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• VET Student Loans (Charges) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill imposes an annual charge on approved course providers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Venture Capital Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation Laws Amendment (Venture Capital) Bill 2002, the bill establishes a registration and reporting process for venture capital limited partnerships, Australian venture capital funds of funds and eligible venture capital investors, administered by the Pooled Development Funds Registration Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade 

  Summary

  Introduced with the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Bill 2004, the bill amends 11 Acts, relating to customs, agricultural and veterinary chemicals, geographical wine indicators, life insurance, foreign acquisitions and takeovers, Commonwealth authorities and companies, therapeutic goods, patents and copyright, in order to implement Australia’s obligations under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement which is due to commence on 1 January 2005. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Bill 2004, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to vary customs duty for certain goods and include a regulation-making power, in order to implement Australia’s obligations under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement which is due to commence on 1 January 2005. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Applies a profits-based mineral royalty regime to new projects containing designated substances, including uranium, on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal land. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Gives effect to the National Cooperative Scheme on Unexplained Wealth by amending the:

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: extend the scope of Commonwealth unexplained wealth restraining orders and unexplained wealth orders to territory and state offences; enable state and territory law enforcement entities to apply for production orders and issue notices to financial institutions; ensure the continued operation of state and territory confiscation regimes; provide for the equitable sharing of recovered proceeds between Commonwealth, state, territory and foreign law enforcement entities; and provide for a review after the fourth anniversary of the commencement of the national scheme;

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to facilitate information-sharing in relation to unexplained wealth investigations and proceedings between Commonwealth, territory and state law enforcement agencies; and Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002 to clarify that the definition of ‘unexplained wealth legislation’ extends to particular provisions of the

  Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990

  (NSW) and the

  Criminal Property Forfeiture Act

  (NT). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Underwater Cultural Heritage Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Underwater Cultural Heritage (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 to replace the framework established by the

  Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

  , the bill: provides for the identification, protection and conservation of Australia’s underwater cultural heritage, including submerged aircraft and human remains; implements national and international maritime heritage responsibilities; and promotes public awareness and appropriate use of Australia’s underwater cultural heritage. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Underwater Cultural Heritage (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Underwater Cultural Heritage Bill 2018 to replace the framework established by the

  Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

  , the bill: repeals the

  Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

  ; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Heritage Council Act 2003

  ,

  Navigation Act 2012

  ,

  Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981

  and

  Sea Installations Act 1987

  . Also includes transitional provisions in relation to: automatically and individually declared sites and articles; notified relics; notices of possession, custody and control of articles; applications for, and issued, permits; and continuation of the Register of Historic Shipwrecks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trust Recoupment Tax Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 15 bills to implement a three-year progressive budget repair levy, the bill amends the

  Trust Recoupment Tax Act 1985

  to increase to 47 per cent the rate of tax imposed on amounts involved in certain trust stripping arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  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