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• Do Not Knock Register Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GEORGANAS, Steve, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to regulate and minimise unsolicited marketing calls made to Australian residential and government addresses by: establishing a Do Not Knock Register; enabling an address to be included on the register and remain on the register; prohibiting unsolicited marketing calls being made to addresses on the register for a period of three years; providing for a penalty regime; and establishing a complaints regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: requires producers, distributors and industry groups to submit to the minister a beverage container stewardship plan to manage the collection and recycling of beverage containers; sets minimum recovery rates for containers; requires public consultation on draft plans; and provides for annual reporting. 

  Bill

• Drink Container Recycling Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: requires producers, distributors and industry groups to submit to the minister a beverage container stewardship plan to manage the collection and recycling of beverage containers; sets minimum recovery rates for containers; requires public consultation on draft plans; and provides for annual reporting. 

  Bill

• Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: amend the student identifier requirements for a person's eligibility to receive Commonwealth assistance; provide for new Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt arrangements for rural, remote or very remote health practitioners; provide that units of study undertaken as part of an enabling course will not count towards a student's student learning entitlement; extend the FEE-HELP loan fee exemption to 31 December 2022; provide that domestic students undertaking a microcredential course are eligible for FEE-HELP; and provide that New Zealand citizens are eligible for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP only if they are a resident in Australia for the duration of the unit; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  in relation to: the registration process for approved providers; financial penalties; and the publication of certain information;

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to enable the Ombudsman to: provide an independent complaints body for overseas students of private registered providers; provide advice and training to private registered providers to facilitate best practice complaint handling; and review and investigate complaint handling and report on systemic issues; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to enable the Australian Information Commissioner to transfer certain complaints to the Overseas Students Ombudsman. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral (Greater Fairness of Electoral Processes) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MURRAY, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  in relation to: accountability; political advertising; and electoral funding and disclosure; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: voting by prisoners; closure of the electoral roll; nomination deposits; use of Commonwealth facilities; and conduct of state referenda and ballots. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Amendment (Banning Foreign Political Donations) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit the receipt of a gift which exceeds $1000 by a political party or candidate from a foreign person or a person who has not provided a statutory declaration stating that they are not a foreign person; provide that a gift received in these circumstances is a debt owing to the Commonwealth and may be recovered by the Commonwealth; and provide that a gift received in these circumstances is not unlawful if it is returned within 30 days after its receipt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Amendment (Optional Preferential Voting) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 1999 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Electoral Amendment (Political Honesty) Bill 2000 [2002]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MURRAY, Andrew 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Charter of Political Honesty Bill 2000, the bill amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to prohibit political advertising that is misleading to a material extent. 

  Bill