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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2009

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  Date

  12 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1,000; require certain persons making gifts above the threshold to furnish a return within eight weeks after polling day; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to the lesser amount of either the actual electoral expenditure or the amount awarded per vote where the four percent threshold is satisfied; include five additional categories of electoral expenditure in relation to the rental of premises, payment of additional staff, purchase and hire of office equipment, consumables and running costs for equipment and travel and accommodation; prevent sitting members of Parliament from claiming electoral expenditure if allowances, entitlements or benefits received are used to meet that expenditure; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Preventing Smoking Related Deaths) Bill 2005

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  Date

  30 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KERR, Duncan 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to deny public election funding to political parties or candidates accepting donations from the tobacco industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

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  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to provide that following elections, public funding for the Liberal Party is to be paid to the Federal Secretariat as agent of the Liberal Party of Australia, unless a notice has been lodged, prior to polling day, setting out the proportions to be paid to the State and Territory Divisions of the Liberal Party and the Federal Secretariat. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Legislation (Provision of Information) Bill 2000

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  Date

  04 Oct 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Grants Commission Amendment Bill 1999

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  Date

  30 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to provide for the issue and transfer of Commonwealth government securities by electronic means. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009

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  Date

  04 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to authorise the Treasurer to increase the cap on the face value of Commonwealth Government Securities on issue by $125 billion in special circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 [No. 2]

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  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to authorise the Treasurer to increase the cap on the face value of Commonwealth Government Securities on issue by $125 billion in special circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008

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  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  02 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  (CRWM Act) to provide for the return of nominated Aboriginal land used for a radioactive waste management facility, when no longer required for the facility; and indemnifies traditional owners, following the land return, against any damages claims arising from the use of the land for a facility; and the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  (ADJR Act) and the CRWM Act to make land nominations non-reviewable under the ADJR Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum