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• Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: remove the annual caps on Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding; change the way in which higher education providers are eligible for that funding; abolish the student learning entitlement; require higher education providers to enter into mission-based compacts with the Commonwealth; and require higher education providers to uphold free intellectual inquiry in relation to learning, teaching and research. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to provide funding for non-ABSTUDY payments for the 2013 calendar year; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to transfer funding for the 2012 and 2013 calendar years for the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education from the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to the Other Grants Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Criminal Court Act 2002

  ,

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 1987

  to respond to the High Court decision in

  International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission

  (2009) 240 CLR 319 by providing that courts have the discretion to refuse to register a foreign proceeds of crime order if it would be contrary to the interests of justice to register the order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that parenting payment recipients are only covered by the transitional arrangement in respect of children who were in their care before 1 July 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 4) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: reduce the gross domestic product (GDP) factor to four per cent for the 2011-12 financial year for GDP-adjusted notional tax; and provide that contributions to superannuation required by an industrial instrument or rules of a superannuation fund are excluded from reportable employer superannuation contributions;

  Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 3) Act 2009

  to make consequential amendments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that minors cannot use the low income tax offset to reduce tax due on certain income; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to the percentage of premiums for certain total and permanent disability insurance policies that can be claimed as deductions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Navigation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Navigation Act 1912

  to: implement the Maritime Labour Convention in Australia by setting minimum requirements for working and living conditions for seafarers working on certain ships engaged in commercial activities, except fishing; and enable vessel traffic services to be extended to the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006

  to replace references to ‘Designated Authority’ with ‘State Minister’ consequent on the proposed

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Act 2006

  to replace references to ‘Designated Authority’ with ‘Titles Administrator’ consequent on the proposed

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to replace the state and Northern Territory based Designated Authorities with the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (which will replace the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and have extended functions) and the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (located within the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism) to administer and regulate petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters in the Australian offshore area. Also repeals the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Act 2006

  and makes amendments consequential on these repeals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

  to impose cost recovery levies (an annual titles administration levy and an environment plan levy) on the registered holders of offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage titles. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum