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• Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  ,

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in response to the Federal Court decision in

  Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v PM Developments Ltd

  to confirm that a representative of an incapacitated entity is responsible for the GST consequences arising during its appointment;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to change the basis on which a pay as you go (PAYG) instalment liability is calculated;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide that the outer regional and remote payment made under the Helping Children with Autism package is exempt from income tax; and provide that payments made under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme are exempt from income tax; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to exempt Commonwealth debt issued in Australia from interest withholding tax. Also enables the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund Independent Advisory Panel to use donations for a broader range of purposes than the tax law considers charitable; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Complementary to the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide that the resale royalty collecting society is not taxed on amounts it collects on behalf of resale royalty right owners. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable owners and operators of computer networks to undertake activities to operate, maintain and protect their networks; enable Commonwealth agencies, security authorities and eligible State authorities to ensure their network is appropriately used by employees, office holders or contractors of the agency or authority; limit secondary use and disclosure of information obtained through network protection activities; and require the destruction of records obtained by undertaking network protection activities when the information is no longer required for those purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: allow for conditional listing of prostheses in the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules (Prostheses Rules); and require the Minister for Health and Ageing to make rules specifying criteria for listing prostheses in the Prostheses Rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide for a training supplement of $41.60 per fortnight to participants in the National Green Jobs Corps who receive youth allowance, newstart allowance and parenting payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: give effect to state references of workplace relations matters to the Commonwealth that take effect after 1 July 2009 but on or before 1 January 2010; enable states to declare employers not to be national system employers; and enable state ministers to intervene in court proceedings and make submissions in relation to matters before Fair Work Australia; and

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  and seven other Acts to transition certain employers and employees to the new national workplace relations system. Also makes technical amendments to the

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained Doctors) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: enable certain New Zealand permanent resident and citizen doctors to provide professional services that attract Medicare benefits without being subject to a ten year waiting period (the ‘moratorium’ period); remove the requirement for overseas trained doctors to have both Australian permanent residency or citizenship and medical registration before the moratorium period commences; and provide for a 90 day period in which medical practitioners can appeal against a refusal for an exemption from the moratorium period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009, the bill imposes a withholding tax on employees who have not quoted a Tax File Number or Australian Business Number to their employer by the end of the income year in relation to employee share schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Consequent on the Personal Property Securities Bill 2009, the bill amends 25 Acts relating to fisheries, intellectual property, maritime and other legislation to enable the creation, registration, priority, extinguishment or enforcement of interests in personal property. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to provide that the minister is not compelled to consider requests for declarations of eligibility by corporations seeking to join the Comcare scheme as self-insurers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum