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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Commercial Fishing Activities) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to provide for the minister to establish an independent expert panel to conduct an assessment into the potential environmental, social and economic impacts of a declared commercial fishing activity and to prohibit the declared commercial fishing activity while the assessment is undertaken. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Derivative Transactions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable the minister to prescribe a certain class of derivatives (in relation to a mandatory obligation); require the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to then issue a derivatives transaction rule for participants transacting in the prescribed class of derivatives; require any such rule to be consented to by the minister; and introduce a licensing regime for trade repositories; and

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  and

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to: establish a framework for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule to extend eligibility for subsidised dental care to children at least two years of age but under 18 years of age from 1 January 2014; and enable different monetary caps to apply to different groups of persons or different groups of services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Maximum Payment Amounts and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: update indexed amounts for Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships; add the 2016 funding year; enable the minister to determine maximum payment amounts for Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships by legislative instrument from 2013; and enable wider disclosure of information to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, the National VET Regulator and to the staff of state and territory agencies, higher education providers, VET providers and bodies or associations determined by the minister; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation adjustments for existing schemes for the financial years starting 1 July 2012, 2013 and 2014; and set an additional funding cap for the financial year starting 1 July 2015. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to: increase the tier structure for annual registration charges from three to four; decrease the threshold above which registration charges will be paid from $500 000 to $100 000; introduce an application fee for businesses seeking authorisation to import or export industrial chemicals under the prior informed consent procedure; remove a redundant fee for certain applications relating to the listing of chemicals on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and make technical amendments; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2012 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to extend the welfare reform trial in the Cape York area to 1 January 2014;

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to increase the appropriations for non-ABSTUDY payments in 2012 and 2013;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable a Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) member to release protected information in certain circumstances; enable an SSAT member to issue a non-disclosure order during a review; extend confidentiality obligations to everyone providing services at a review hearing; allow the SSAT Principal Member to reconstitute the SSAT; clarify that the SSAT Principal Member perform functions and powers enabling certain standards for the review process; and make technical amendments;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to clarify arrangements when the amount of child support payable under a child support assessment is reduced in certain circumstances; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy Act 2011

  to: remove the price floor for carbon units by removing the surrender charge on eligible international emissions units and the requirement for a minimum auction reserve price; restrict the quantity of eligible Kyoto units that liable entities can use to discharge their carbon pricing liabilities; provide for the calculation of an equivalent carbon price that reflects liable entities’ cost of compliance under a linking arrangement; increase the limit on advance-auctioned carbon units; prevent units being issued at auction more than three years in advance of their vintage year; change the treatment of relinquished carbon units; and enable regulations to be made to determine how specific circumstances relating to the supply and use of natural gas are treated;

  Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011

  to enable: European allowance units to be held in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; and the Clean Energy Regulator to issue and transfer Australian-issued international units in the event that a direct link with a foreign emissions trading scheme is not possible;

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to adjust the calculation of the equivalent carbon price to provide that it remains consistent with the compliance costs of liable entities under the carbon pricing mechanism with linking arrangements; and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to enable the minister to determine methods to measure and adjust amounts of designated fuels for the purposes of ascertaining potential greenhouse gas emissions. Also repeals the

  Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum