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• Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

  to: abolish the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner and create the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate; remove existing building industry specific laws; enable the inspectorate to compulsorily obtain information or documents relevant to an investigation from certain persons; provide for safeguards in relation to the inspectorate’s powers to obtain information and documents (including a three-year sunset provision); and create the office of the Independent Assessor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Clarifies that consequential amendments made by the

  Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011

  to ten Acts will not apply until the national business names registration system commences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for the introduction of a default superannuation product (MySuper) to replace existing default products by amending the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: define MySuper superannuation products; limit regulated superannuation funds to offering only one MySuper product, except in certain circumstances; allow registrable superannuation entity licensees to apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for authorisation to offer a MySuper product; set out rules on the payment of contributions and account transfers for MySuper products; and set out fees that can be charged to members of a MySuper product; and

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to provide that employers make superannuation guarantee contributions on behalf of employees who do not have a chosen fund to a fund that offers a MySuper product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: extend from 1 January 2012 to 1 January 2013 the review relating to the allocation of one or more additional commercial television broadcast licences (“the sixth channel review”); and expand the scope of this and any subsequent review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable the Minister for Defence to prohibit the export of specified non-regulated goods to a particular place or person if the minister suspects that the goods would or may be used for a military end-use that may prejudice Australia’s security, defence or international relations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011, the bill: gives effect to the Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America concerning Defense Trade Cooperation; provides for controls on the supply of Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL) listed technology and services related to DSGL technology and goods; creates a registration and permit regime for the brokering of DSGL goods, technology and related services; and creates offences and imposes penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill: amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  ,

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: requirements for an annual minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) return and starting base return; an assessment regime for the MRRT; collection and recovery; instalment payments of MRRT on a quarterly basis; record keeping rules; the transfer of MRRT information from one entity to another; powers to access documents and premises; the service of documents; choices available to taxpayers in determining their tax liabilities; public rulings; and an annual reporting requirement; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  ,

  Crimes (Taxation Offences) Act 1980

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  and proposed

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  to make consequential amendments. Also makes application and transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum