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• Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Amendment Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

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  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable certain parcels of land to be granted to relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: remove the connection between the election of members to the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) and Queensland local government elections; and allow for changes to be made to the composition of the TSRA, following a governance review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: allow for township leases to be for a period of between 40 and 99 years and provide for rights of renewal; expand the functions of the Executive Director of Township Leasing; allow for the grant of 13 areas of Aboriginal land which will be operated as national parks; and make minor amendments; and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  to: provide processes for payments to landholders for the acquisition of five-year leases; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011

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  Date

  17 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to change the title of certain statutory positions to ‘Chief Executive Officer’; and

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: allow information held by Indigenous Business Australia to be disclosed in limited circumstances; and remove certain references to two discontinued Aboriginal Hostels Limited schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Bill 2017

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  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017, the bill: establishes the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority as an independent statutory authority with responsibilities in relation to expenses and allowances of parliamentarians and their staff; provides for the Authority’s functions, powers, liabilities, membership, and appointment of a chief executive officer and staff; and provides for an independent review of the Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017

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  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to provide exemptions for the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority in relation to documents requesting that the Authority give personal advice relating to parliamentary work-related travel expenses to parliamentarians and their staff, and any other documents in relation to the performance of those functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2010

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  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Cabinet Secretary 

  Summary

  Appoints an Independent National Security Legislation Monitor to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of counter-terrorism and national security legislation and provides for: the functions and powers of the position; annual reporting requirements; and protection from legal action. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Amendment Bill 2021

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  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to: enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) to report on own-motion inquiries in standalone reports; provide that the INSLM's annual report may include information relating to the performance of the INSLM's functions in relation to a referral from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; specify reporting arrangements for statutory reviews conducted by the INSLM; provide a framework for the engagement of staff (including contractors) to assist the INSLM in the performance of its functions or exercise of its powers; and provide current and former staff of the INSLM with certain legal protections during the course of assisting the INSLM with performing functions or exercising powers of the INSLM. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent Contractors Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006 to protect the status of independent contractors, the bill: excludes State and Territory laws which deem certain classes of independent contractors to be employees and which limit independent contractors from entering into primarily commercial relationships; establishes a national services contract review scheme; and provides a transitional scheme for workers deemed by State or Territory laws to be employees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to tax arrangements for working holiday makers, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to apply a 15 per cent income tax rate to assessable income derived by working holiday makers on amounts up to $37 000, with ordinary tax rates applying for taxable income exceeding this amount. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum