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• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to require trustees of registrable superannuation entity licensees to have a minimum of one-third independent directors and an independent chair on their boards; and make consequential amendments; and the

  Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011

  to restructure the board of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation by reducing the number of directors from eleven to nine and providing for the majority of the directors to be independent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Act 2012

  to abolish the seafarer tax offset; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to reduce the tax offset rates available under the research and development tax incentive for the first $100 million of eligible expenditure by 1.5 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Deregulatory and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: remove the requirement for reporting a food related death, serious injury or illness to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); remove the requirement for litigants to obtain ministerial consent to bring an action for a breach of the Act that takes place overseas; enable consumers to seek redress in state and territory courts and tribunals for breaches of the Act; remove the requirement for the ACCC to maintain a register of certain records when they hold conferences for product safety bans; enable the ACCC to share certain notices it receives with specified agencies to protect public safety; clarify the operation of the cooling-off period for unsolicited consumer agreements; permit the ACCC to seek a court order directing a person to comply with a notice to obtain information, documents and evidence; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission Amendment (Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee Abolition) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to abolish the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee; provide for transitional arrangements; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC); amends the

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to make amendments consequent on the repeal; abolishes the CEFC Transitional Special Account established as a temporary measure; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  ,

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Act 2012

  ,

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Act 2012

  and

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Act 2012

  ; amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide that companies can carry tax losses forward to use as a deduction for a future year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: amend the instant asset write-off threshold provisions for small business entities; provide that motor vehicle purchases made by small business entities will be treated as normal business assets for depreciation purposes; and provide that geothermal energy exploration and prospecting expenditure are no longer immediately deductible;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to delay increases in the superannuation guarantee rate for a two-year period;

  Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

  to abolish the low income superannuation contribution;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the income support bonus payment; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the schoolkids bonus payment; and makes consequential amendments to 13 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuel Indexation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to index the rate of excise applying to domestic fuels, including gaseous fuels, in line with Consumer Price Index movements; and the

  Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the:

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to provide that the same indexed rate is used for determining the amount of excise or excise-equivalent customs duty payable on the fuel and the amount of the fuel tax credit; proposed

  Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2014

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  ; and

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004 to make other consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum