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• New Business Tax System (Venture Capital Deficit Tax) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Business Tax System (Venture Capital Deficit Tax) Bill 2003

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  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the New Business Tax System (Consolidation and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2002, the bill imposes a tax in relation to venture capital sub-account deficits of pooled development funds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements (Foreign-owned Branches and Other Measures) Bill 2005

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  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: the tax treatment of dividends received by foreign-owned branches; and changes to the controlled foreign companies rules;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to tax treatment of Australian branches of foreign financial entities;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to cross-border employee shares and rights; and

  New International Tax Arrangements (Participation Exemption and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to make a technical correction to an application rule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements (Managed Funds and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to modify the capital gains/loss tax treatment of foreign residents with interests in Australian managed funds;

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to amend the rules for determining the source of income derived by certain residents of treaty partner countries;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Act 1993

  in relation to the imposition of interest withholding tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements (Participation Exemption and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: reduce the amount of the capital gain or capital loss that will be subject to capital gains tax rules where Australian companies and controlled foreign companies sell shares in a foreign company with an underlying active business;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the current exemptions for foreign branch profits and foreign dividends to all countries from 1 July 2004; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to reduce the scope of tainted services income. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements Bill 2004

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  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: modify certain foreign investment fund rules; provide an interest withholding tax exemption for interest paid on certain debentures issued by eligible unit trusts; remove the need for certain income of a controlled foreign country resident to be included as notional assessable income; and prevent double taxation of royalties subject to withholding tax. Also makes consequential amendments and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  to strengthen arrangements for the protection of, and application of non-proliferation safeguards to, nuclear material, facilities and associated information;

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998

  to enable Australia to enact legislation banning nuclear weapon tests ahead of entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty; and

  Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994

  ,

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998

  and

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  to provide for the implementing office and its Director to be referred to by a name or title specified by the Minister. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987[eitalss] and

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  (Safeguards Act) to implement Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and to the International Atomic Energy Agency under the Additional Protocol; and create new offences; Safeguards Act,

  Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Act 1998

  and

  Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994

  to extend the geographical jurisdiction for offences related to proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons; and

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Amendment (Supreme Court) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to: make technical amendments to the provisions authorising off-island sittings of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island to remove any doubt that the Supreme Court may exercise its criminal or civil jurisdiction in a state, in the absence of an arrangement between the Commonwealth and the state government or authority, where no powers, duties or functions are conferred or imposed upon a state officer; and clarify the basis under which travelling allowances are determined for judges of the Supreme Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Norfolk Island Amendment Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Local Government, Territories and Roads 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to align electoral arrangements in Norfolk Island more closely to those of other Australian parliaments, including those of the other self-governing Territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum