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• Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

  to: abolish the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner and create the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate; remove existing building industry specific laws; enable the Inspectorate to compulsorily obtain information or documents relevant to an investigation from certain persons; provide for safeguards in relation to the Inspectorate's powers to obtain information and documents (including a five year sunset provision); and create the office of the Independent Assessor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Infrastructure Australia Amendment (National Broadband Network and Other Projects) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MINCHIN, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Infrastructure Australia Act 2008

  to: require Infrastructure Australia to assess the proposed national broadband network and provide a report to the minister to be tabled in Parliament; and enable either House of the Parliament to refer infrastructure proposals to Infrastructure Australia for analysis and assessment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Consequent on the implementation of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: increase pensions, income support allowances and family payments by 2.8 per cent over two years, commencing on 1 July 2011; and make adjustments to indexation arrangements;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to: increase certain family tax benefit rates (FTB) additional to the usual indexation; and introduce a FTB combined supplement;

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: increase disability, war widow and widower, and service pensions by 2.8 per cent over two years, commencing on 1 July 2011; and provide for increases to payment rates and adjustments to indexation by legislative instrument;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to increase the maximum rate weekly permanent impairment compensation, weekly compensation for wholly dependant partners and Special Rate Disability Pension by 2.8 per cent over two years, commencing on 1 July 2011; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the low income tax, Senior Australians tax, dependency tax, dependent spouse, housekeeper and child-housekeeper, invalid relative, and parent/parent-in-in law offsets, and Medicare levy low-income thresholds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority 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 (CPRS), the bill establishes the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority as an independent statutory body to administer the CPRS, the Renewable Energy Target and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Customs) 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 imposes a tax on the issue of Australian emissions units issued as a result of an auction or for a fixed charge, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-Excise) 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 imposes a tax on the issue of Australian emissions units issued as a result of an auction or for a fixed charge, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges-General) 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 imposes a tax on the issue of Australian emissions units issued as a result of an auction or for a fixed charge, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum