Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008

Type
Government
Portfolio
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the: Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 to prohibit certain pay television licensees from providing television channels that contain a large amount of R18+ programming to certain prescribed areas; Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 to permit the transportation of pornographic material through a prescribed area to a place outside the prescribed area; Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 to repeal permit system amendments providing public access to certain Aboriginal land; and Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 to enable community dependent roadhouses to be licensed as community stores.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 21 Feb 2008
Second reading moved 21 Feb 2008
Second reading debate 19 Mar 2008
Second reading debate 20 Mar 2008
Second reading debate 01 Sep 2008
Second reading agreed to 02 Sep 2008
Consideration in detail debate
  • Amendment details: 25 Government agreed to
02 Sep 2008
Third reading agreed to 02 Sep 2008
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 04 Sep 2008
Second reading moved 04 Sep 2008
Second reading debate 17 Sep 2008
Second reading debate 27 Nov 2008
Second reading agreed to 27 Nov 2008
Committee of the Whole debate
  • Amendment details: 11 Opposition agreed to
27 Nov 2008
Third reading agreed to 27 Nov 2008
House of Representatives
Message from Senate reported 01 Dec 2008
Lapsed at dissolution 19 Jul 2010

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Text of bill

Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Senate

Schedules of amendments

Bills digest

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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