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• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Paper Bills and Statements) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: ensure that, when a supplier provides a customer with an itemised bill or proof of transaction, the document is given in paper form unless the customer consents to receiving it electronically; and ensure that customers are not charged a fee for receiving the document in paper. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Safeguarding the Reputation of Australian Beef) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to impose a penalty on Australian cattle exporters who do not take reasonable steps to ensure that Australian cattle that is slaughtered, or processed after slaughter, in a foreign country is not marketed as Australian beef. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take Home Pay of All Workers) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: ensure that penalty rates in a modern award cannot be varied to make the penalty rate lower than that in force under the award on 30 June 2017; provide that any such determination by the Fair Work Commission made on or after 22 February 2017 is of no effect; and ensure that penalty rates cannot be reduced in any future greenfields or non-greenfields enterprise agreement if an employee is worse off than they would have been under the award, by virtue of the fact that the employee works only or mainly on days on which penalty rates are paid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  in relation to: strengthened citizenship requirements, including in relation to permanent residency and English language proficiency; the definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘de facto partner’; citizenship by adoption; automatic acquisition of citizenship; citizenship by conferral; residence requirements for citizenship; good character requirements; bar on approval for citizenship where there are related criminal offences; offence provisions; mandatory and discretionary cancellation of approval of citizenship; ministerial discretion to delay the making of the pledge of allegiance; increase in the maximum period of deferral for making the pledge of allegiance; revocation of citizenship by descent, conferral or under intercountry adoption arrangements; ministerial power to make legislative instruments; use and disclosure of personal information; and consequential amendments; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable the use and disclosure of personal citizenship information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Carbon Capture and Storage) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to remove the prohibition on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation investing in carbon capture and storage technologies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends five Acts to prevent new recipients of welfare payments or concession cards from being paid the energy supplement from 20 September 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Relieving Domestic Violence Victims of Debt) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to enable social security and family assistance debts to be waived in cases of domestic or family violence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Service Amendment (Supporting a Regional Workforce) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Service Act 1999

  to facilitate the increased use of telecommuting (working remotely) in the Australian Public Service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (A More Sustainable, Responsive and Transparent Higher Education System) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: increase the maximum student contributions by 1.8 per cent for four years from 2018; adjust the Commonwealth contribution amounts from 2018 to 2021 to reflect the increased student contribution amounts; apply an efficiency dividend of 2.5 per cent per annum to grants under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS) in 2018 and 2019; extend the medical student loading to include veterinary science and dentistry units of study from 2018; expand the demand driven funding system to include approved sub-bachelor courses at public universities from 2018; require enabling course students to pay a student contribution amount for any units of study with census dates on or after 1 January 2018; allocate enabling courses on a cyclical basis through a three-year tender process from 2019; introduce performance-contingent funding under the CGS; reduce the Higher Education Loan Program minimum repayment income to $41 999 and replace the current repayment thresholds with new ones, including additional repayment thresholds and rates; index repayment thresholds to the consumer price index rather than average weekly earnings; restructure the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program to include new student loading for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, annual performance funding and grants for a National Priorities Pool; and make minor and technical amendments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to: extend access to student loans to most Australian permanent residents and most New Zealand citizens while removing their entitlement to a Commonwealth supported place from 1 January 2018; and preserve current eligibility arrangements for several cohorts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Act 2017

  , the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to: progressively extend the lower 27.5 per cent corporate tax rate to all corporate tax entities by the 2023-24 financial year; and further reduce the corporate tax rate in stages so that by the 2026 27 financial year, the corporate tax rate for all entities will be 25 per cent; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Act 2017

  and

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Act 2017

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum