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  • Date
    23 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Deregulation 
    Summary
    Amends 11 Acts and repeals 25 Acts to abolish 39 special appropriations, including one Special Account. Also makes consequential amendments to two Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    to require developers to install fibre-ready infrastructure in new developments and ensure that any fixed line facilities installed in a development must be fibre-ready. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    in relation to: processes for the evaluation of prescription medicines; the refund of evaluation fees; and standard conditions for the registration or listing of therapeutic goods. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to enable self-employed midwives to access the scheme; and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010
    to correct the formula used to calculate the tax imposed on insurers of eligible midwives. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the proposed
    National Health and Hospitals Network Act 2011
    to: establish the National Health Performance Authority as a statutory authority and provide for its functions, powers, membership, committees, staffing, reporting and planning, and disclosure of information; amend the long and short titles of the Act; and make amendments consequential on the establishment of the authority and the Act title change. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: enable the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Customs to recommend, and the minister to declare, that anti-dumping measures be revoked at the end of a review; and provide for a revocation test outlining when the CEO may recommend that the minister revoke anti-dumping measures. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Special Minister of State 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
    to provide that provisional voters are not required to provide evidence of identity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    The bill: amends the:
    Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
    in relation to staying an Australian proceeding on forum grounds; and
    Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
    and
    Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010
    to: reflect amendments made by the New Zealand Parliament to the companion legislation to enable the cooperative scheme to operate; and retrospectively validates fees charged (from 1 March 2009 to 25 November 2010) for de facto financial proceedings under the
    Family Law Act 1975

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Sponsor
    OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Auditor-General Act 1997
    to provide that the Auditor-General may, or the Auditor-General may at the request of the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit: audit performance indicators and conduct assurance reviews of Commonwealth agencies, authorities and companies; conduct assurance reviews of government business enterprises; and conduct performance audits of Commonwealth partners. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    and
    Radiocommunications Act 1992
    to provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with planning and enforcement powers for the implementation of the re-stack of digital television channels and the realisation of digital dividend spectrum; and
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
    ,
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    ,
    Copyright Act 1968
    and
    Radiocommunications Act 1992
    in relation to: the operation of the digital television services provided by the satellite service licensed under section 38C of the
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    ; and other digital television matters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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