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• Australian War Memorial Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian War Memorial Act 1980

  to prohibit the imposition of charges for entry to or parking at the Australian War Memorial in Campbell in the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 6) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the existing business restructure roll overs available where a member of a company or unitholder in a unit trust can defer the income tax consequences of transactions that occur in the course of a business restructure; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to ensure that foreign pension funds can access the managed investment trust withholding tax regime and the associated lower rate of withholding tax on income from eligible Australian investments; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to provide an exemption from tax on income derived by certain entities engaged by the Government of the United States of America in connection with Force Posture Initiatives in Australia; the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  and Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004 to: ensure that changes to the amount of excise and excise-equivalent customs duty payable as a result of tariff proposals are taken into account in calculating fuel tax credits and the cleaner fuels grant for biodiesel and renewable diesel; and five Acts to make consequential and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS)

  Report of the Inquiry into Potential Reforms of Australia’s National Security Legislation

  by amending the:

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: require telecommunications service providers to retain and to secure for two years telecommunications data (not content); require service providers to protect retained data through encryption and preventing unauthorised interference and access; require the PJCIS to review the mandatory data retention scheme no more than three years after the end of the implementation phase; limit the range of agencies that are able to access telecommunications data and stored communications; establish a journalist information warrants regime; restrict the agencies who can access this data; require the minister to refer to the PJCIS any legislative proposal to amend which agencies can access the data; provide for record-keeping and reporting the use of, and access to, telecommunications data; and enable the Commonwealth Ombudsman to assess agency compliance;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to provide that certain matters relating to data retention be included in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) annual report;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to enable the PJCIS to inquire into operational matters relating to the use of telecommunications data by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police, in relation to counter-terrorism functions;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to prohibit civil litigants from being able to access certain telecommunications data; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to provide that: the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), or a Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee nominated by the Parliamentary Presiding Officers be a member of the Security Management Board; and a function of the board is the operation of security measures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ACT Government Loan Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  The bill: enables the Commonwealth to enter into a loan agreement with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) for the purpose of the ACT undertaking an asbestos remediation program and for purposes related to that program; and appropriates the Consolidated Revenue Fund for $750 million for the loan of money to the ACT. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill: repeals the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  and

  Quarantine Charges (Collection) Act 2014

  ; makes consequential amendments to 20 Acts to update references to managing biosecurity risk under the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  , and substitute references to

  Quarantine Act 1908

  with the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  ; and makes transitional arrangements in relation to the management of biosecurity risks from the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to the new biosecurity framework under the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the Quarantine Act 1908) to: manage biosecurity risks, the risk of contagion of a listed human disease, the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory, risks related to ballast water, biosecurity emergencies and human biosecurity emergencies; and give effect to Australia’s international rights and obligations, including the International Health Regulations 2005, the World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and the Convention on Biological Diversity 1992. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Courts Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to provide an arrester with the power to use reasonable force to enter premises to execute an arrest warrant;

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to: confer jurisdiction on the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (the Court) in relation to tenancy disputes; enable additional jurisdiction in relation to tenancy disputes to which the Commonwealth is a party to be conferred on the Court by delegated legislation; and enable delegated legislation to be made to modify the applicable state and territory law where appropriate, and to clarify the jurisdiction and enforcement of an exercise of that jurisdiction; and

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and the

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill amends the

  Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2014

  to: amend the short title of the Act to

  Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Act 2014

  ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of customs, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill amends the

  Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2014

  to: amend the short title of the Act to

  Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Excise) Act 2014

  ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum