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• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 and Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to simplify and streamline Australia’s corporate and financial service laws, particularly in regard to: regulation; company reporting obligations; auditor independence; corporate governance; funds raisings; takeovers; and compliance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Evidence Act 1995

  to introduce a privilege during trial and pre-trial stages of civil or criminal proceedings to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources;

  James Hardie (Investigations and Proceedings) Act 2004

  and

  Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002

  to ensure that the professional confidential relationship privilege under the

  Evidence Act 1995

  , Evidence Act (NSW) or a similar law in another State or Territory, does not apply in James Hardie proceedings and in proceeds of crime examinations and subsequent proceedings; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to ensure that the best interests of the child are paramount when a court is determining whether confidential communications should be disclosed in family law proceedings concerning children. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the family assistance law to: provide for a new online-based Child Care Management System; introduce a civil penalty and infringement notice scheme; and enhance administration of child care benefits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Restructures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Financial Sector (Transfers of Business) Act 1999

  to: facilitate the adoption of a non-operating holding company as the ultimate holding company of a financial group in Australia; and rename it as the

  Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructures) Act 1999

  ;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: remove tax impediments preventing financial groups containing authorised deposit-taking institutions from restructuring; and make consequential amendments to two other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to funding amounts for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme, Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships; maximum tertiary student contribution amounts for certain units of study; funding agreements; grant adjustment mechanisms; removal of certain restrictions on the proportion of domestic undergraduate fee-paying places; grants for the practical component of teacher education courses; and grants to support structural reform by universities; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to increase annual caps on funding and add funding years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  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

  Migration Act 1958

  to constitute the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal as a single statutory agency under the

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to change the pricing arrangements for drugs after they are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, by classifying drugs into formularies and specifying new pricing rules and supply requirements for drugs that have multiple brands and for single brand combination items. Also includes provisions for drugs requiring special pricing arrangements and makes minor, technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000

  to give effect to recommendations of the first review of that Act, particularly in relation to the constitution and operation of the Oil Stewardship Advisory Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Vocational and Further Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide $2,000 over two years to Australian apprentices under the age of 30 who are undertaking an Australian apprenticeship in a trade occupation identified as experiencing national skills shortages; and to exempt the payment from assessment as income. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  and

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: replace the voluntary marketing and research contributions system for the red meat processor industry with a statutory levy on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and goats; allow bodies other than declared bodies to receive levy funds for research and development; and permit disaggregated levy payer information to be provided to the red meat processor industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum