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• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: lower the maximum child age of eligibility for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A from 24 to 21 years of age from 1 January 2012; and pause indexation for the: higher income free area for FTB Part A; FTB Part B income limit; and baby bonus income limit;

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to extend the commencement date for indexation of the paid parental leave income limit;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to require people to test their future work capacity by participating in training or work-related activities in order to qualify for the disability support pension;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to continue in the Cape York area for another 12 months; and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to clarify that the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  does not apply to Aboriginal Land Trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  to move the details for corporate plans of a government business enterprise into the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to: provide for sunsetting and disallowance arrangements of various legislative instruments; provide that Chief Executive’s instructions are not legislative instruments; and clarify that the external auditor of a Financial Management and Accountability Act agency is the Auditor-General;

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to make consequential amendments;

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  ,

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Science and Industry Research Act 1949

  to make technical amendments;

  Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008

  to expand the circumstances in which amounts can be credited to the Wheat Exports Australia Special Account; and

  Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

  to provide: when the Wine Australia Corporation must provide an annual operation plan to the responsible minister; and that members are appointed to the Geographical Indications Committee for no longer than three years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: trust beneficiaries continuing to use primary production income averaging in certain circumstances; the operation of the National Rental Affordability Scheme; and anti-avoidance rules for exempt entities used to ‘shelter’ the taxable income of a trust;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to enable trust beneficiaries to continue to use farm management deposits in certain circumstances;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to: capital gains and franked distributions of trusts; and phasing out the dependent spouse tax offset; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to provide for a single statutory rate of 20 per cent to determine the taxable value of car fringe benefits. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  in relation to the: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) consideration of acquisitions in local markets (including creeping acquisitions); ACCC’S consideration of multiple markets when assessing mergers; and reform of the prohibition on anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  , in response to recommendations of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, to: insert a statement of interpretative principles into the unconscionable conduct provisions; and provide that the statutory concept of unconscionable conduct is consistently applied to both consumers and businesses; and

  Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to provides for changes to the rules of origin requirements in Article 3 of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement resulting from a review of the rules completed in 2010. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Facilitates Australia’s accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime by amending the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to require carriers and carriage service providers to preserve stored communications when requested by certain domestic agencies or when requested by the Australian Federal Police on behalf of certain foreign countries;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: ensure that a foreign country can secure access to stored computer data, including preserved data; and allow a stored communication warrant to be obtained for foreign law enforcement purposes;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable existing telecommunications data to be provided to a foreign law enforcement agency on a police to police basis; and enable the collection of prospective telecommunications data for foreign law enforcement purposes in certain circumstances;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to provide that carriers and carriage service providers can recover costs incurred when assisting foreign law enforcement agencies;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide that computer offences are consistent with the convention; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: create confidentiality requirements in relation to authorisations to disclose telecommunications data; and expand offence provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 [2012]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  in relation to: the thresholds set for the grant of a patent; and exempting patent infringement of research and experimental activities;

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to: reduce delays in finalising patent and trade mark applications; enable trade marks and patent attorneys to practise through a corporate structure; and extend to trade marks and patent attorneys the same ‘advice’ privilege available to legal professionals;

  Copyright Act 1968

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  in relation to the enforcement regime for counterfeit trade mark and copyright goods; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that the intellectual property rights system can adapt to the electronic and global business environments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance Act 2008

  to provide for a phased implementation of the national curriculum by certain authorities and approved school systems. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide that the outer regional and remote payment made under the Better Start for Children with Disability initiative is exempt from income tax; and update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to provide that transport costs from an employee’s residence to their employment in a remote area overseas is exempt from fringe benefits tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable certain parcels of land to be granted to relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: remove the connection between the election of members to the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) and Queensland local government elections; and allow for changes to be made to the composition of the TSRA, following a governance review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum