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• Privacy (Data Security Breach Notification) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to require organisations and Commonwealth agencies to notify affected individuals of a data security breach where their personal information is accessed by, or disclosed to, an unauthorised person. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  In further response to certain recommendations of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s report into the effectiveness of Australia’s military justice system, the bill amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  ,

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to redesign summary discipline procedures to include: an automatic right of appeal from a summary authority to a single Military Judge of the Australian Military Court (AMC); the right to elect trial by a Military Judge of the AMC for most disciplinary offences; simplified rules of evidence; a form of review for technical errors related to the awarding of punishments and orders; simplification of offences and punishments; and changed jurisdictions of Superior Summary Authorities and Discipline Officers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  to: convert certain geodetic data references of area descriptions to Geocentric Datum of Australia (GOA94); remove certain ministerial emergency powers in part of Bass Strait; and make technical corrections. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to take legal action on behalf of persons who have suffered or are likely to suffer loss or damage as a result of unlawful secondary boycotts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALLISON, Lyn 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to create a market for energy savings, additional to energy efficiency activities set by minimum energy performance regulation by: setting a National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target; and providing for the creation, acquisition and trading of Energy Efficiency Certificates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALLISON, Lyn
  BARTLETT, Andrew
  MURRAY, Andrew
  STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission report

  Same-Sex: Same Entitlements

  to remove from Commonwealth law relating to taxation, superannuation, employment and family law, provisions which discriminate against same-sex couples and their children. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Rights and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the privative clause mechanism restricting access to Federal and High Court judicial review of administrative decisions made under the Migration Act; and

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: immigration detainees; the natural justice hearing rule; the refusal or cancellation of visas on character grounds; and mandatory migration detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: limit banking and credit card penalty fees by ensuring fees are for cost recovery only; and enhance the powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to monitor penalty fees and investigate customer complaints. 

  Bill

• Migration (Climate Refugees) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to create a new visa category for persons displaced by environmental disasters due to climate change. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: introduce a regime of obligations for employers who are approved sponsors in relation to a person for a visa, including civil penalties for breaches; provide for inspectors to monitor an employer’s compliance with their sponsorship obligations; and amends the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow the Tax Office to disclose certain information to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum