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• Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide for a standard and centralised set of concepts to determine whether an entity is a ‘significant global entity’; and introduce new standards for transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting by significant global entities;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to negate certain tax avoidance schemes used by multinational entities to artificially avoid the attribution of profits to a permanent establishment in Australia; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: increase the penalties imposed on significant global entities that enter into tax avoidance or profit shifting schemes; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Cargo) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to introduce the Known Consignor framework to align Australia’s air cargo security with international standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (Overseas Debt Recovery) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Bill 2015 to create an overseas payment obligation for Australians living overseas with a Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) or Trade Support Loan (TSL) debt, the bill amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: enable the recovery of HELP debts from debtors residing overseas; provide that certain HELP debtors are required to register with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO); prescribe administrative arrangements relating to the debt recovery; and require students to notify their tax file number when applying for a HELP loan;

  Trade Support Loans Act 2014

  to enable the recovery of TSL debts from debtors who are residing overseas and provide that certain TSL debtors are required to register with the ATO;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable taxation officers to disclose protected information to foreign jurisdictions to identify those with student loan repayment obligations; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015 to reform the international education sector, the bill amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997

  to clarify that a registered education provider pays all entry to market charges but is not charged more than once if its registration period is less than two years and it seeks renewal of that registration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015 to reform the international education sector, the bill amends the:

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012

  ,

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to: create Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) agencies, including the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency and the Australia Skills Quality Authority, with direct responsibility for providers’ registration and monitoring providers’ compliance; extend the compliance monitoring and enforcement action that may be taken by an ESOS agency for a breach of either the English Language Courses for Overseas Students Standards or the Foundation Program Standards;

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: provide for an internal review process for decisions made by delegates of ESOS agencies; provide the minister with the power to issue a direction to an ESOS agency about the performance of its functions; enable the Tuition Protection Service (TPS) Director to obtain certain information or documents, be assisted by TPS officers, and recommend that an ESOS agency take action against a provider; enable providers to receive more than 50 per cent of the tuition fees for a course in certain circumstances; remove the definition of a ‘study period’; remove the requirement for non-exempt providers to maintain an account to which all tuition fees paid prior to a course commencing are held; and remove the requirement to report all instances of student default; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to replace references to the former Australia and New Zealand Regulation Ministerial Council with references to the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation; make changes to the compositional requirements and appointment process for the Board; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012

  to change the name of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system to the My Health Record system;

  Copyright Act 1968

  ,

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  ,

  Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to: trial opt-out arrangements in selected regions and enable opt-out to occur nationally if the trials are successful; abolish the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record Jurisdictional Advisory Committee and Independent Advisory Council; revise the way that permissions to collect, use and disclose information are presented; create new civil and criminal penalties and provide that enforceable undertakings and injunctions are available in both the healthcare identifiers service or the My Health Record system; clarify that information about healthcare provider organisations is not personal information; clarify that health-related disability, palliative care and aged care services are considered health services; and clarify mandatory data breach notification requirements for participants in the system; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Legislation Amendment (Overseas Debt Recovery) Bill 2015 to create an overseas payment obligation for Australians living overseas with a Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) or Trade Support Loan (TSL) debt, the bill imposes the requirement to pay HELP and TSL debts while overseas as a levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (First Principles) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the First Principles Review of Defence by: amending the

  Defence Act 1903

  to: give full command of the Australian Defence Force to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF); and consolidate the statutory treatment of the components of the Defence Force Cadets; amending 27 Acts to make consequential amendments; and repealing the

  Air Force Act 1923

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  and incorporating relevant provisions of these Acts into the

  Defence Act 1903

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General and Senator Xenophon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the retrospective operation of the offences of murder and manslaughter of an Australian citizen or resident of Australia to crimes that occurred before 1 October 2002. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum