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• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Exploitation of Indigenous Culture) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit the supply in trade or commerce of anything that includes an Indigenous cultural expression, unless it is done in accordance with an arrangement with the relevant Indigenous community and artist and the thing is made in Australia; and create an offence for the supply of anything that includes an Indigenous cultural expression without an arrangement with the relevant Indigenous community and artist. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: allow for minimum standards under the National Employment Standards to relate to superannuation contributions; and require employers to provide information to employees in relation to employer superannuation contributions for each pay period;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to: clarify that amounts contributed to a superannuation fund by an employee or Retirement Savings Account under a salary sacrifice arrangement are not employer contributions; remove the current exemption for employers not to make superannuation contributions to employees who are paid less than $450 in a calendar month; remove certain restrictions on choice of superannuation fund; and provide for a review of employers’ compliance with superannuation payment obligations by the Commissioner of Taxation;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to create a duty for trustees of superannuation entities to take reasonable steps to notify their members when it could reasonably have expected them to have received a contribution from an employer, but did not; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to require additional information to be provided to the commissioner in annual member information statements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Terminating Enterprise Agreements) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that the Fair Work Commission must not consider it appropriate to terminate an enterprise agreement if the terms and conditions of employment of any employee covered by the agreement would, immediately after the termination, be less favourable than the employee’s terms and conditions of employment immediately before the termination; and invalidate any decision of the commission to terminate an agreement since 22 April 2015, if the decision would not have met the new requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Fuel Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to: provide for the regulation of renewable fuel content in fuel supplied for use in motor vehicles; provide that the ethanol volume percentage be mandated at a minimum of 5 per cent from 1 July 2019 and a minimum of 10 per cent from 1 July 2022; establish an office of Renewable Fuel Program Administrator and provide for the appointment and functions of the administrator; and include record keeping and reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commission of Inquiry (Coal Seam Gas) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the coal seam gas industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Continuing the Energy Transition) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to increase the large scale renewable energy target in each year from 2021 to 2030 to arrive at a target of 55 500 GWh in 2030. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Guaranteeing Mobile Phone Service in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to determine an industry standard which requires that mobile base stations (mobile telephone towers) in high bushfire risk communities have at least 24 hours of standby power capability at all times. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Act 1998

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of family trust distribution tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fringe Benefits Tax Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Fringe Benefits Tax Act 1986

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of fringe benefits tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Act 2009

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of tax imposed on employees who receive an employee share scheme (ESS) interest under an ESS and have not provided an Australian Business Number or tax file number. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum