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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide that, where an approval bilateral agreement declares that an action in a class of actions does not require approval, the action may not be referred to the minister for assessment and approval under Part 7 of the Act; enable the minister to complete an assessment and approval of an action where a bilateral agreement with a state or territory is suspended or cancelled, or an approval bilateral agreement otherwise ceases to apply to a particular action; remove the current prohibition on approval bilateral agreements applying to an action that has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on water resources (the water trigger); allow the minister to accredit a broader range of state and territory approval processes for the purposes of approval bilateral agreements; enable the states and territories to make minor changes to environmental assessment processes without the need for the amendment of a bilateral agreement or the re-accreditation of a management arrangement or authorisation process; and make technical amendments in relation to the making and operation of bilateral agreements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDWIG, Sen Joe 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: enable commercial fishing activities to be declared commercial fishing activities on an interim basis or for a period of no longer than 24 months; require written submissions of declaration affected persons to be considered before making final declarations; create penalties and offences for engaging in declared commercial fishing activities; provide for an expert panel to be established to conduct an assessment of the potential environmental impacts of declared commercial fishing activities; and require the expert panel to publish its assessments and table them in Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jul 1998 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environmental Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Apr 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage portfolio 

  Bill

• Equal Pay Standard Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a stand-alone scheme for equal pay certification by employers that employ 25 or more people, to operate in addition to all current statutory requirements including the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  , the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ethical Cosmetics Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  O'NEIL, Clare, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to introduce four new offences in relation to the testing of cosmetics on live animals in Australia, and the importation and manufacture in Australia of cosmetics tested on live animals overseas; and makes consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Euthanasia Laws (Repeal) Bill 2004 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALLISON, Lyn 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Euthanasia Laws Act 1997

  which prevents the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly and the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly from legalising voluntary euthanasia. 

  Bill

• Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to amend the professional confidential relationship privilege provisions available to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources in certain circumstances by: providing that courts observe public interest considerations; requiring courts to consider any likely harm to a journalist if certain evidence were given; repealing provisions for automatic loss of privilege in cases of misconduct; and removing the requirement for courts to give the greatest weight to any risk of prejudice to national security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BRANDIS, Sen George 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to extend protection to confidential communications between journalists and their sources by: presuming the communication is not subject to disclosure unless established as necessary or that public interest concerns outweigh the disclosure; and extending this privilege to all professional confidential relationships and to all prosecutions for Commonwealth offences heard in all Australian courts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to increase the excise duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages (‘alcopops’) from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum