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• Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2023-2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023-2024

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2023-2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2023-2024

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997

  to remove certain limiting words from section 32B (which confers power on the Commonwealth to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant) and section 39B (which confers power on the Commonwealth to form a company, participate in the formation of a company, acquire shares in a company or become a member of a company). Also makes consequential amendments to 7 Acts and contingent amendments to 2 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Investment) Bill 2024, the bill amends the:

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Act 2015

  to: increase the fee cap from $1,119,100 to $7,000,000; and amend the indexation provisions; and

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Regulations 2020

  to: increase the fees for giving notice in relation to the acquisition of established dwellings, and the vacancy fees for established and new residential dwellings acquired on or after 7.30 pm on 9 May 2017; and amend the indexation provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Strengthening Quality and Integrity in Vocational Education and Training No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  in relation to: the automatic lapse of a registered training organisation (RTO); preventing an RTO from adding new courses to its scope of registration in the first 2 years of registration; increasing the period within which the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator can conduct an internal review of decisions; the order of initial applications for registration; suspension of applications for registration; offence and civil penalty provisions for false and misleading representations made by RTOs; and an increase in penalty units; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011

  to provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to increase the rate of the passenger movement charge from $60 to $70 from 1 July 2024. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Investment) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to clarify any uncertainty associated with the interaction between certain taxes, such as foreign investment fees and similar state and territory property taxes, and double tax agreements implemented domestically. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Autonomous Sanctions Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011

  to specify that individuals and/or entities can be validly sanctioned based on their past conduct or status. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Television) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to: enable the continuation of terrestrial community television to audiences in Melbourne and Adelaide beyond the current expiry date of 30 June 2024; and provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with certain instrument-making powers; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to harmonise the code of practice arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Fair Go for Consumers and Small Business) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish a designated complaints functions within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum