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Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration for Financial Advisers
Open Date	28 March 2019
Close Date	25 April 2019
Agency	Department of the Treasury
Description	You are invited to comment on the draft regulations that aim to end grandfathering arrangements for conflicted remuneration in relation to financial advice provided to retail clients. Grandfathering arrangements allows an old rule to apply to some existing situations while the new rule applies to future situations.
Full Details	Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration for Financial Advisers

Universal terms for insurance within MySuper
Open Date	28 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Department of the Treasury
Description	You are invited to comment on the impact of legislating key definitions, terms and exclusions for life insurance.
Full Details	Universal terms for insurance within MySuper

Effective Lives of Assets used in Banking Industries
Open Date	01 April 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Australian Taxation Office
Description	You are invited to comment on the draft list of effective lives for assets used in the banking industry. The list will apply to assets purchased on or after 1 July 2019.
Full Details	Effective Lives of Assets used in Banking Industries

Update to Narrowband and Wideband Instruction
Open Date	26 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Australian Communications and Media Authority
Description	You are invited to comment on the updates to the Radiocommunications Assignment and Licensing Instruction (RALI) which provides advice on coordinating narrowband services against wideband fixed services.
Full Details	Update to Narrowband and Wideband Instruction

Earth Stations in Motion in Ku Band
Open Date	27 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Australian Communications and Media Authority
Description	You are invited to comment on the paper that provides a summary of the national arrangements in the Ku band, which includes earth stations in motion (ESIM). These allow planes, ships and vehicles to connect to internet services via satellite. Comments should address how this will impact additional provisions for inclusion in space and space receive apparatus licence submission and processing procedures.
Full Details	Earth Stations in Motion in Ku Band

Catchweighing Instruments
Open Date	27 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Description	You are invited to comment on the revised standard for automatic catchweighing instruments, also known as wheeled loaders or automatic packaging conveyor weighers.
Full Details	Catchweighing Instruments

Capital allowances: draft effective life of assets used in a mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory industry
Open Date	28 February 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Australian Taxation Office
Description	You are invited to comment on draft effective lives released for the mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory industry
Full Details	Capital allowances: draft effective life of assets used in a mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory industry

Revised Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice
Open Date	18 February 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Description	You are invited to comment on the revised professional capabilities for medical radiation practice, which describe the minimum professional capability required for diagnostic radiographers, nuclear medicine technologists and radiation therapists.
Full Details	Revised Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice

Near Infrared Instruments in the Sugar Industry
Open Date	21 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Description	You are invited to comment on the proposed approach to setting regulatory requirements for near infrared instruments (NRI) used as quality measurement devices in the sugar industry.
Full Details	Near Infrared Instruments in the Sugar Industry

Landfill Gas Emissions Reduction
Open Date	22 March 2019
Close Date	26 April 2019
Agency	Department of the Environment and Energy
Description	You are invited to comment on the variation that aims to improve the method of how carbon credits are granted for reducing landfill gas emissions.
Full Details	Landfill Gas Emissions Reduction

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