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• Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio) Bill 2012

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  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: exempt remote area, racing service licensees and licensees outside the Broadcasting Services Band from the minimum local content requirement; and amend provisions relating to certain changes in ownership and control of a licence known as a ‘trigger event’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the Corporations Amendment (Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require financial advisers to act in the best interests of their clients and to put their client’s interests ahead of their own when providing advice; ban the payment and receipt of certain remuneration which has the potential to influence the financial product advice given to retail clients; ban volume-based shelf-space fees from asset managers or product issuers to platform operators; and ban asset-based fees on borrowed client monies.  

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  in relation to the textile, clothing and footwear industry to: extend the operation of most of the provisions of the Act to contract outworkers; enable outworkers to recover unpaid amounts up the supply chain; enable an outwork code of practice to be issued; and extend specific right of entry rules to sweatshop premises. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [2012]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide that the minister retains the power to decide an application for approval as a higher education provider although the required timeframe may have expired; require VET providers to notify the minister in writing of events which may affect their ability to comply with quality and accountability requirements; provide for the authorisation of certain uses and disclosures of information; allow the secretary to revoke or vary any determination made to pay an advance to a VET provider in certain circumstances; clarify that a VET provider must provide statistical and other information although an approved form of provision has not been specified; and make administrative arrangements relating to the assessment of an individual’s higher education loan program debt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to clarify that the Federal Court or judge may make orders for the costs of discovery during litigation and for pre-trial oral examination about discovery; five Acts to clarify the circumstances in which suppression and non-publications orders can be made, what information they can cover and details they should contain; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to clarify the circumstances in which vexatious proceedings orders can be made and the kinds of orders that can be made, without affecting the courts’ other powers; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to align the jurisdictional limit for matters heard by family law magistrates in Western Australia with the Federal Magistrates Court; and the

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to change the way fees are paid in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Implements Australia’s obligations under three Measures adopted under Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty and Article 9 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) by amending the

  Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

  to: amend the long title of the Act; provide for the minister to grant safety and environmental protection approvals and impose conditions on such approvals; implement new offences and civil penalties; establish a liability regime for environmental emergencies in the Antarctic; establish an Antarctic Environmental Liability Special Account; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation adjustments for existing schemes for the financial years starting 1 July 2011, 2012 and 2013; and set an additional funding cap for the financial year starting 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  in relation to: the procedures governing the collection and use of DNA forensic material; parole conditions for federal offenders; and the enforcement of Commonwealth fines by certain state and territory agencies;

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to: allow the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission to share information with private sector bodies for specified purposes; and introduce rules governing the use, sharing and retention of seized things;

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  in relation to: contempt of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI); arrest warrants; search warrants; and notices to produce and summon;

  Privacy Act 1988

  in relation to non-disclosure for notices to produce;

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to enable certain ACLEI officers to use optical surveillance devices in certain circumstances;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to list additional substances and quantities to be subject to the Commonwealth serious drug offences;

  Customs Act 1901

  to clarify powers available to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to seize border controlled drugs, plants and precursors without a warrant;

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to allow a court to restrict the publication of certain matters in relation to applications for freezing orders and restraining orders; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to enable Australian Federal Police employees and certain secondees to commence and conduct proceeds of crime litigation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum