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• Native Title Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: enable certain parties to agree to disregard historical extinguishment of native title in certain areas set aside and public works in areas set aside; clarify the conduct expected of parties in future act negotiations; extend to eight months the time before a party may seek a determination from an arbitral body; streamline processes and broaden the scope for voluntary indigenous land use agreements; and make a technical amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Retaining Federal Approval Powers) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to prevent the Commonwealth from delegating the approval of proposed actions covered by bilateral agreements to a state or territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Towards Transparency) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABETZ, Sen Eric 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: make it a civil offence for a reporting unit not to lodge a compliant full or concise report with Fair Work Australia; impose penalties on officers of registered organisations who do not act in good faith, or misuse their position or information obtained; increase pecuniary penalty orders that the Federal Court may make; and make it a criminal offence for a registered organisation, or officers of a registered organisation, to not comply with applicable orders of a state or Federal Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Amendment (Save the Murray-Darling Basin) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Act 2007

  in relation to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to: require climate change to be taken into account; not allow ground water extraction to occur unless certain conditions have been met; specify environmental outcomes; require Murray-Darling Basin Authority water recovery indicator targets to be met as far as possible; and require all modelling and analysis to be published. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: enable casual and rolling contract employees or their union representative to request an employer for a secure employment arrangement; provide that Fair Work Australia (FWA) can issue a secure employment order if an employee’s request is refused; enable FWA to make orders to maintain existing secure employment arrangements; enable unions and employer associations to apply directly to FWA for secure employment orders; and preserve the right of small businesses to use casual employees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Cubbie Station) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  : to require the Treasurer to make an order prohibiting the acquisition or issue of any shares in Cubbie Station if this would result in the company being controlled by foreign persons; and, if Cubbie Station becomes foreign controlled, to require the Treasurer to direct the person who acquired the shares to dispose of them. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

  ,

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  and

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  to remove the prohibition on legalising voluntary euthanasia. Also repeals the

  Euthanasia Laws Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to prohibit the import of live primates for research purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Special Protection Scheme for Afghan Coalition Employees) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: create a class of special protection visas for non-citizens who are refugees under Article 1A of the Refugees Convention and who are subject to persecution in their home country because they worked assisting either the International Security Assistance Force, the Australian Embassy or a subcontractor for a Commonwealth defence agency in Afghanistan for at least 12 months; and extend eligibility to family members of a holder of a special protection visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering Amendment (Gaming Machine Venues) Bill 2012 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: provide that poker machine payouts of more than $1000 and the cashing of transferred cheques are threshold transactions which are reportable to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; require gaming machine venues to issue cheques for payouts of winnings or gaming machine credits over $1000 with an indication that they have been issued for that purpose; and impose penalties for failure to issue cheques in those circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum