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• Customs Tariff Amendment (Fuel Indexation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  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

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to index the rate of excise-equivalent customs duty applying to imported fuels, including gaseous fuels, in line with Consumer Price Index movements; and the

  Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

  to make consequential amendments. 

  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

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: establish the Registered Organisations Commission and provide it with investigation and information gathering powers to monitor and regulate registered organisations; and provide for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner (who will assume the investigations, enforcement advice and assistance responsibilities in relation to registered organisations currently undertaken by the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission); and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: amend the requirements on officers’ disclosure of material personal interests and change grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for office; increase financial accounting and disclosure obligations for registered organisations and their officers; and increase civil penalties and introduce criminal offences for serious breaches of officers’ duties and new offences in relation to the conduct of investigations. 

  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

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account 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 establishes the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account to make grants of financial assistance to the states and territories for expenditure in relation to road infrastructure investment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide that a person will have been deemed not to have entered Australia by sea if they entered the migration zone and landed in an aircraft or if the person was born in the migration zone. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  in relation to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by: increasing the concessional patient co-payment by 80 cents from 1 January 2015; increasing the general patient co-payment by $5.00 from 1 January 2015; increasing the concessional safety net threshold by two prescriptions each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018; and increasing the general patient safety net threshold by 10 per cent each year for four years, from 2015 to 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014, the bill amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the senior supplement for holders of the Commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans’ affairs gold card from 20 June 2014; six Acts to rename the clean energy supplement as the energy supplement and cease indexation of the supplement from 1 July 2014; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to pause indexation on certain income and assets test free areas and thresholds for three years from 1 July 2014; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: make minor changes to the partner income free area from 20 September 2014; index parenting payment single to the Consumer Price Index from 20 September 2014; require certain disability support pension recipients to actively participate in a program of support, from 1 July 2014; limit the six-week overseas portability period for student payments from 1 October 2014; and extend and simplify the ordinary waiting period for all working age payments from 1 October 2014; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to maintain the standard FTB child rates for two years in the maximum and base rate of family tax benefit Part A and the maximum rate of family tax benefit Part B, from 1 July 2014; the

  Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012

  to provide that the State pay equity order (Western Australia) made on 29 August 2013 is a pay equity order for the purposes of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account and amend the amounts by which the account will be credited accordingly; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme 2004 and Veterans’ Children Education Scheme to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation on certain income and assets test free areas and thresholds for three years; index pensions (other than parenting payment single) to the Consumer Price Index from 20 September 2017; reduce social security and veterans’ entitlements income test deeming thresholds from 20 September 2017; exclude from the social security and veterans’ entitlements income test payments made under the Young Carer Bursary Programme from 1 January 2015; include tax-free superannuation income in the assessment of income for qualification for the seniors health card; and increase the age pension qualifying age, and the non-veteran pension age, from 67 to 70 years by six months every two years, commencing on 1 July 2025;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend to 19 weeks the portability period for seniors health cardholders; restrict qualification for relocation scholarship payments; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance from 1 January 2015; and provide for 26-week waiting periods and non-payment periods from 1 January 2015;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: limit the overseas portability period for disability support pension from 1 January 2015; and abolish the pensioner education supplement from 1 January 2015;

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the education entry payment from 1 January 2015;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  in relation to family tax benefit (from 1 July 2015) by: limiting the large family supplement; removing the per-child add-on; revising end-of-year supplements to their original values and ceasing indexation; reducing the primary earner income limit; limiting family tax benefit Part B; and introducing a single parent supplement;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to remove the three months’ backdating of disability pension from 1 January 2015; and seven Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious Failures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that: jobseekers who incur an eight week non-payment penalty for refusing suitable work will no longer be able to have the penalty waived; and jobseekers who persistently fail to comply with participation obligations will only be able to have the penalty waived once while in receipt of an activity tested income support payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum