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• Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2005-2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2005-2006

  and

  Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006

  , for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2006. 

  Bill

• Australia-Japan Foundation (Repeal and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill repeals the

  Australia-Japan Foundation Act 1976

  to abolish the Australia-Japan Foundation and enable it to be re-established as a non-statutory, unincorporated bilateral body within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALBANESE, Anthony, MP 

  Summary

  Requires the Australian Government to effect Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: increase access to Aboriginal land for development, especially exploration and mining; facilitate the leasing of Aboriginal land and the mortgaging of leases; provide for a tenure system for townships on Aboriginal land that will allow individuals to have property rights; devolve decision-making powers to regional Aboriginal communities; clarify provisions for the establishment of new Land Councils; increase accountability of Land Councils and incorporated bodies which receive payments for the use of Aboriginal land and provide for funding on the basis of workloads; and dispose of land claims which cannot be heard or finalised or which are clearly inappropriate to grant. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Export Control and Quarantine) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Export Control Act 1982

  to: insert a definition for “fish”; extend the definitions of “preparation” and “premises”; create four new offences in relation to the preparation of goods for export; extend the services for which fees may be charged to services provided by the Secretary or the Secretary’s delegate; and clarify the use of certain terms; and

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to provide a legal basis for the recovery of fees for quarantine services provided by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service to other Commonwealth bodies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  to repeal provisions which provide for the Governor-General to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill

• Archives Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission report on Commonwealth record-keeping and the role of the National Archives of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: harmonise aged care and pension assets tests in relation to income streams purchased on or after 20 September 2007 and asset disposals (i.e. gifts); and clarify the delegation of certain powers to Aged Care Assessment Teams. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006, the bill provides non-liability cancer testing and treatment for eligible Australian participants in the British Nuclear Testing Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum