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• Customs Tariff Amendment (Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under Chapter 3 of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide free rates of customs duty for goods that are Korean originating goods; maintain customs duty rates for certain Korean originating goods; phase the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to zero by 2021; and specify excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 5) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to abolish the mature age worker tax offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Act 2012

  to abolish the seafarer tax offset; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: reduce the tax offset rates available under the research and development tax incentive by 1.5 per cent; and update the list of deductible gift recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Amendment Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Act 2011

  to implement a new industry contribution to fund the regulatory and financial intelligence unit functions of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre by: creating the liability for a leviable entity for a financial year to pay the industry contribution levy in that financial year; enabling the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre CEO to specify the date for payment of instalments of the levy; providing for late payment penalties; and requiring an independent review of the levy to be undertaken. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Amendment Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2011

  to implement a new industry contribution to fund the regulatory and financial intelligence unit functions of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre by: enabling the minister to determine the amount of levy payable by legislative instrument; and setting a statutory limit on the contribution amount levied. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends 22 Acts to respond to the threat posed by Australians engaging in, and returning from, conflicts in foreign states by: providing additional powers for security agencies; strengthening border security measures; cancelling welfare payments for persons involved in terrorism; and implementing recommendations made by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s second and fourth annual reports and the Report of the Council of Australian Governments Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation. Also repeals the

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable a visa to be cancelled or refused for certain non-citizens by: broadening the power to refuse to grant or to cancel a visa on character grounds; allowing the minister to require a state or territory agency to disclose personal information relevant to the character test; providing for lower thresholds for cancelling temporary visas; strengthening ministerial decision making powers in relation to general visa cancellation provisions; and introducing a mandatory visa cancellation for certain non-citizens who do not pass the character test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to pause the income thresholds which determine the tiers for the Medicare levy surcharge and the government rebate on private health insurance for three years from the 2015-16 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to remove the workforce supplement from the list of primary supplements provided for by the Subsidy Principles;

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments;

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to enable the recovery of past home care costs under the compensation payment reduction scheme; and

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  to allow the collection, use and disclosure of information, including healthcare identifiers, for specified aged care purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Education Act 2013

  to: provide for the establishment of funding programs for schools by regulation; provide the authority for the Commonwealth to make payments for those programs to states and territories for eligible schools; limit capital funding for block grant authorities for 2014; clarify that a debt owed under a funding agreement can be recovered from the authority for a non-government school; provide that certain decisions are reviewable; and correct errors in relation to the calculation of Commonwealth funding entitlements for certain approved authorities; and

  Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2013

  to extend the commencement date for improvement planning requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995

  to enable the recovery of past home care costs under the compensation payment reduction scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum