Search all bills

TOTAL RESULTS: 276

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to address legal consequences arising from the Federal Court decision in

  Roche Products v National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee

  [2007] FCA 1352 (30 August 2007) by: providing that the Poisons Standard and its amendments are legislative instruments for the purposes of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; retrospectively reinstating certain amendments made to the Standard before the Roche decision; exempting the Standard from section 42 of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  relating to disallowance; and providing for ‘just terms’ compensation in the event that these measures could result in any acquisition of property. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: removing tax deductibility for contributions and gifts to political parties, members and candidates; and extensions of the beneficiary tax offset to the Equine Workers Hardship Wage Supplement Payment;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to tax-free superannuation lump sums paid to persons with a terminal medical condition;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: deductions for capital expenditure for the establishment of trees in carbon sink forests; and tax-free grants under the Tobacco Growers Adjustment Assistance Programme 2006 to certain tobacco growers; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to the farm management deposit scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Communications Fund) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: allow money in the Communications Fund to be used for the deployment of a National Broadband Network; and make consequential and transitional amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to provide that telecommunications access declarations and extension notices which extend the period of access declarations are not legislative instruments for the purposes of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: define ‘financial arrangement’ and sets out methods under which gains and losses from financial arrangements will be brought to account for tax purposes; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  New Business Tax System (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act (No. 1) 2003

  , and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tradex Scheme Act 1999

  to separate the Act from provisions of the Customs Regulations that allow for the drawback of customs duty (the Drawback Regulations). Also makes administrative changes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ELLIS, Kate, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: amend the definition of a low-impact mobile phone tower; enable community consultation about the placement of such towers; and prevent towers from being located within 200 metres of a childcare centre, school or hospital. 

  Bill

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 6) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the taxation laws in relation to: tax-exempt asset financing; thin capitalisation; capital gains tax marriage breakdown roll-over; income tax exemptions for the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and Prize for Science; same business test cap removal; partial capital gains tax roll-over for statutory licenses; Australian property trusts and stapled securities; deductible gift recipients; film production offsets; tax deductibility for certain Australian research and development activities; and establishes Innovation Australia to administer innovation and venture capital programs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to take legal action on behalf of persons who have suffered or are likely to suffer loss or damage as a result of unlawful secondary boycotts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the taxation laws in relation to: foreign income tax offset rules; capital gains tax roll-over for medical defence organisations; superannuation funds investment in instalment warrants; updating the list of deductible gift recipients; increasing family trust flexibility; trustee beneficiary reporting rules; the transition to the simplified superannuation regime; and makes technical and other amendments in relation to: income tax deductibility for gifts to certain scholarship funds; the formula for the fringe benefit tax depreciation rate for a car; tax file number withholding from payments to certain exempt entities; and capital gains tax exemption for certain organisations. Also repeals the

  A New Tax System (Ultimate Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 1) 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Ultimate Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 2) 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum