Scrutiny
of New Taxes
1 January 2011 - 30 June 2011
| |
Matters Current as at 1 January
2011 |
Matters referred during
period |
Reports tabled that discharge a
reference** |
Current inquiries as at 30 June
2011 |
| Select Committee |
1 |
0 |
0 + (3**) |
1 |
| Number and Hours of Meeting |
| |
Public |
Hrs |
Public Estimates
|
Hrs |
Private |
Hrs |
Insp/Other |
Hrs |
Total Meetings
|
Total Hours |
| Select Committee |
6 |
21:06 |
0 |
0:00 |
14 |
1:28 |
0 |
0:00 |
20 |
22:34 |
| Meetings by State |
| |
ACT |
NSW |
VIC |
TAS |
SA |
WA |
NT |
QLD |
| Select Committee |
15 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Witnesses |
Hansard
Pages |
|
|
|
| |
Televised hearings
|
Estimates |
Other
(Bills) |
General |
Estimates |
Other
(Bills) |
General |
No. of submissions
|
No. of Pages |
Government Responses
|
| Select Committee |
3 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
295 |
35 |
392 |
0 |
** 3 interim reports
Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes
1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011
Method of appointment
Pursuant to
resolution agreed to by the Senate on 30 September 2010.
Current members
|
Date of appointment
|
|
Senator Mathias
Cormann (WA, LP)
(elected Chair on 30.09.10)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Steve
Hutchins (NSW, ALP)
(elected Deputy Chair on 1.10.10)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator David
Bushby (TAS, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Doug
Cameron (NSW, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Mitch
Fifield (VIC, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator John
Williams (NSW, NATS)
|
30.09.10
|
| |
|
Participating members
|
Date of appointment
|
|
Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)
|
30.09.10
|
|
Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)
|
25.10.10
|
Inquiry
As
at 1 January 2011
(a) new
taxes proposed for Australia, including:
(i) the
minerals resource rent tax and expanded petroleum resource rent tax,
(ii) a
carbon tax, or any other mechanism to put a price on carbon, and
(iii) any
other new taxes proposed by Government, including significant changes to
existing tax arrangements;
(b) the
short and long term impact of those new taxes on the economy, industry, trade,
jobs, investment, the cost of living, electricity prices and the Federation;
(c) estimated
revenue from those new taxes and any related spending commitments;
(d) the
likely effectiveness of these taxes and related policies in achieving their
stated policy objectives;
(e) any
administrative implementation issues at a Commonwealth, state and territory
level;
(f) an international comparison of relevant taxation
arrangements;
(g) alternatives
to any proposed new taxes, including direct action alternatives; and
(h) any other related matter.
Current inquiry
As
at 30 June 2011
(a) new taxes proposed for Australia, including:
(i) the
minerals resource rent tax and expanded petroleum resource rent tax,
(ii) a
carbon tax, or any other mechanism to put a price on carbon, and
(iii) any
other new taxes proposed by Government, including significant changes to
existing tax arrangements;
(b) the
short and long term impact of those new taxes on the economy, industry, trade,
jobs, investment, the cost of living, electricity prices and the Federation;
(c) estimated
revenue from those new taxes and any related spending commitments;
(d) the
likely effectiveness of these taxes and related policies in achieving their
stated policy objectives;
(e) any
administrative implementation issues at a Commonwealth, state and territory
level;
(f) an international comparison of relevant taxation
arrangements;
(g) alternatives
to any proposed new taxes, including direct action alternatives; and
(h) any other related matter.
Public hearings
1
January 2011–30 June 2011
- Carbon Tax Pricing Mechanisms—24 March, 17 May and 9 June 2011,
Canberra; 29 April 2011, Perth; 8 June 2011, Melbourne
- National Mining Tax—30 March 2011, Melbourne
Reports tabled
1
January 2011–30 June 2011
- The Student Amenities Fee—Another Tax by Another Name (tabled 28
February 2011)
- New Taxes Monitoring Database—Interim Report (tabled 21 March
2011)
- The mining tax: A bad tax out of a flawed process (presented out
of session on 29 June 2011)
Government responses
1
January 2011–30 June 2011
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