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• Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: consolidate the medicinal cannabis licensing structure into a single licence framework; enable assessments relating to supply chains to be undertaken at the permit stage rather than the earlier licensing stage; allow licences to be granted for a period of up to five years; include a new simplified outline; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: give effect to certain of Australia’s obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (the Single Convention); establish licensing and permit schemes for the cultivation and production of cannabis and cannabis resin for medicinal and scientific purposes, and for the manufacture of narcotic drugs covered by the Single Convention; provide for monitoring, inspection and enforcement powers for authorised inspectors and for the secretary to give directions to licence holders and former licence holders; and enable the secretary to authorise a state or territory government agency to undertake cultivation and production of cannabis and manufacture of medicinal cannabis products; and the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Bill 2016, the bill amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: protect sensitive law enforcement information that may be disclosed by law enforcement agencies for the purposes of regulatory action relating to medicinal cannabis licences, cannabis research licences and manufacture licences; introduce an offence for the unauthorised disclosure of sensitive law enforcement information in certain circumstances; clarify that cannabis research licence holders can supply seeds to licensed cultivators; enable the minister to make standards and guidelines; enable the making of regulations to specify periods within which the secretary must notify licence holders of certain matters; provide for the timing of payments of fees and charges; and enable the pro-rating refund, waiving, reduction or remission of fees; and the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to enable regulations to be made prescribing the circumstances in which the use of medicinal cannabis products can be authorised. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005

  to: replace references to ‘AusLink’ with ‘Nation Building Program’; clarify funding for off-network projects and off-network projects in regional areas; enable the minister to specify funding conditions in certain documents from time to time; enable the minister to grant certain funding recipients an exemption for calling for public tenders; extend the types of projects that can receive funding as Nation Building Program Black Spot Projects; and enable the minister to increase monies payable to organisations on the Nation Building Program Roads to Recovery List. Also contains a transitional regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 and further to the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008, the bill: repeals the

  Higher Education Endowment Fund Act 2007

  ; repeals Part 9C of the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Services Standards) Act 1999

  which establishes the Communications Fund; transfers the balance of these funds to the Education Investment Fund and the Building Australia Fund, respectively; makes consequential amendments to the

  Future Fund Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 2001

  ; and makes transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nation-building Funds Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Nation-building Funds Act 2008

  to redirect $2.5 billion from the Education Investment Fund to the Clean Energy Initiative. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nation-building Funds Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 and further to the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008, the bill establishes three financial asset funds to provide capital investment in transport, communications, energy, water, higher and vocational education and health infrastructure: the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund and the Health and Hospitals Fund. The funds will be established as special accounts in the Consolidated Revenue Fund and will be managed by the Future Fund Board of Guardians. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Blood Authority Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Establishes the National Blood Authority to manage and coordinate Australia’s blood supply in accordance with the National Blood Agreement agreed by the Commonwealth, States and Territories. Also provides for corporate plans, reporting requirements and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2010, the bill provides: for the operations of NBN Co and any NBN corporations; for ownership and control of NBN Co; for certain reporting obligations of NBN Co; for anti-avoidance obligations of NBN Co; powers to the Federal Court to grant injunctions; that NBN Co is not a public authority; that NBN corporations are not subject to the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  ; and for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co to be established for the specific purpose of examining a Productivity Commission report on its inquiry into the NBN and cease to exist after it has reported to Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to establish a merit-based appointment process for ABC and SBS non-executive directors for their respective boards; and

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to re-establish the position of staff-elected director to the ABC Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum