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• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: remove product specific maximum levy rates for research and development and marketing levies; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed levies; provide that the maximum levy rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the levy payers; and make contingent amendments in relation to wine production. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Leader of the House 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to restore the exclusion for the parliamentary departments and office holders from the application of the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  Further to the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Establishes a system of governance and accountability across Commonwealth entities by: establishing a uniform set of duties for accountable authorities; establishing a uniform set of duties for all officials who use or manage public resources; establishing a comprehensive and uniform reporting framework including requiring the development of corporate plans; placing a duty on entities to establish appropriate systems of risk oversight and management (earned autonomy); enabling Commonwealth entities to partner with the states, territories and not-for-profit sector; and clarifying the Finance Minister’s role in relation to the financial framework. Also requires the minister in consultation with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to cause an independent review of the operation of the Act after three years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Base Premium) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to provide, for the purposes of determining the private health insurance rebate, a base premium for each private health insurance policy as at 1 April 2013 which will be indexed annually by the lesser of the Consumer Price Index or the percentage of any increase in the premium. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a framework to encourage and facilitate reporting of wrongdoing by public officials in the Commonwealth public sector; ensures that Commonwealth agencies properly investigate and respond to public interest disclosures; provides protections to public officials who make qualifying public interest disclosures; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act after two years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: require the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to publish a report on designated parliamentary parties’ publicly announced policies by 30 days after a government forms following a general election; and set out the framework for the PBO to obtain information from Commonwealth bodies during the caretaker period; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable the Australian Taxation Office to provide the PBO with otherwise protected taxpayer information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  HOGG, Sen John 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: clarify the roles and responsibilities of secretaries of parliamentary service departments; amend the role and responsibilities of the Senior Executive Service; clarify when reviews of action may be undertaken by the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner (MPC); provide for the Parliamentary Service Commissioner (the commissioner) to undertake investigations into whistleblower reports after notifying the Presiding Officers; enable the commissioner and the MPC to delegate their powers and functions; revise the Parliamentary Service Values and Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct and provide for Parliamentary Service Employment Principles; add a statement about the role of the parliamentary service; and make technical amendments in relation to: code of conduct; whistleblower reports; review of actions; non-ongoing parliamentary service employees; confidentiality of information; immunity from suit; legislative instruments; and acting appointments for statutory office-holder positions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum