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• Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Cabinet Secretary 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Information Commissioner Bill 2010, the bill amends: the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: establish a statutory framework for an information publication scheme for certain Commonwealth agencies; remove fees for applications under the Act; enable the Australian Information Commissioner to extend time periods for processing requests in certain cases; provide for consultation processes when responding to onerous requests; provide that documents held by certain contracted service providers are subject to the Act; and limit access to certain intelligence agency information and documents of the Department of Defence; the

  Archives Act 1983

  to reduce open access periods for certain Commonwealth records; the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to: amend exemption provisions; and provide for a public interest test; the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to provide that the Australian Information Commissioner has: a merits review and an investigatory function; and the power to declare a person to be a vexatious applicant; and 17 Acts consequent on the establishment of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Also makes consequential and transitional amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable three additional parcels of land in the Northern Territory to be granted to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable people in Cape York who receive age pension or carer payments to have their payments income managed; and make changes to the treatment of residual balances when a person again become subject to income management, or dies;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the administrative functions of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify that a gift that has been returned does not have to be assessed as a deprived asset for the purposes of the social security assets test;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify the requirements for an individual to pass the control test in relation to a controlled private trust; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to require notification within 26 weeks to be given when a child for whom baby bonus is paid leaves an individual’s care. Also makes minor and technical amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to undertake certain administrative and licensing functions by an eLicensing system (GOFish); and provide that fisheries officers engaged in investigating suspected illegal fishing can be issued with, and carry, prescribed defensive equipment in the course of their duties; and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to clarify which individuals who receive fish directly from Torres Strait commercial fishers require a fish receiver licence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: give effect to state references of workplace relations matters to the Commonwealth that take effect after 1 July 2009 but on or before 1 January 2010; enable states to declare employers not to be national system employers; and enable state ministers to intervene in court proceedings and make submissions in relation to matters before Fair Work Australia; and

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  and seven other Acts to transition certain employers and employees to the new national workplace relations system. Also makes technical amendments to the

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Participation Requirement) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to require persons aged between 16 and 20 years to complete their final year of secondary school (or equivalent level of education) to receive family tax benefit Part A. 

  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

• 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

• Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: introduce mandatory continuous adjustment of family tax benefit rates in certain circumstances; cease fortnightly family tax benefit and past period payments in the same income year when income tax returns are not lodged; and enable information sharing between the Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink for reconciliation and debt offsetting purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: enable states to refer matters to the Commonwealth to provide for the establishment of a uniform national workplace relations system for the private sector; enable states to choose the extent to which the Act applies to the public sector; and make consequential and minor amendments; the proposed

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: transition Victorian employers and employees to the workplace relations system created by the Fair Work Act; and establish a framework for making state reference public sector modern awards; and 67 Acts to make transitional and consequential amendments. Also enables further transitional and consequential arrangements to be made by regulation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget and Other Measures) Act 2008

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to change ‘child care tax rebate’ to ‘child care rebate’ (CCR); and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: CCR in substitution; recovery of debts; civil penalties being imposed by regulations; and calculation and payment of CCR for the final quarter of an income year. Also makes amendments to the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  consequential on the removal of the minimum child care benefit rate from 7 July 2008. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum