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• National Health Amendment (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement Initiatives) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to enable: pharmacists to use a standardised medication chart when supplying and claiming medicines for persons in residential care services; pharmacists to supply a pharmaceutical benefit to a patient who is unable to present a valid prescription; and the minister to make determinations about the conditions that apply to the provision of maximum quantities or repeats of certain medicines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nuclear Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

  to: create offences for specific conduct prohibited by the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism; and make technical amendments consequential on the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and

  Extradition Act 1988

  to update an incorrect reference in the definition of ‘Australian aircraft’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011, the bill amends the:

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  to enable the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records system and certain other entities to take up and use healthcare identifiers; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to enable Medical Benefits Scheme, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, organ donor and childhood immunisation information to be included in a consumer’s eHealth record if the consumer chooses to have that information included. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, the bill: establishes the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR) System Operator to be responsible for the operation of the PCEHR system and the advisory bodies which will support the operation of the system; enables consumers or their nominated representatives to register for an eHealth record and to control the access to that record; provides for civil penalties to be imposed when there is an unauthorised use, collection or disclosure of information in a consumer’s eHealth record or actions occur which may compromise the integrity of the PCEHR system; enables the minister to make PCEHR rules; requires the Information Commissioner and the PCEHR System Operator to report annually; and provides for a review of the first two years of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to: make a consequential amendment; and enable transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2012, the bill establishes the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal which will: inquire into sectors, issues and practices within the road transport industry and, where appropriate, determine mandatory minimum rates of pay and related conditions for employed and self-employed drivers; approve collective agreements between a hirer and all self-employed drivers; enable certain contractor drivers and their hirers to collectively bargain and enter into approved collective agreements; resolve disputes between drivers, their hirers or employers and participants in the road transport industry supply chain; and deal with disputes arising from the termination of a road transport contract. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to be triggered by referrals from state and territory agencies; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable the minister to specify states, territories or areas in which the vulnerable, long-term welfare payment and disengaged youth income management measures will apply; provide that income management continues despite a change in residence; and provide that certain parents may be required to enter into a school attendance plan and may have income support payments suspended if the plan is not complied with. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill: repeals the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  and makes certain consequent saving and transitional arrangements; and amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: make amendments consequent on the repeal of the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  ; and enable Land Councils, if requested to do so, to provide assistance to owners of community living areas;

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to: provide that the restriction on prohibited material will continue, with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs responsible for determining to which areas this restriction applies; require the minister to review these restrictions after seven years; and provide for the sunset of the restriction of prohibited material provisions after ten years;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable customary law and cultural practice to be considered in bail and sentencing decisions for certain offences; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make an amendment consequent on the repeal of the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill implements three measures relating to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory by: providing for alcohol management plans to be approved by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, and for the minister and the relevant Northern Territory minister to undertake a review within three years on whether alcohol-related harm among aboriginal people has reduced; enabling the Commonwealth to amend Northern Territory legislation by regulation relating to community living areas and town camps to enable private ownership in town camps and flexible long term leasing arrangements for business in community living areas; and providing for a community store licensing scheme to operate for a 10-year period to provide food security for Aboriginal communities. Also requires the minister to facilitate an independent review of the operation of the Act after seven years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and four other Acts to: extend the director penalty regime so that directors are personally responsible for their company’s unpaid superannuation guarantee amounts; make directors and their associates liable to pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax in certain circumstances; and ensure that directors cannot discharge their director penalties by placing their company into administration or liquidation when PAYG withholding or superannuation guarantee remains unpaid and unreported three months after the due date;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009

  in relation to the taxation of financial arrangements consolidation interaction; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to modify the consolidation tax cost setting rules and rights to future income rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum