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• Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009, the bill amends the

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: provide an interim response to the High Court decision in

  Lane v Morrison

  by returning to the service tribunal system that existed before the creation of the Australian Military Court. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Defence Act 1903

  ,

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  ,

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  , and contains application and transitional provisions relating to proceedings and office holders. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009, the bill imposes disciplinary sanctions on persons which correspond to punishments imposed by the Australian Military Court and, to the extent necessary, summary authorities in the period between the Court’s establishment and the High Court’s decision in

  Lane v Morrison

  . Also provides persons with a right to seek review of their disciplinary liability under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Working With Children—Criminal History) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: enable pardoned, quashed and spent convictions to be disclosed and taken into account by Commonwealth, State and Territory screening agencies in determining whether a person is suitable to work with children; specify the criteria screening units must meet before obtaining and dealing with this information; and require the Minister for Home Affairs to conduct a review of these disclosures no later than 30 June 2011 and table the review report in Parliament within 15 sitting days of receiving the report. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to require foreign investors to notify the Treasurer where there is a possibility, either now or in the future, whether an investment arrangement will deliver influence or control over the business or assets of an Australian company. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  and

  Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997

  to: require all institutions currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students to re-register by 31 December 2010; introduce two new registration criteria; require providers to maintain and publish a list of persons/agents who represent them; provide the minister with a discretion to enable a suspended provider to accept monies in certain circumstances; enable national alignment of regulatory actions; and provide for regulations to be made in relation to: providers’ agents, and criteria to be applied when consideration is given to whether a course is a suitable alternative course. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  to enable a foreign State and its emergency management personnel to be immune in tort proceedings for acts or omissions that occur in the course of the foreign State providing emergency management assistance to Australia. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: allows the Treasurer to make the necessary agreement with the Asian Development Bank for the purchase by Australia of its entitlement of 16 379 paid-in shares and 393 101 additional callable shares of the capital stock of the bank; allows the Treasurer to issue promissory notes to the bank in payment; and appropriates the necessary funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to make such payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: increase the single maximum basic rate of veterans' affairs pensions from 20 September 2009; index veterans' affairs pensions using the Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index; index veterans' affairs pensions using a combined couple benchmark; increase veterans' affairs pensions to compensate for anticipated increases in the living cost index arising from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; increase the income test taper rate and remove the additional income test free area for dependent children; introduce a Work Bonus so that certain income is disregarded as ordinary income; close the pension bonus scheme from 20 September 2009; increase the pension age for persons other than veterans from 65 to 67 years; enable certain veterans' affairs pension recipients to apply for an advance of veterans' affairs entitlements;

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to consolidate a number of smaller payments and allowances into one pension supplement;

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to allow veterans' affairs pensioners to transition to the new arrangements; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  in relation to the calculation of total assessable income for residents in aged care. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to implement recommendations of the Australian Citizenship Test Review Committee by providing: that certain people may be eligible for citizenship without sitting the citizenship test; that the citizenship test must be completed within a specified period; and that applicants for citizenship by conferral under 18 years of age must be permanent residents at both the time of application and time of decision. Also amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  and

  Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007

  to provide for a special residence requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: set a national regulatory regime for margin loans; require that promissory notes valued at $50,000 or over are subject to the same regulatory regime as debentures; require the establishment of a public register of debenture trustees; and provide that Australian Capital Territory courts have jurisdiction for certain offences; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to transfer the regulation of trustee companies from the states and territories to the Commonwealth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum