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• New International Tax Arrangements (Participation Exemption and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: reduce the amount of the capital gain or capital loss that will be subject to capital gains tax rules where Australian companies and controlled foreign companies sell shares in a foreign company with an underlying active business;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the current exemptions for foreign branch profits and foreign dividends to all countries from 1 July 2004; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to reduce the scope of tainted services income. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: modify certain foreign investment fund rules; provide an interest withholding tax exemption for interest paid on certain debentures issued by eligible unit trusts; remove the need for certain income of a controlled foreign country resident to be included as notional assessable income; and prevent double taxation of royalties subject to withholding tax. Also makes consequential amendments and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2018

  and

  Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the new vehicle efficiency standard. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a vehicle efficiency standard to regulate the carbon dioxide emissions of certain road vehicles. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  to strengthen arrangements for the protection of, and application of non-proliferation safeguards to, nuclear material, facilities and associated information;

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998

  to enable Australia to enact legislation banning nuclear weapon tests ahead of entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty; and

  Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994

  ,

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998

  and

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  to provide for the implementing office and its Director to be referred to by a name or title specified by the Minister. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987[eitalss] and

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  (Safeguards Act) to implement Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and to the International Atomic Energy Agency under the Additional Protocol; and create new offences; Safeguards Act,

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Act 1998

  and

  Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994

  to extend the geographical jurisdiction for offences related to proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons; and

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Amendment (Supreme Court) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to: make technical amendments to the provisions authorising off-island sittings of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island to remove any doubt that the Supreme Court may exercise its criminal or civil jurisdiction in a state, in the absence of an arrangement between the Commonwealth and the state government or authority, where no powers, duties or functions are conferred or imposed upon a state officer; and clarify the basis under which travelling allowances are determined for judges of the Supreme Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Amendment Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Local Government, Territories and Roads 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to align electoral arrangements in Norfolk Island more closely to those of other Australian parliaments, including those of the other self-governing Territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure 

  Summary

  Part of a package of eight bills to reform the legal and governance framework for Norfolk Island, the bill amends the:

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  and 28 Acts to provide interim measures to implement the reform, including abolishing the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and Executive Council, and establishing an Advisory Council as an interim consultative body; the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  and 115 Acts to provide for final governance arrangements, including: the application of New South Wales (NSW) state law to Norfolk Island as Commonwealth law and to allow the Commonwealth to enter into arrangements with the NSW Government for the delivery of state level services; and extending certain mainland social security, immigration and health arrangements to Norfolk Island; and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to align the power to collect statistics in the external territories with the power to collect statistics in the rest of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation and Science 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016, the bill amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to enable the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation to: assist the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility; assist, on agreement, the states and territories; and charge fees to the facility and the states and territories for the services it provides in performing its functions for them. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum