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• Excise and Other Legislation Amendment (Compliance Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Excise Act 1901

  to relation to: delivery of excisable goods for exportation; movement of tobacco seed and plants; disposal of certain seized forfeited goods and use of evidentiary certificates in relation to those goods; and disclosure of information about excise licences and permissions in certain circumstances; and the

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to exportation of excisable goods; and make consequential amendments. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Access to Electoral Roll and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment issues; access to the electoral roll and its use; the lead-up to election day including preparations undertaken by the Australian Electoral Commission, political parties, candidates and others, including procedures for nomination of candidates; processes for voting; operation of polling booths on election day; and technical amendments. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  ,

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999

  ,

  Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment and voting processes, including proof of identity and address arrangements, and closure of electoral rolls; prisoners’ rights to vote; financial disclosure thresholds; provision of certain voting information to political parties and independent members of parliament; removal of the requirement for broadcasters and publishers to lodge returns on electoral advertising during an election period; multiple voting and enrolment offences; restriction of scrutineers’ activities in relation to assisted votes; reinstatement on the electoral roll; and registration of party names. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuels) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Fuels) Bill 2004, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to provide for new differential excise duty rates for high sulphur diesel and ultra low sulphur diesel and certain similar products; increase the excise duty rate for aviation kerosene and aviation gasoline; introduce an excise duty on biodiesel for use as a fuel in an international combustion engine; and enable previously paid duties to be deducted in the formula for calculating excise duty payable on fuel ethanol/gasoline blends. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to provide that grants are not payable if the applicant or an associate of the applicant are determined by Austrade, in accordance with Ministerial guidelines, to be “not fit and proper” to receive a grant, with effect to grants for grant years commencing after 1 July 2003. Also provides that a determination is review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Extension of Charitable Purpose Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Provides a statutory extension to the common law meaning of “charity” for the purposes of all Commonwealth legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Prisoner Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Addresses technical problems with the

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  by amending the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to prevent prisoners who are serving a sentence of 3 years or more from enrolling to vote; and

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to: repeal early close of rolls provisions for referenda; and clarify the commencement and cessation of name and address evidentiary requirements for enrolment and changes to enrolment details. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

  to: confirm that importers or exporters of recycled or used methyl bromide or hydrochlorofluorocarbons are only required to hold a used substances licence; and ensure that reporting obligations for synthetic greenhouse gases manufactured in Australia mirror those for persons who import or export synthetic greenhouse gases; and

  Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001

  to provide for a trust land swap in Markham Close, Mosman, which will enable certain residential land to be incorporated into parkland and, in exchange, permit the sale of a disused Scout Hall site. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employee Protection (Employee Entitlements Guarantee) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BOWEN, Chris, MP 

  Bill

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: enable certain foreign-owned and operated higher education providers to offer education and training services to overseas students in Australia; clarify that registered providers may charge a fee to international students as part of tuition to cover the costs incurred in meeting the provider’s obligations under the Act and the National Code of Practice; and as a consequence of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum