Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care system in Australia. Operated by the Department of Human Services, Medicare is the primary funder of health care in Australia, funding primary health care for Australian citizens and permanent residents including Norfolk Island.

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IP Australia is an agency of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. IP Australia administers intellectual property rights and legislation relating to patents, trade marks, registered designs and plant breeder's rights in Australia.

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC is Australia's integrated corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission is an independent Australian Government body. We are set up under and administer the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act), and we carry out most of our work under the Corporations Act.

Our role under the ASIC Act is to:

• maintain, facilitate and improve the performance of the financial system and entities in it
• promote confident and informed participation by investors and consumers in the financial system
• administer the law effectively and with minimal procedural requirements
• receive, process and store, efficiently and quickly, information we receive
• make information about companies and other bodies available to the public as soon as practicable
• take whatever action we can, and which is necessary, to enforce and give effect to the law.

Legislation enacted in 2019 strengthened the criminal and civil penalties for financial sector misconduct and introduced a design and distribution obligations regime for financial services firms and a product intervention power for ASIC:

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Corporate and Financial Sector Penalties) Act 2019
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Act 2019 

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Approved Signatories of a Commonwealth Statutory Declaration. There are a number of people who may be able to witness your statutory declaration.

PPSR or the Personal Property Securities Register is an electronic register that allows security interests in personal property to be registered and searched in accordance with the New Zealand Personal Property Securities Act 1999 and the Australian Personal Property Securities Act.

HomeBuilder provides eligible owner-occupiers (including first home buyers) with a grant of $25,000 to build a new home or substantially renovate an existing home. HomeBuilder will assist the residential construction market by encouraging the commencement of new home builds and renovations.

You will be able to apply for HomeBuilder when the relevant State or Territory Government that you live in, or plan to live in, signs the National Partnership Agreement with the Commonwealth Government.

Information on when and how you will be able to apply will become available through the relevant State or Territory revenue office in due course.

Information about what Homebuilder will mean for the construction industry is available on business.gov.au or by contacting 13 28 46. Please keep in touch with business.gov.au for updated State and Territory information as it becomes available.

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Businesses and Employers receive Government assistance to help business withstand the impact of the coronavirus and encourage an economic recovery into the future.

Zone and overseas forces, If you live in a remote area or serve in forces overseas, you may be eligible for one of the following tax offsets:

• Zone tax offset
• Overseas forces tax offset.

If you qualify for both of the above tax offsets, you will be allowed to claim the one that provides the greater offset.

ATO Super Guarantee Decision Tool. This decision tool helps determine if your employees are eligible for super guarantee (SG), including any contractors treated as employees for super purposes.

ATO Private Ruling 88920 - Where a car fringe benefit is provided to an employee and a car allowance is paid, does a subsequent recipient's payment reduce the taxable value of the car fringe benefit?

Fuel Tax Credit (FTC) calculator. The following ATO tool will help you check if you're eligible for FTC and work out the amount of FTC you can claim:

• Eligibility tool – check if you can claim FTCs
• Calculator – work out the amount you can claim.

ATO Employee Contractor Decision Tool. To check if your worker is an employee or contractor, you need to consider the whole working arrangement. There are a number of factors that need to be considered, not just the terms of the employment contract. There isn’t one factor that makes a difference on determination on its own.

Work related car expenses, the ATO information page to help taxpayers understand the limited circumstances in which they may be able to make a claim for motor vehicle expenses at Item D1 on their tax return

Car and travel expenses, ATO explains the circumstances when a claim for car or travel expenses may be made by a taxpayer.

Australian Tax Office history from Federation to now. The Australian Taxation Office is an Australian government statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian government.