income year) to individuals who run small businesses with an aggregate annual turnover of less than $2 million, or who have a share of a small business’ income included in their assessable income; and enable small businesses and individuals to immediately deduct certain costs incurred when starting up a business; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to extend the fringe benefits tax exemption that applies to employers that provide employees with work-related portable electronic devices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to extend the unfair contract term protections to businesses with less than 20 employees agreeing to standard form contracts valued at less than a prescribed threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum