senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-03-19.149.1 motion] to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.
''Background to the bills''
These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
The eleven bills are:
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709 Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011]
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011]
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-03-19.149.1) to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.
- _Background to the bills_
- These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [minerals resource rent tax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax) ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT [here](http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/).) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- The eleven bills are:
- - [Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712)
- - [Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710)
- - [Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705)
- - [Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701)
- - [Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703)
- - [Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711)
- - [Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706)
- - [Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702)
- - [Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704)
- - [Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709)
- - [Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698)
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senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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Description
- The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-03-19.149.1 motion] to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.
- ''Background to the bills''
These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].
) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- The eleven bills are:
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709 Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011]
References
@MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
@MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
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senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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2014-10-07 16:16:50
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Description
- The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-03-19.149.1 motion] to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.
- ''Background to the bills''
These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').[1] The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].
) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- The eleven bills are:
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709 Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011]
- References
* [1] Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].
- @MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
@MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- @MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
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senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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2014-02-14 09:55:17
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Title
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills - Third Reading - Introduce a minerals resource rent tax
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills - Third Reading - Read the bills a third time
Description
- The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-03-19.149.1 motion] to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.
<p>The majority voted in favour of a <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0176;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0000%22">motion</a> to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.</p>
- ''Background to the bills''
<p><b>Background to the bill</b></p>
- These eleven bills were introduced as a package to create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').[1] The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.
- The eleven bills are:
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703 Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709 Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011]
- * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011]
- References
- * [1] Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].
<p>The eleven bills were introduced as a package to introduce a <a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/">minerals resource rent tax</a> ('MRRT'). The tax will begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.</p>
<p>The eleven bills are:</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712">Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709">Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698">Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011</a></li></ul>
- @MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
@MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- @MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
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senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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2014-01-02 11:28:57
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Description
<p>The majority voted in favour of a <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0176;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0000%22">motion</a> to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.</p>
<p><b>Summary of the debate in the Senate</b></p>
@MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
@MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- <p>The majority voted in favour of a <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0176;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0000%22">motion</a> to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.</p>
- <p><b>Background to the bill</b></p>
- <p>The eleven bills were introduced as a package to introduce a <a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/">minerals resource rent tax</a> ('MRRT'). The tax will begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.</p>
- <p>The eleven bills are:</p>
- <ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712">Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709">Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698">Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011</a></li></ul>
- @MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- @MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
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senate vote 2012-03-19#14
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2013-12-20 12:28:16
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Title
Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011; Third Reading
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills - Third Reading - Introduce a minerals resource rent tax
Description
<p class="speaker">John Hogg</p>
<p>The question is that the remaining stages of the bills be agreed to and the bills be now passed.</p>
<p>Senate adjourned at 22:33</p>
- <p>The majority voted in favour of a <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0176;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2f8a0da6-da94-4ca8-a831-75ddcb7c554e%2F0000%22">motion</a> to read the bills for a third time and so pass them through the Senate. As they have already been passed in the House of Representatives, they can now become law.</p>
- <p><b>Summary of the debate in the Senate</b></p>
- @MP voted aye to pass the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- @MP voted no to reject the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills.
- <p><b>Background to the bill</b></p>
- <p>The eleven bills were introduced as a package to introduce a <a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/">minerals resource rent tax</a> ('MRRT'). The tax will begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.</p>
- <p>The eleven bills are:</p>
- <ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4712">Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4710">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4705">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4701">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4703">Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4711">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4706">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4702">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4704">Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4709">Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4698">Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011</a></li></ul>
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