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• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  to: modify the operation of the Crown use provisions; implement the Protocol amending the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property to enable Australian pharmaceutical manufacturers to supply developing countries with generic versions of patented medicines; and make technical amendments;

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  to enable the owners of plant breeder’s rights in a plant variety with the option to take action in the Federal Circuit Court against alleged infringers;

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide for a single trans-Tasman patent attorney regime and single patent application and examination processes for Australia and New Zealand; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to remove document retention requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to establish a framework for the mandatory notification by regulated entities of serious data breaches to the Australian Information Commissioner and to affected individuals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Public Housing Tenants’ Support) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish the Housing Payment Deduction Scheme to provide for rent and household utilities to be compulsorily deducted from specified welfare payments to public housing tenants who are in significant rental arrears that could lead to eviction or housing abandonment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Imported Food Warning Labels Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: requires all imported food to carry an imported food warning label; and creates offences and penalties for failure to comply. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Infrastructure (Priority Funding) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Infrastructure Australia Act 2008

  to prioritise Commonwealth funding of rail projects identified by Infrastructure Australia over any infrastructure project that relates to roads, with the exception of road projects designed to address an urgent or significant road safety issue or on which construction has already begun. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter on or after 1 July 2017; and provide that export licence holders ensure all live-stock are treated satisfactorily prior to slaughter; and

  Export Control Act 1982

  to: prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter unless the secretary is satisfied that the live-stock will be treated satisfactorily prior to slaughter; and prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter on or after 1 July 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Voice for Animals (Independent Office of Animal Welfare) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Office of Animal Welfare as an independent statutory authority with responsibility for advising on the protection of animal welfare in Commonwealth regulated activities; provides for the functions, appointment, and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO); provides for staff and consultants; establishes the Office of Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to advise the CEO; and provides for reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Country of Origin Food Labelling) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: create specific requirements for country of origin labelling for food; extend country of origin labelling to all packaged and unpackaged food for retail sale; restrict the range of labelling to three kinds of claim; and create penalties and defences; and

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Virtual Credits) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to provide that virtual credits, coins, tokens and objects which are purchased are recognised as items of value in relation to a gambling service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to provide that same-sex marriages validly entered into in foreign countries are recognised under the laws of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum