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• Norfolk Island Amendment (Supreme Court) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to: make technical amendments to the provisions authorising off-island sittings of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island to remove any doubt that the Supreme Court may exercise its criminal or civil jurisdiction in a state, in the absence of an arrangement between the Commonwealth and the state government or authority, where no powers, duties or functions are conferred or imposed upon a state officer; and clarify the basis under which travelling allowances are determined for judges of the Supreme Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Times Reporting (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020, the bill amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner of Taxation to disclose certain tax information to the Payment Times Reporting Regulator for the purposes of administering the Payment Times Reporting Scheme; and

  Payment Times Reporting Act 2020

  , when enacted, to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Payment Times Reporting (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020, the bill establishes a Payment Times Reporting Scheme which requires businesses and government enterprises with an annual total income of over $100 million to biannually report on their payment terms and practices for their small business suppliers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Dairy Cattle Export Charge) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  to: impose an export charge on the export of dairy cattle; and amend the rate provision to provide for two different rates of charges: a per head charge on dairy cattle and a per kilogram charge on cattle other than dairy cattle. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Retirement Savings Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the

  Retirement Savings Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: increase the statutory upper limit on the retirement savings account providers supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Services Australia Governance Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: 17 Acts to make consequential amendments as a result of the establishment of Services Australia as an executive agency under the

  Public Service Act 1999

  on 1 February 2020; and the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997

  and

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to make governance changes in relation to Services Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that offences for providing false and misleading statements or documents apply to circumstances when the information is not provided to a natural person; four Acts to require a person served with a formal notice or summons by a Royal Commission to produce documents or information, or give evidence, to comply with that requirement even if the document or information is protected by secrecy provisions; and six Acts to make technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: increase the statutory upper limit on the superannuation industry supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 2) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: amend the hybrid mismatch rules; introduce a general category of deductible gift recipient (DGR) for community sheds; and update the list of DGRs to include eight new entities;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: broaden the amounts that employers can voluntarily report under the Single Touch Payroll rules to include employer withholding of child support deductions and child support garnishee amounts; and enable the disclosure of protected information, relating to the JobKeeper Scheme, to the Fair Work Commission and the Fair Work Ombudsman;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments; and

  International Finance Corporation Act 1955

  and

  International Monetary Agreements Act 1947

  to: establish frameworks under which Australia may enter into agreements with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group to buy additional shares of their respective capital stocks; and authorise appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purposes of such payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable individuals aged 65 and 66 to make up to three years of non-concessional superannuation contributions under the bring forward rule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum