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• Seafarers Safety and Compensation Levies Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to the Seacare scheme, the bill imposes a seafarers insurance levy (to support a safety net fund where an employer cannot meet its workers’ compensation obligations) and a seafarers cost recovery levy (to enable the recovery of the costs of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Comcare and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in performing their respective regulatory functions) on seafarer berths. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Seafarers Safety and Compensation Levies Collection Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to the Seacare scheme, the bill provides for the collection of the seafarers insurance levy and the seafarers cost recovery levy by: requiring employers of seafarers to lodge returns in relation to the number of seafarer berths aboard a prescribed vessel and make levy payments quarterly; providing for a late payment penalty; providing for the appointment of authorised persons and the manner in which authorised persons may have access to premises and books for the purpose of examining certain matters; and enabling the transfer of funds raised by the cost recovery levy to Comcare and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: tighten the eligibility criteria for mobility allowance for new claims and reduce the period for which the allowance is continued when a person ceases to be qualified; provide that the allowance will no longer be payable to individuals who transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS); and close the mobility allowance program from 1 July 2020. Also makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to tax arrangements for working holiday makers, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to apply a 19 per cent income tax rate to assessable income derived by working holiday makers on amounts up to $37 000, with ordinary tax rates applying for taxable income exceeding this amount. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Amendment (Review) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLLINS, Julie, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013

  to provide for an independent review of the operation of Part 2.4 of the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  , the Classification Principles 2014 and the Aged Care Funding Instrument. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Commission of Inquiry Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Requires the Treasurer to establish a Banking Commission of Inquiry with the same powers as a royal commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Foreign Political Donations) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit the receipt of a gift which exceeds $1000 by a political party or candidate from a foreign person; provide that a gift received in these circumstances is a debt owing to the Commonwealth and may be recovered by the Commonwealth; and provide that a gift received in these circumstances is not unlawful if it is returned within 30 days after its receipt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Strategic Assets) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to prevent foreign persons or entities from acquiring a 10 per cent or greater interest in Australian land, water or other assets that are of strategic economic or strategic defensive significance to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Merges the functions of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) by: amending the

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to enable the ACIC to perform the AIC’s functions, including carrying out, sharing and publishing of criminology research, and carrying out commissioned research; and repealing the

  Criminology Research Act 1971

  to abolish the AIC as a statutory agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes the legislative framework for a compulsory in-person vote in a national plebiscite that would ask Australians “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum