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  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the six Acts which established the carbon pricing mechanism; amends 13 Acts to make amendments consequent on the repeals; enables the payment and future enforcement of carbon tax liabilities for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years; amends the:
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to: prohibit carbon tax-related price exploitation and false or misleading representations about the carbon tax repeal; and provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with additional price monitoring powers, including taking action against businesses that do not pass on cost savings attributable to the carbon tax repeal;
    Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to remove the conservation tillage tax offset; and
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011
    to change the future funding for the agency; and repeals the
    Steel Transformation Plan Act 2011
    to cease carbon tax-related assistance to steel industry businesses. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill provides for a transitional exemption from the carbon charge component of the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases imported between 1 April and 30 June 2014 if certain conditions are met. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995
    to remove the applicable charge rate from the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment imported after 1 July 2014. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995
    to remove the applicable charge rate from the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment manufactured after 1 July 2014. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is a duty of excise. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 8 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Aligns Australia’s anti-doping legislation with the revised World Anti-Doping Code and International Standards that come into force on 1 January 2015 by amending the
    Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
    in relation to: an additional prohibited association anti-doping rule violation (ADRV); extending the period to 10 years in which action can be commenced on a possible ADRV; expanding the membership of the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee; information management; a requirement for the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) to maintain a public record of ADRVs and sanctions; public disclosure of information by ASADA; removal of the requirement for the ADRV Panel to maintain a Register of Findings; and technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011
    to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and
    Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011
    to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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