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• Workplace Relations Amendment (Secret Ballots for Protected Action) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to require that, in order to be protected industrial action under the Act, such action must be preceded by a secret ballot process overseen by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; and, consequential on commencement of the proposed

  Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002

  , allows protected industrial action to be taken without a secret ballot, after a cooling-off period; and provides for the recommencement of protected action after the end of a suspension of a bargaining period. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporate Responsibility and Employment Security Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Employee Protection (Employee Entitlements Guarantee) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Taxation Laws Amendment (A Simpler Business Activity Statement) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert new offences in relation to treason and terrorism related activities, all of which carry a penalty of life imprisonment; provide for ministerial declaration of proscribed organisations and insert offences in relation to membership or links with such an organisation;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to repeal the existing treason offence;

  Migration Act 1958

  to update treason offence cross-references; and

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987

  and

  Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

  to ensure that the Australian Protective Service has power to deal with terrorist related offences and to perform the aircraft security officer function on intra-state flights. Also contains savings and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify certain visa related matters (immigration status of non-citizen children born in Australia, security for compliance, bridging visas, special purpose visas and non-citizen student visas); create a Deputy Principal Member position for the Migration Review Tribunal; remove ambiguities surrounding certain offence provisions; and correct a technical error. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ministers of State (Post-Retirement Employment Restrictions) Bill 2002 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha
  MURRAY, Andrew 

  Summary

  Regulates certain pre and post-retirement conduct of, and places post-retirement employment restrictions on, ministers and ministerial advisers; and includes offence and penalty provisions. 

  Bill

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Roll Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment and voting processes and entitlement to enrolment; prisoners’ rights to vote; multiple voting offences; financial disclosure thresholds; authorisation of electoral advertising in journals and magazines; refund of candidate nomination deposits and declaration of nominations; and the

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to public inspection of postal vote applications. Also makes minor technical corrections to the

  Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to strengthen its counter-terrorism powers, in particular by: enabling the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to seek a warrant to detain and question persons over 14 years of age for the purposes of investigating terrorism offences; and provides for safeguards in relation to these new powers, and penalties for officials’ failure to comply with provisions; and

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  in relation to the authorisation of communication of intelligence by persons other than ASIO officers. Also provides for review of the operation of the legislation 3 years after its commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum