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• National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2004, the bill provides for the issue of an Attorney-General’s certificate to protect information from disclosure in federal criminal proceedings where the disclosure is likely to prejudice national security. Also contains an application provision and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  to exclude access to stored communications from the current prohibition against interception of communications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting Small Business Employment) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to restore the exemption for small business from redundancy payments by overturning the recent decision of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to impose redundancy pay obligations on small businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Same Sex Relationships (Ensuring Equality) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Family Law Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: interaction of bankruptcy and family law; enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; the court’s power in relation to vexatious litigants; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to exclude Commonwealth employers and employees from the application of the ACT industrial manslaughter laws and any other similar industrial manslaughter law enacted by a State or Territory in the future. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Child Support Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: relocate provisions currently contained in regulations relating to overseas maintenance arrangements; and make minor and consequential amendments;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to: equity between parents in access to courts; and streamlining of certain review processes; and

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

  ,

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to make minor and technical amendments in relation to child support. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Good Faith Bargaining) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Migration Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Migration Act 1958

  to include purported decisions in the definition of “privative clause decision”; and to restore the original procedural intent of the migration judicial review scheme in relation to: time limits on judicial review applications; exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court, Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Court to hear judicial review of migration applications; and restrictions on judicial review of decisions where merits review of the primary decision is available; and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Surveillance Devices Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes procedures for obtaining warrants, emergency authorisations and authorisations for the installation and use of surveillance devices in Australia and overseas in relation to criminal investigations and child recovery orders; and regulates the use, communication, publication, storage, destruction and making of records in connection with surveillance device operations. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  ; and contains transitional and savings provisions and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum