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• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) to make a claim for liability for a current serving Australian Defence Force member, where the member has given consent for the CDF to make the claim on their behalf for a service injury or disease;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to expand the existing power of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to request certain information to include any Commonwealth, state or territory departments and authorities, and other persons; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that exempt lump sum determinations made by the Secretary of the Department of Social Services will apply as exempt lump sums from the income test that applies to Department of Veterans' Affairs' income support clients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018

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  Date

  16 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Brings forward tax relief for small and medium businesses by amending the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Act 2017

  to: reduce the corporate tax rate for corporate tax entities that derive no more than 80 per cent of their income in passive forms and have an aggregated turnover of less than $50 million (base rate entities) to 26 per cent for the 2020-21 financial year and to 25 per cent from the 2021-22 financial year; increase the small business income tax offset rate for small businesses that have an aggregated turnover of less than $5 million to 13 per cent for the 2020-21 financial year and to 16 per cent from the 2021-22 financial year; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to amend the scope of the online copyright infringement scheme by: amending the threshold for capturing overseas online locations to those with the primary purpose or effect of infringing copyright; including a rebuttable presumption that the online location is outside Australia, to reduce the evidentiary burden on copyright owners; enabling copyright owners to seek injunctions requiring online search engine providers to take such steps as the Federal Court considers reasonable so as not to provide search results that refer users to online locations blocked under the scheme; clarifying that the Federal Court may make blocking orders which follow copyright infringing activity where operators of an overseas online location attempt to avoid the application of an injunction by creating new pathways to online locations; and enabling the minister to declare that particular online search engine providers be exempt from the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018

  to: establish the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Special Account to provide loans to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) to support its function of providing loans to registered community housing providers under the Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator; provide that members of the NHFIC Board collectively have particular qualifications, skills or experience in specified fields; and require a review of the operation of the Act as soon as possible after 30 June 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Every State and Territory Gets Their Fair Share of GST) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Gives effect to elements of the Government’s interim response to the Productivity Commission’s report

  Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation

  by amending the:

  Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973

  to require the Treasurer, when framing the annual terms of reference for a Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) inquiry into how the goods and services tax (GST) should be distributed among the states and territories, to require the CGC to transition the horizontal fiscal equalisation system from full equalisation (equalised to the strongest state or territory) to reasonable equalisation (equalised to the stronger of New South Wales and Victoria); and

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: introduce a minimum GST revenue sharing relativity that may be determined by the Treasurer for any individual state or territory for a financial year; boost the annual funding pool from which GST revenue grants are made to the states and territories with additional Commonwealth financial assistance each year; and provide a guarantee, by way of additional Commonwealth financial assistance, to each state or territory that would have received a greater overall entitlement under the current distribution system as compared to the updated distribution system during the transition period. Also provides for a review of the operation of the Act by the Productivity Commission by 31 December 2026. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Corporate and Financial Sector Penalties) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce by amending the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to: introduce a stronger penalty framework for corporate and financial sector misconduct; and make miscellaneous technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

  (FITS Act) to require the secretary to continue to publish certain information about registered persons after they cease to be registered, including information that was published about that person before their registration ceased; and

  National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018

  to: provide that people who are liable to register under the FITS Act will be required to register within three months of the FITS Act commencing; and provide that, if election writs for either House of Parliament are issued before the end of that three month period, such persons will have to register no later than 14 days after the issuing of the writs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: make completion of a qualification checklist compulsory in relation to candidate nominations; enable candidates to lodge their nominations and certain other documents electronically; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Services Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: enable the minister to specify additional persons outside Australia who may be protected by an ASIS staff member or agent; and provide that an ASIS staff member or agent performing specified activities outside Australia will be able to use reasonable and necessary force in the performance of an ASIS function. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting Retirement Incomes) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families and Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: establish new means test rules to accommodate the development of new innovative income streams; amend the current rules for lifetime income streams; increase the Work Bonus from $250 to $300 per fortnight and extend its application to income earned from remunerative work that involves personal exertion, including self-employment and work undertaken by contractors or consultants; and expand the Pension Loans Scheme to increase the access of certain classes of persons to the scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum