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senate vote 2012-03-19#7

Edited by system

on 2014-10-07 16:20:48

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Description

  • The majority voted against an [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 amendment] introduced by Liberal Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Mathias_Cormann&mpc=Senate&house=senate Mathias Cormann].
  • Senator Cormann explained that the amendment was "to the effect that we should not as a Senate continue to consider this bad piece of legislation until such time as the government have complied with all of the outstanding orders for information".(Read Senator Cormann's whole explanation [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 here]. )
  • ''Background to the bill''
  • The Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce 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
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1) introduced by Liberal Senator [Mathias Cormann](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Mathias_Cormann&mpc=Senate&house=senate).
  • Senator Cormann explained that the amendment was "to the effect that we should not as a Senate continue to consider this bad piece of legislation until such time as the government have complied with all of the outstanding orders for information".(Read Senator Cormann's whole explanation [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1). )
  • _Background to the bill_
  • The Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce 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)
  • References
senate vote 2012-03-19#7

Edited by system

on 2014-10-07 16:16:50

Title

Description

  • The majority voted against an [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 amendment] introduced by Liberal Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Mathias_Cormann&mpc=Senate&house=senate Mathias Cormann].
  • Senator Cormann explained that the amendment was "to the effect that we should not as a Senate continue to consider this bad piece of legislation until such time as the government have complied with all of the outstanding orders for information".[1]
  • Senator Cormann explained that the amendment was "to the effect that we should not as a Senate continue to consider this bad piece of legislation until such time as the government have complied with all of the outstanding orders for information".(Read Senator Cormann's whole explanation [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 here]. )
  • ''Background to the bill''
  • The Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').[2] 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 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce 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 Senator Cormann's whole explanation [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 here].
  • * [2] Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].
senate vote 2012-03-19#7

Edited by mackay staff

on 2014-02-13 13:16:01

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; Second Reading
  • Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Defer consideration of bill

Description

  • <p class="speaker">John Hogg</p>
  • <p>The time allotted for the consideration of these bills has expired. The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Cormann on sheet 7171 be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against an [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 amendment] introduced by Liberal Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Mathias_Cormann&mpc=Senate&house=senate Mathias Cormann].
  • Senator Cormann explained that the amendment was "to the effect that we should not as a Senate continue to consider this bad piece of legislation until such time as the government have complied with all of the outstanding orders for information".[1]
  • ''Background to the bill''
  • The Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax minerals resource rent tax] ('MRRT').[2] 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 Senator Cormann's whole explanation [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2012-03-15.125.1 here].
  • * [2] Read more about the MRRT [http://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Minerals-resource-rent-tax/ here].