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• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  consequent on the proposed

  Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) fuel credits, the bill establishes a CPRS fuel credits program to provide transitional assistance to eligible businesses and gaseous fuels suppliers to offset the impact of the scheme emissions unit charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Water 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, the bill gives effect to Australia's obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol by outlining: entities and emissions covered by the scheme; liable entities' obligation to surrender emission units corresponding to their emissions; limits on the number of emissions units that will be used; the nature and allocation of Australian emissions units; mechanisms to contain costs; linking to other emissions trading schemes; assistance in relation to emissions-intensive trade-exposed activities and coal-fired electricity generators; voluntary inclusion of reforestation activities under the scheme; the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; and monitoring and enforcement. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to ensure reductions made to excise rates on fuels also apply to relevant imported products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the national Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme; enforces and imposes civil penalties on persons or body corporates for breaches of the scheme; provides for an annual report on the operation of the Act; and contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Superannuation Amendment (Removal of Excessive Super) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  to: terminate the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme; require existing scheme members to choose a complying superannuation fund in line with the arrangements applying to new parliamentarians since 2004; and require the Commonwealth to pay into the complying superannuation funds chosen by members their respective commuted superannuation benefits and ongoing superannuation contributions. 

  Bill

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the rate of Medicare levy surcharge for certain taxpayers who do not have complying health insurance and whose income for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge--Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  to increase the rate of Medicare levy surcharge for taxpayers who do not have complying health insurance and whose income (including reportable fringe benefits) for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  to reduce the amount of private health insurance rebate eligible taxpayers with complying private health insurance are entitled to when their income for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum