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• Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to strengthen aviation security and safety by: enabling regulations to be made to prohibit activities or conduct outside a security controlled airport that disrupt or interfere with airport operations or aircraft; introducing additional powers for Australian Customs officers at airports; enabling the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to introduce a mandatory drug and alcohol regime in the civil aviation industry; and enabling, through regulations, exemption from aviation security screening for senior dignitaries, their spouses and minors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Classification, (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to require publications, films or computer games that promote terrorist activity to be classified as Refused Classification. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Act 2001

  to impose a cap on levies payable into the National Guarantee Fund (NGF) in any financial year equal to the minimum amount of the NGF determined for that year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

  and

  Insurance Act 1973

  to: prudentially regulate direct offshore foreign insurers and collect information on discretionary mutual funds (which will not be prudentially regulated); and makes an amendment consequential on the proposed

  Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the financial sector regulation law to: implement recommendations of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulation Burdens on Business to streamline and simplify prudential regulation; provide more equitable financial assistance to superannuation funds who have suffered loss as a result of fraud or theft; abolish the Special Protection Account; consolidate and rationalise prudential reporting requirements in the superannuation industry; close a regulatory gap for reporting contraventions of the market conduct and disclosure provisions in the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; and makes technical amendments consequential on the enactment of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Courses) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to extend FEE-HELP assistance to full-fee-paying students in Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses that are accredited as vocational education and training qualifications and where credit toward a higher education award is available. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to agreements between Australia and Finland, in relation to the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for Students) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  in relation to: recovery of payments under the ABSTUDY and Assistance for Isolated Children Schemes deposited into incorrect accounts; issue of certain notices electronically; levels of eligible study, to include Masters degrees as eligible courses and removal of current restrictions on students receiving Austudy payments if they already have a Masters degree; rent assistance payments to Austudy students to increase support for mature age students; and access to crisis payments for Indigenous students in receipt of the ABSTUDY living allowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the superannuation and defence force superannuation laws to: make contributions to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) voluntary; allow members of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) to leave the PSS and make other superannuation arrangements for future contributions; enable members of the CSS to obtain early release of funded account balances on severe financial hardship and compassionate grounds; provide for the restoration of pensions for remarried widows and widowers; and amends the

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  scheme in relation to post retirement marriages and benefits payable on marriage breakdowns. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the taxation laws in relation to: foreign income tax offset rules; capital gains tax roll-over for medical defence organisations; superannuation funds investment in instalment warrants; updating the list of deductible gift recipients; increasing family trust flexibility; trustee beneficiary reporting rules; the transition to the simplified superannuation regime; and makes technical and other amendments in relation to: income tax deductibility for gifts to certain scholarship funds; the formula for the fringe benefit tax depreciation rate for a car; tax file number withholding from payments to certain exempt entities; and capital gains tax exemption for certain organisations. Also repeals the

  A New Tax System (Ultimate Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 1) 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Ultimate Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 2) 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum