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• Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Antarctic Seals and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Aug 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

  in relation to the protection of Antarctic flora and fauna, including Antarctic seals; and

  Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

  in relation to incorporation by reference of water efficiency and labelling standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014, the bill: establishes the Children’s e-Safety Commissioner and provides for the commissioner’s functions and powers; provides for a complaints system for cyber-bullying material targeted at an Australian child and a two-tiered system for rapid removal of that material from large social media services; provides for civil penalties, enforceable undertakings and injunctions; and establishes the Children’s Online Safety Special Account to fund the commissioner’s functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act 2015

  to: amend the short title of the Act to the

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  ; change the title of the Children’s e-Safety Commissioner to the e-Safety Commissioner; expand the role and function of the commissioner to cover Australians more generally rather than only Australian children; permit the commissioner to disclose a broader class of information to specified Commonwealth authorities; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to five other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to provide the Children’s e-safety Commissioner with certain information gathering powers; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Enhancing Online Safety (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  to: prohibit the posting of, or threatening to post, an intimate image without consent on a social media service, relevant electronic service or a designated internet service; establish a complaints and objections system to be administered by the eSafety Commissioner; provide the commissioner with powers to issue removal notices or remedial directions; establish a civil penalty regime to be administered by the commissioner; and enable the commissioner to seek a civil penalty order from a relevant court, issue an infringement notice, obtain an injunction or enforce an undertaking, or issue a formal warning for contraventions of the civil penalty provisions; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to the conferral of functions and powers on the National Competition Council and the Commonwealth Minister under the cooperative gas access regime;

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: accommodate incentives for new pipelines in the cooperative gas access regime which were recently introduced in the South Australian Parliament; and allow the Australian Energy Regulator to apply to the Federal Court for a disconnection order;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct certain incorrect references in relation to the application of the cooperative electricity regime. Also repeals the

  Pipeline Authority Act 1973

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015

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  Date

  04 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, the bill amends: the

  Customs Act 1901

  to provide that: excise-equivalent customs duty cannot be extinguished on imported fuel ethanol and biodiesel; and excise-equivalent customs duty is payable on the biofuels component of an imported blend of fuel; the

  Excise Act 1901

  to: provide that the exemption from the blending rule also applies where biofuels have been subject to different rates of duty; and remove the requirement that biofuel blends that have been subject to duty cannot be blended with other duty-paid fuels without being subject to excise duty; the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to require that fuel tax credits for fuel ethanol, and biodiesel and blends including certain biofuels are calculated as if they had been subject to the excise rate of duty, whether locally manufactured or imported; and four Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Bill 2003

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  Date

  13 Feb 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Credit) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill replaces the Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme and the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme with a single scheme called the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme which will apply from 1 July 2003. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

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  Date

  13 Feb 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Bill 2003, the bill makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts as a result of the introduction of the Energy Grants Credits Scheme. Also repeals the

  Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999

  and contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Bill 2004

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  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes the Energy Grants Cleaner Fuels Scheme which will provide a framework for the payment of grants to importers and manufacturers of biodiesel and certain other cleaner fuels to offset customs and excise duties, with effect from 18 September 2003. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum