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• Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Tax Integrity and Supporting Business Investment) Bill 2022 to reduce the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Australian Agriculture Worker Program or the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  to amend the title of the Act to the

  Income Tax (Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulator Performance Omnibus Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Updates and repeals outdated administrative provisions across Commonwealth legislation, including by amending the:

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to: streamline the indexation of certain thresholds and amounts; and make administrative amendments;

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable the minister to delegate certain powers in relation to the Woomera Prohibited Area;

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to streamline interactions for entities regulated by the National VET Regulator and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency;

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011

  to make transitional provisions;

  Industrial Chemicals Act 2019

  to: correct an error; and enable the executive director to delegate power or functions;

  National Health Act 1953

  to streamline the process for approving a pharmacist to supply pharmaceutical benefits under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme;

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to clarify certain timeframes; Australian Jobs Act 2013 to enable the Australian Industry Participation Authority to suspend or cancel an approved Australian Industry Participation Plan;

  Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010

  to enable an issuing authority to revoke and reissue a building energy efficiency certificate when the certificate has been found to contain an error;

  Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012

  in relation to: administration by the Greenhouse and Energy Minister Standards (GEMS) Regulator; compliance with requirements by suppliers of customised products; and defining classes of products in a GEMS determination;

  Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

  to: clarify that the International Olympic Committee and the Australian Olympic Committee can register their own insignia as trade marks; and provide for the rejection of applications to register trade marks not applied for by these bodies;

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  in relation to: alignment of grace periods for renewal of a trade mark; revocation and restoration of registration of a trade mark; and replacement of the Official Journal of Trade Marks;

  Patents Act 1990

  to remove spent transitional and savings provisions;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to: remove certain powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA); and require the minister to have regard to certain expertise when nominating a person for appointment to the ACMA; and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to: remove certain requirements in relation to spectrum plans and frequency band plans, apparatus licences, variations and revocations of class licences and advisory guidelines; and provide for personal information to be excluded from public inspection and subject to confidentiality in circumstances that the ACMA considers appropriate. Also repeals the

  Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Tax Integrity and Supporting Business Investment) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022, the bill amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner of Taxation to direct an entity to complete an approved record-keeping course as an alternative to financial penalties where the commissioner reasonably believes the entity has failed to comply with its tax-related record-keeping obligations;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and its wholly owned subsidiary established for the purpose of delivering the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide the choice to self assess the effective life of certain intangible depreciating assets rather than using the statutory effective life in working out the decline in value; and provide an income tax exemption for certain recovery grants made to small businesses and primary producers impacted by Cyclone Seroja in April 2021;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: amend the existing unfair contract terms provisions; introduce a civil penalty regime prohibiting the use and reliance on unfair contract terms in standard form contracts; and expand the class of contracts covered by the unfair contract terms provisions; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and three other taxation Acts to reduce the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Australian Agriculture Worker Program or the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 12 Acts administered in the Treasury, Social Services and Veterans' Affairs portfolios. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination and Other Legislation Amendment (Save Women’s Sport) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHANDLER, Sen Claire 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Sports Commission Act 1989

  to require the Australian Sports Commission to promote women’s participation in sport, including by supporting the provision of single-sex sport for women and girls; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that the provision of single-sex sports, services and facilities for women and girls is consistent with the objects of the Act; insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’; and provide that it is not unlawful to exclude persons of one sex from participation in any sporting activity intended for persons of a different sex. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework relating to potentially defamatory content posted on social media by: deeming a person who administers or maintains a social media page not to be a publisher of third-party material; deeming a social media service provider to be the publisher of material that is published on their service if it is posted in Australia; creating a conditional defence for social media service providers in defamation proceedings relating to material on their service that is posted in Australia if the provider meets certain conditions; empowering courts to issue end-user information disclosure orders to require providers of social media services to give the applicant relevant contact details and country location data in certain circumstances; requiring social media companies to have a nominated entity incorporated in Australia able to discharge certain key obligations; and enabling the Attorney-General to intervene in defamation proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth and authorise a grant of legal assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Concession for Australian Medical Innovations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to introduce the patent box regime to provide concessional tax treatment for ordinary and statutory income derived by a corporate taxpayer from exploiting a medical or biotechnology patent for the financial years commencing on or after 1 July 2022; and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to include application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Brisbane Airport Curfew and Demand Management Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: imposes a curfew and certain related restrictions on aircraft movements at Brisbane Airport; provides for the development of a long term operating plan that deals with the management of aircraft movements and airspace at Brisbane Airport; and provides for consultation procedures. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Airports Act 1996

  and

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: lower the donation disclosure threshold from $13 800 to $1000 for individual donations and require aggregation under the threshold; expand the definition of 'gift'; introduce a cap of $50 000 on the total amount of donations a donor can provide during an electoral cycle; require real-time disclosure by gift recipients to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) within two business days of the donation threshold being reached or exceeded; require the AEC to publish donation returns by reporting entities on the Transparency Register as soon as reasonably practicable; introduce an electoral expenditure cap to limit the amount of money that can be spent on federal election campaigns; prohibit political donations from particular industries, including fossil fuel entities, gambling companies, liquor companies and the tobacco industry; and increase certain penalties for corporations 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Moratorium on New Coal, Gas and Oil Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit environmental approvals of new coal, gas and oil projects; revoke existing environmental approvals of coal, gas and oil projects that haven't commenced; and prohibit new petroleum exploration permits being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum exploration permits; and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to prohibit petroleum production licences being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum licences where petroleum recovery operations have not commenced. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum