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• Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to: remove the use of business income reconciliation for the purposes of determining a person’s rate of farm household allowance; and remove the 28 day time limit for conducting a farm financial assessment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Selection, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility to permanently dispose of low level radioactive waste and temporarily store intermediate level radioactive waste by amending the

  National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012

  to: specify the site selected and enable the acquisition of additional land for the facility; abolish the National Repository Capital Contribution Fund and establish a Community Fund to provide economic and social sustainability for the community in which the facility will be located; and provide clear and objective links between the operation of the Act and the relevant Constitutional heads of power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  to: amend the governance structure of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator by replacing the existing Chief Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer and two commissioners with a single independent statutory office holder; establish the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Advisory Council; include information sharing arrangements that support the use of data collected by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Act 2020

  ;

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2001

  to provide for transitional and application arrangements; and

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Act 2012

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Amendment (PSSAP Membership) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Act 2005

  to extend membership of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan to certain current and former Commonwealth employees and statutory office holders who are not otherwise eligible. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update (Regulations References) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends 10 Acts to: replace references to specific provisions of regulations with more general means of identifying the provisions, so that the correct links between the contents of regulations and Acts will remain even if the regulations are remade, renamed or renumbered; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the circumstances in which an entity is a significant global entity; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: amend the country by country (CBC) reporting requirements and the requirement to provide general purpose financial statements so that they apply to a subset of significant global entities (referred to as CBC reporting entities) rather than all significant global entities; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to implement changes to the paid parental leave scheme to enable eligible claimants to claim up to 30 days of parental leave pay (PLP) within 24 months of the birth or adoption of a child, in addition to 12 weeks of PLP within 12 months of the child's birth or adoption; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and four other Acts to: provide that, for the purposes of determining a person's rate of payment under social security law, employment income is assessed once it is paid to a social security recipient (replacing the current requirement for recipients to estimate and report the amount of employment income they have earned in a social security instalment period); and enable Services Australia to use data collected by the Australian Taxation Office (primarily information from the Single Touch Payroll system) in connection with the new assessment model. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  ,

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to: facilitate the closure of eligible rollover funds by 30 June 2021; and enable the Commissioner of Taxation to reunite amounts he or she receives from eligible rollover funds with a member's active account; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2019-20 Bushfire Tax Assistance) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to the 2019-20 bushfires to: make government support payments to volunteer firefighters and relief and recovery payments and non-cash benefits provided by Australian governments non-assessable non-exempt income; and update the list of deductible gift recipients to include the Australian Volunteers Support Trust and the Community Rebuilding Trust. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum