Bills passed in the Senate—2008

Total number of bills 163
Total number of packages of bills 126
* Amendments made 28 bills
r Requests made 9 bills
s Senate bill 11 bills
ps Private senators' bills 2 bills
  • A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2008 (23 September 2008)
  • A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2008 (23 September 2008)
  • A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2008 (23 September 2008)
  • Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 (14 February 2008)
  • Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2007-2008 (20 March 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2007-2008 (20 March 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2007-2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2007-2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (24 November 2008)
  • Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 (24 November 2008)
  • Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008 (14 February 2008)
  • Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008 (14 February 2008)
  • Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (26 June 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 (26 June 2008)
  • Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 (26 June 2008)
  • s Archives Amendment Bill 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • AusLink (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2008 (25 September 2008)
  • Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Bill 2008 (13 November 2008)
  • Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2008 (25 September 2008)
  • Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 (4 September 2008)
  • Aviation Legislation Amendment (International Airline Licences and Carriers' Liability Insurance) Bill 2008 (4 September 2008)
  • s Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • * s Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008 (3 December 2008)
  • Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Assessments and Advertising) Bill 2008 (24 June 2008)
  • COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Bill 2008 (15 May 2008)
  • Commonwealth Securities and Investment Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (23 June 2008)
  • s Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008 (17 March 2008)
  • Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Crimes Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Bill 2008 (24 June 2008)
  • s Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2008 (11 March 2008)
  • Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008 (13 November 2008)
  • Customs Amendment (Strengthening Border Controls) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Customs Legislation Amendment (Modernising) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008 (13 November 2008)
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Content) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Dairy Adjustment Levy Termination Bill 2008 (13 November 2008)
  • Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • * Dental Benefits Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (2 December 2008)
  • Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • r Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 (25 September 2008)
  • r Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 (25 September 2008)
  • Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • * r Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (25 June 2008)
  • * Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • * Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (1 December 2008)
  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • * r Family Law Amendment ( De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (10 November 2008)
  • Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance Measures) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Financial Claims Scheme (ADIs) Levy Bill 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • Financial Claims Scheme (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (4 September 2008)
  • Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • s Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Bill 2008 (11 March 2008)
  • Financial Transaction Reports Amendment (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2008 (13 November 2008)
  • First Home Saver Accounts Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • First Home Saver Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008 (24 September 2008)
  • First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008 (24 September 2008)
  • Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance Arrangements for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Other Matters) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Governance Review Implementation (AASB and AUASB) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Governor-General Amendment (Salary and Superannuation) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (11 November 2008)
  • Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding Appropriation Bill 2008 (26 November 2008)
  • Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008 (4 September 2008)
  • Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Assistance) Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • Income Tax (First Home Saver Accounts Misuse Tax) Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Transitional) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • ps Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] (13 November 2008)
  • Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (23 June 2008)
  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 (12 March 2008)
  • * Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 (19 March 2008)
  • International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008 (18 September 2008)
  • International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Judiciary Amendment Bill 2008 (24 June 2008)
  • Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Law Officers Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Migration Amendment (Notification Review) Bill 2008 (14 October 2008)
  • * s Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008 (28 August 2008)
  • s Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • Military Memorials of National Significance Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • National Film and Sound Archive Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2008 (2 September 2008)
  • National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2008 (17 June 2008)
  • National Measurement Amendment Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 (24 November 2008)
  • * National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (24 November 2008)
  • * Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • * Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Datum) Bill 2008 (4 September 2008)
  • * Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 (10 November 2008)
  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008 (15 May 2008)
  • Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 (10 November 2008)
  • Offshore Petroleum (Registration Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 (10 November 2008)
  • Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 (10 November 2008)
  • Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2008 (25 June 2008)
  • Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (28 August 2008)
  • Quarantine Amendment (National Health Security) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • * Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 (23 June 2008)
  • r Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • * Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 (14 October 2008)
  • Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 (14 October 2008)
  • * r Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008 (26 November 2008)
  • * r Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008 (24 November 2008)
  • * Schools Assistance Bill 2008 (2 December 2008)
  • Screen Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • Screen Australia Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • Skills Australia Bill 2008 (12 March 2008)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008 (24 November 2008)
  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Employment Entry Payment) Bill 2008 (23 June 2008)
  • Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amemdnet (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Allowances) Bill 2008 (12 March 2008)
  • Social Security and Veterans Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Bill 2008 (15 May 2008)
  • s Statute Law Revision Bill 2008 (15 May 2008)
  • Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • s Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (15 May 2008)
  • Sydney Airport Demand Management Amendment Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • * Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 (17 June 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008 (1 September 2008)
  • * Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008 (3 September 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 (1 December 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2008 (25 June 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Education Refund) Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Election Commitments No. 1) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • r Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 (25 September 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2008 (18 June 2008)
  • * Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill (No. 2) 2008 (16 October 2008)
  • Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 (16 June 2008)
  • * Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 (14 May 2008)
  • Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (28 August 2008)
  • * s Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network) Bill 2008 (14 May 2008)
  • * r Temporary Residents' Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (4 December 2008)
  • Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Annual Charges) Bill 2008 (28 August 2008)
  • Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008 (13 March 2008)
  • * Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (17 September 2008)
  • Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill 2008 (11 November 2008)
  • Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2008 (20 March 2008)
  • Transport Security Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • ps Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008 (22 September 2008)
  • Veterans Affairs Legislation Amendment (International Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (26 June 2008)
  • Veterans Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • * Water Amendment Bill 2008 (27 November 2008)
  • * Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (19 June 2008)
  • * Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 (18 March 2008)

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