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• Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Electronic Transactions Act 1999

  to enable Australia to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2005 to provide certainty and commercial predictability when electronic communications are used in the formation or performance of contracts between parties located in different countries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011], the bill provides for transitional arrangements to: continue existing registrations of vocational education and training providers; continue existing course accreditations; enable certain decisions of the regulator to be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; enable staff of referring state and territory regulators to transfer to the national regulator; continue legal proceedings; and make miscellaneous amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011], the bill establishes the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator as an independent statutory body to regulate the vocational education and training sector and provides for: registration of training organisations; accreditation of courses; powers to issue and cancel qualifications; investigative powers; enforcement; Commonwealth-State arrangements; terms and conditions of employment, functions and powers of the regulator and two commissioners; staff and consultants; offences and civil penalties; reporting requirements; strategic and annual reporting plans; and the establishment of the Australian Quality Training Framework to provide for national standards for registered training organisations by legislative instrument. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Human Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Medicare Australia Act 1973

  and

  Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997

  to: abolish Medicare Australia and Centrelink; abolish the positions of the Chief Executive Officers of these organisations; provide for the functions of the agencies and the CEOs to be integrated into the Department of Human Services (DHS); and amend the long and short titles of the Acts; the

  Medicare Australia Act 1973

  in relation to patient notification when medical records are seized but not examined; the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to abolish the position of Child Support Registrar and provide for the functions of that position to be integrated into the DHS; and 36 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  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

• Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: change the eligibility criteria for accessing film tax offsets; extend the main residence capital gains tax exemption to certain compulsory acquisitions; include terminal medical condition benefits; and include school uniforms as an eligible expense for the education expenses tax offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to adjust the benchmark interest rate used to determine the cost of capital protection;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to allow non-profit sub-entities to access the goods and services tax concessions available to their parent entity; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner of Taxation not to apply a payment, credit or running balance account surplus against certain tax debts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) 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 National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: support the rollout of NBN-consistent fibre-to-the-premises networks in new real estate developments; place certain obligations on the supply of wholesale services by an NBN corporation; and require carriers (other than NBN corporations) operating certain superfast broadband networks to offer a wholesale Layer 2 ethernet bitstream service; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to infringement notices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  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 the electoral roll closes seven days after the date of the writ for a federal election (

  Rowe v Electoral Commissioner

  [2010] HCA 46); prevent certain prisoners from voting at federal elections (

  Roach v Electoral Commissioner

  (2007) 233 CLR 162); and provide that certain prisoners may remain on, or be added to, the electoral roll;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to provide that certain references still apply when a half Senate election is held independently from an election of the House of Representatives; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to certified lists of voters for referenda. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends 36 Acts to correct technical and other errors and modernise language; repeals eight redundant Acts; amends 76 Acts to provide that Commonwealth ministers are mentioned by reference to the administration of identified legislation; amends 53 Acts to provide that specific departments are mentioned by reference to the minister administering legislation; and amends 103 Acts to update administrative references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Research Council Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  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 2010, 2011 and 2012; and set an additional funding cap for the financial year starting 1 July 2013. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum