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• Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill imposes a levy on telecommunications carriers or carriage service providers if the carriers or providers have a levy amount for an eligible levy period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill amends: six Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency; and the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  NRS Levy Imposition Act 1998

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to provide for the phasing out of the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service levies after 30 June 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill: establishes the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA) as a statutory agency to implement and administer the service agreements or grants that deliver universal service and other public policy telecommunications outcomes; sets out the agency’s corporate governance structure and reporting and accountability requirements; provides for the minister, by legislative instrument, to make standards, rules or benchmarks for TUSMA contracts and grants; and provides for the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service industry levy regimes to be consolidated into a single regime to provide TUSMA funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that a non-citizen has, at a particular time, no lawful right to come to Australia if at that time the person does not meet requirements for lawfully coming to Australia under domestic law; and apply this clarification retrospectively to 16 December 1999. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require financial advisers to provide a fee disclosure statement to a client when charging advice fees for longer than 12 months; require financial advisers to provide a fee disclosure statement and a renewal notice to a client when charging advice fees for longer than 24 months; and extend the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s licensing and banning powers used to supervise the financial services industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide the Commissioner of Taxation with discretion to disregard certain events that would otherwise trigger the assessment of certain income for a primary production trust in the year of the event;

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to clarify the location of the ‘taxing point’ for the purposes of the petroleum resource rent tax; and

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to clarify taxation arrangements for gaseous fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, the bill: determines the arrangements and timings for the transfer of existing renewable energy technology projects from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Australian Solar Institute Limited (ASI) to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA); enables the deregistration of ASI and the abolition of the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Board; and provides for the early appointment of the first Chief Executive Officer of ARENA by the minister. Also makes consequential amendments to the proposed

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  and repeals the

  Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Act 2010

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill establishes the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as a statutory body responsible for the funding and administration of existing renewable energy funding and technology innovation projects currently administered by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Australian Solar Institute Limited, and provides for ARENA’s governance and financial arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to: provide that the Act commences before the Personal Property Securities national online register is available for public use; and make consequential amendments; and

  Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Act 2010

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Tuition Protection Service) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a tuition protection service, the bill amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997

  to make amendments consequent on the proposed

  Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Act 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum