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• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that offences for providing false and misleading statements or documents apply to circumstances when the information is not provided to a natural person; four Acts to require a person served with a formal notice or summons by a Royal Commission to produce documents or information, or give evidence, to comply with that requirement even if the document or information is protected by secrecy provisions; and six Acts to make technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: increase the statutory upper limit on the superannuation industry supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 2) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: amend the hybrid mismatch rules; introduce a general category of deductible gift recipient (DGR) for community sheds; and update the list of DGRs to include eight new entities;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: broaden the amounts that employers can voluntarily report under the Single Touch Payroll rules to include employer withholding of child support deductions and child support garnishee amounts; and enable the disclosure of protected information, relating to the JobKeeper Scheme, to the Fair Work Commission and the Fair Work Ombudsman;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments; and

  International Finance Corporation Act 1955

  and

  International Monetary Agreements Act 1947

  to: establish frameworks under which Australia may enter into agreements with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group to buy additional shares of their respective capital stocks; and authorise appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purposes of such payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable individuals aged 65 and 66 to make up to three years of non-concessional superannuation contributions under the bring forward rule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Wellbeing of Veterans and Their Families) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a new position on the Repatriation Commission and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to represent the families of veterans;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the provision of assistance or benefits to former Australian Defence Force members to assist them to transition into civilian work; and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for the quarterly energy supplement to holders of gold cards under the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020

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  Date

  12 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to: incorporate into primary legislation the provisions of the Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (Emergency Requirements—Public Health Contact Information) Determination 2020 to provide privacy protections for users of, and data collected by, the COVIDSafe app; and introduce additional privacy protections. Also repeals the Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (Emergency Requirements—Public Health Contact Information) Determination 2020; and provides for the future repeal of certain definitions and Part VIIIA of the

  Privacy Act 1988

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020, Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Supply Act (No. 1) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2019-2020

  and

  Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 1) 2019-2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020, Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Supply Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2019-2020

  and

  Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill establishes a framework for the Treasurer to make rules which provide for the Commissioner of Taxation to make coronavirus economic response payments to eligible entities for the period from 1 March to 31 December 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill amends: the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to temporarily enable employers to issue JobKeeper enabling directions; eight Acts to makes amendments consequential on the

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

  ; the

  Guarantee of Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act 2020

  to ensure that certain categories of smaller non-authorised deposit-taking institutions will fall within the definition of ‘financial institution’; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: modify how child care subsidy (CCS) entitlements are reviewed when an individual, who is a member of a couple for some but not all of the CCS fortnights in an income year, meets the CCS reconciliation conditions; and provide that payments of Additional Child Care Subsidy and funding agreements for certain grant programs occur under the existing standing appropriation; and the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow, until 30 June 2023, the disclosure of de-identified protected information to the Treasury for the purposes of policy development and analysis in relation to the coronavirus. Also: provides a temporary mechanism for ministers to change arrangements for meeting information and documentary requirements under Commonwealth legislation; and allows the Veterans’ Minister to: increase, by legislative instrument, the amount paid to a person receiving a payment under the veterans’ law by the amount of the coronavirus supplement, and vary the qualifications and eligibility for payments by legislative instrument. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum