Bill
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
lapsed, as at 2014-03-20. Environment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2013-11-13
- second reading — 2013-11-13
- second reading — 2013-11-18
- second reading — 2013-11-19
- second reading — 2013-11-20
- second reading — 2013-11-21
- second reading — 2013-11-21
- committee — 2013-11-21
- third reading — 2013-11-21
- introduced — 2013-12-02
- second reading — 2013-12-02
- second reading — 2014-03-03
- second reading — 2014-03-04
- second reading — 2014-03-17
- second reading — 2014-03-17
- committee — 2014-03-17
- committee — 2014-03-20
- third reading — 2014-03-20
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2013-11-13.
This bill is part of a package that repeals the carbon tax.
The package would ban suppliers from charging more than the tax cut justifies for goods like electricity and gas, and give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) new powers to watch prices and stop false claims about the repeal's effect on prices.
A company breaking the price exploitation rule could face a maximum fine of 6,471 penalty units ($1,100,070), and an individual up to 1,295 penalty units ($220,150).
- Creates a new ban on price exploitation tied to the carbon tax repeal for certain key goods.
- Gives the ACCC authority to monitor prices before and after the repeal and to check for price exploitation.
- Bans companies from making false or misleading statements about the carbon tax repeal's effect on prices.
Businesses that supply key goods such as electricity and gas, and consumers.
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