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• Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  ,

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  ,

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  in relation to: delegation powers of the minister and the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority; management of Australia’s rights and obligations under the Torres Strait Treaty; output controls and fisheries management practices; consistency with other legislative regimes; compliance, forfeiture and enforcement procedures; the role and functions of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA); and transition of the AFMA from an authority to a commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Fisheries Levy Act 1984

  to ensure levies can be collected in Torres Strait fisheries in accordance with new management and licensing arrangements provided for in the proposed

  Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to appropriate additional funding for Indigenous students through: the expansion of the Indigenous Youth Mobility Programme and Indigenous Youth Leadership Programme; infrastructure funding for boarding school facilities; and where education providers agree, the conversion of Community Development Employment Projects program places into ongoing jobs in the education sector. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004

  to: increase per capita assistance to State and non-government education authorities for newly arrived humanitarian entrant students under the English as a Second Language-New Arrivals Program for the 2008 program year; and provide for additional funding for 2008 for non-government schools in rural and remote regions, based on redefined remoteness classifications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to change the governance and financial management arrangements for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority from a board structure to an executive management structure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the

  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982

  to change the corporate governance of the Australian Centre for Agricultural Research to an executive management structure, including revocation of the Centre’s body corporate status and creation of the Commission for International Agricultural Research and the new position of Chief Executive Officer. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to establish a new regulatory framework for Internet content hosts, content services delivered over convergent devices including live streamed content services, mobile phone-based services and services that provide links to content; and makes related amendments to eight other Acts. Also amends the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to include the Indian Ocean Territories in reviews by the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to simplify the internal government financial management framework and address issues relating to the management of appropriations. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Auditor-General Act 1997

  and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the taxation laws to: increase the dependent spouse tax offset to $2,100 from 1 July 2007; increase the Medicare levy low-income and the Medicare levy surcharge low-income thresholds in line with movements in the consumer price index; and increase the Medicare levy low-income thresholds for pensioners below pension age so that there is no Medicare levy liability if there is no income tax liability. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the taxation laws in relation to: distributions to entities connected with a private company; transitional excess non-concessional contributions; capital gains on testamentary trusts; superannuation of deceased military and police; thin capitalisation; repeal of dividend tainting rules; interest withholding tax; forestry managed investment schemes; non-resident trustee beneficiaries; and distributions to foreign residents from managed investment trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum