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• Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

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

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: consolidate compensation and rehabilitation entitlements; amend various allowance and support schemes; and standardise the merits review pathway for veterans’ entitlements decisions;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

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

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to consolidate the Repatriation Commission and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to transfer provisions relating to the Repatriation Medical Authority and the Specialist Medical Review Council;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to change the disability compensation cessation date; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  to include application and transitional provisions. Also makes consequential amendments to 30 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, the bill amends 5 Acts to make amendments consequential on the introduction of global and domestic minimum taxes in Australia, including amendments to ensure that the taxes interact appropriately with existing Australian taxation laws. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2] and National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill amends: the

  National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018

  to rename the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation to Housing Australia; the renamed

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to: streamline the functions of Housing Australia; establish an annual review mechanism for the National Housing Infrastructure Facility; and extend the Commonwealth guarantee of the liabilities of Housing Australia to apply to contracts entered into until 30 June 2028; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023, the bill amends: 7 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  to enable the disclosure of information about a recognised assessment activity in relation to a registered entity in certain circumstances; the

  Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021

  to reduce the frequency of certain periodic reviews; 6 Acts to make miscellaneous and technical amendments in the Treasury portfolio; the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; and the

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  and 4 other Acts in relation to the payments regulatory framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (SMS Sender ID Register) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to establish and maintain an SMS Sender ID Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024

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  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill imposes global and domestic minimum taxes in respect of profits of multinational enterprises that have been undertaxed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a taxation framework to implement the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules (which ensure that multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate) and an Australian domestic minimum tax for certain multinational enterprise groups with an annual global revenue of at least EUR 750 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a tax rate of 15 per cent for superannuation earnings corresponding to the percentage of an individual’s superannuation balance that exceeds $3 million for an income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Reducing Supermarket Dominance Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for a limit on market share for supermarket businesses, including enforced progressive divesture to 20 per cent over a 5-year period where necessary; and establishes a Commissioner for Food Retailing to administer limits on market share and promote competition and fairness principles. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum