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Alphabetical Index of Bills Digests published 1985:

Title
Number
Date
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 1985
56
1985-86
15.05.1985
Air Navigation (Charges) Amendment Bill 1984
186
1984-85
22.02.1985
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill 1985-86
166
1985-86
18.09.1985
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1985-86
164
1985-86
18.09.1985
Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 1985-86
165
1985-86
18.09.1985
Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 1984-85
26
1985-86
16.04.1985
Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 1984-85
24
1985-86
16.04.1985
Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Amendment Bill 1985
44
1985-86
08.05.1985
Australia (Request and Consent) Bill 1985
225
1985-86
23.12.1985
Australia Bill 1985
224
1985-86
23.12.1985
Australian Airspace (Nuclear Weapons Prohibition) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
119
1985-86
23.07.1985
Australian Bill of Rights Bill 1985
209
1985-86
14.11.1985
Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Amendment Bill 1985
205
1985-86
12.11.1985
Australian Dried Fruits Corporation Amendment Bill 1985
131
1985-86
06.08.1985
Australian Federal Police Amendment Bill 1985
32
1985-86
02.05.1985
Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs Amendment Bill 1985
8
1985-86
19.03.1985
Australian Land Transport (Financial Assistance) Bill 1985
63
1985-86
21.05.1985
Australian Meat and Live-Stock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 1985
138
1985-86
16.08.1985
Australian Meat and Live-Stock Research and Development Corporation Bill 1985
137
1985-86
09.08.1985
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Bill 1985
232
1985-86
24.12.1985
Australian Shipping Commission (Additional Capital) Bill 1985
111
1985-86
05.07.1985
Australian Sports Commission Bill 1985
67
1985-86
21.05.1985
Australian Trade Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985 [No. 2]
217
1985-86
03.12.1985
Australian Trade Commission Bill 1985 [No. 2]
214
1985-86
03.12.1985
Australian Waters (Nuclear Weapons Prohibition) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
117
1985-86
23.07.1985
Australian Waters (Nuclear-powered Ships and Nuclear Weapons Prohibition) Bill 1984 [1985] (Private Senator’s Bill)
9
1985-86
19.03.1985
Australian Waters (Nuclear-powered Ships Prohibition) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
118
1985-86
23.07.1985
Automotive Industry Authority Amendment Bill 1985
37
1985-86
03.05.1985
Bank Account Debits Tax Amendment Bill 1985
206
1985-86
12.11.1985
Bankruptcy Amendment Bill 1985
18
1985-86
12.04.1985
Banks (Shareholdings) Amendment Bill 1985
43
1985-86
08.05.1985
Bass Strait Freight Adjustment Levy Amendment Bill 1985
90
1985-86
12.06.1985
Bass Strait Freight Adjustment Trust Fund Amendment Bill 1985
89
1985-86
12.06.1985
Bills of Exchange Amendment Bill 1985
142
1985-86
21.08.1985
Bounty (Agricultural Tractors and Equipment) Bill 1985
172
1985-86
01.10.1985
Bounty (Commercial Motor Vehicles) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
173
1985-86
02.10.1985
Bounty (Commercial Motor Vehicles) Amendment Bill 1985
2
1985-86
05.03.1985
Bounty (Injection-moulding Equipment) Amendment Bill 1985
12
1985-86
01.04.1985
Bounty (Metal Working Machines and Robots) Bill 1985
170
1985-86
01.10.1985
Bounty (Ships) Amendment Bill 1985
47
1985-86
13.05.1985
Broadcasting and Television Amendment (Tribunal’s Powers) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
147
1985-86
05.09.1985
Broadcasting and Television Amendment Bill 1985
150
1985-86
04.09.1985
Broadcasting and Television Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
88
1985-86
05.06.1985
Broadcasting Stations Licence Fees Amendment Bill 1985
94
1985-86
17.06.1985
Building Industry Bill 1985
148
1985-86
10.09.1985
Census and Statistics Amendment Bill 1985
159
1985-86
12.09.1985
Cheques Bill 1985
143
1985-86
21.08.1985
Commonwealth Banks Amendment Bill 1985
101
1985-86
01.07.1985
Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
97
1985-86
26.06.1985
Companies (Fees) Amendment Bill 1985
84
1985-86
30.05.1985
Companies Amendment Bill 1985
83
1985-86
30.05.1985
Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1985
208
1985-86
13.11.1985
Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Amendment Bill 1985
33
1985-86
30.04.1985
Conciliation and Arbitration (Electricity Industry) Bill 1985
96
1985-86
28.06.1985
Constitution Alteration (Democratic Elections) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
124
1985-86
30.07.1985
Constitution Alteration (Disqualification of Members and Candidates) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
23
1985-86
24.04.1985
Corporations (Employee-owned Co-operatives Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
17
1985-86
28.03.1985
Customs (Prohibition of Exportation of Nuclear Materials) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
116
1985-86
23.07.1985
Customs (Prohibition of Importation of Nuclear Hardware) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
114
1985-86
23.07.1985
Customs Administration (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
99
1985-86
26.06.1985
Customs Administration Bill 1985
98
1985-86
25.06.1985
Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
228
1985-86
24.12.1985
Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
113
1985-86
22.07.1985
Customs Tariff (Stand-By Duty) Bill 1985
171
1985-86
27.09.1985
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 1985
25
1985-86
18.04.1985
Dairy Industry Stabilization Levy Amendment Bill 1985
60
1985-86
17.05.1985
Dairy Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
62
1985-86
17.05.1985
Dairy Produce Amendment Bill 1985
183
1985-86
18.10.1985
Dairy Produce Market Support Bill 1985
61
1985-86
17.05.1985
Dairy Produce Market Support Levy Bill 1985
59
1985-86
17.05.1985
Dairying Industry Research and Promotion Levy Amendment Bill 1985
162
1985-86
12.09.1985
Defence (Re-establishment) Amendment Bill 1985
127
1985-86
02.08.1985
Defence Amendment Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
110
1985-86
02.07.1985
Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Bill 1985
66
1985-86
21.05.1985
Dividend Recoupment Tax Bill 1985
19
1985-86
02.04.1985
Dried Sultana Production Underwriting Amendment Bill 1985
48
1985-86
10.05.1985
Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Amendment Bill 1985
46
1985-86
10.05.1985
Employee Participation Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
200
1985-86
30.10.1985
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
123
1985-86
30.07.1985
Evidence Amendment Bill 1985
220
1985-86
03.12.1985
Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
216
1985-86
03.12.1985
Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 1985
145
1985-86
27.08.1985
Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Bill 1985
157
1985-86
12.09.195
Export Inspection (Service Charge) Bill 1985
156
1985-86
12.09.1985
Export Inspection Charge Bill 1985
39
1985-86
09.05.1985
Export Inspection Charge Collection Bill 1985
41
1985-86
08.05.1985
Export Inspection Charges (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1985
158
1985-86
12.09.1985
Export Inspection Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
40
1985-86
08.05.1985
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 1985
163
1985-86
20.09.1985
Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Amendment Bill 1985
13
1985-86
29.03.1985
Extradition (Foreign States) Amendment Bill 1985
15
1985-86
29.03.1985
Fertilizers (Subsidy) Amendment Bill 1985
128
1985-86
06.08.1985
First Home Owners Amendment Bill 1985
31
1985-86
02.05.1985
Fisheries Agreements (Payments) Amendment Bill 1985
154
1985-86
06.09.1985
Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 1985
42
1985-86
07.05.1985
Fishing Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
38
1985-86
07.05.1985
Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Amendment Bill 1985
153
1985-86
06.09.1985
Foreign Ownership and Control Registration Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
129
1985-86
06.08.1985
Foreign States Immunities Bill 1985
152
1985-86
12.09.1985
Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
201
1985-86
05.11.1985
Health Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
77
1985-86
28.05.1985
Home and Community Care (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1985
188
1985-86
28.10.1985
Home and Community Care Bill 1985
187
1985-86
25.10.1985
Honey Levy Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
6
1985-86
12.03.1985
Housing Loans Insurance Amendment Bill 1985
45
1985-86
13.05.1985
Human Embryo Experimentation Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
70
1985-86
28.05.1985
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
212
1985-86
15.11.1985
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Amendment Bill 1985
211
1985-86
15.11.1985
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Bill 1985
210
1985-86
15.11.1985
Income Tax (Companies, Corporate Unit Trusts and Superannuation Funds) Bill 1984
190
1984-85
20.02.1985
Income Tax (Companies, Corporate Unit Trusts and Superannuation Funds) Bill 1985
178
1985-86
09.10.1985
Income Tax (Individuals) Bill 1984
189
1984-85
20.02.1985
Income Tax (Individuals) Bill 1985
177
1985-86
08.10.1985
Income Tax (International Agreements) Amendment Bill 1984
195
1984-85
20.02.1985
Income Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 1985
146
1985-86
10.09.1985
Industrial Democracy Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
199
1985-86
29.10.1985
Industries Assistance Commission Amendment Bill 1984
204
1984-85
23.01.1985
International Development Association (Special Contribution) Bill 1985
11
1985-86
26.03.1985
Interstate Road Transport Bill 1985
167
1985-86
25.09.1985
Interstate Road Transport Charge Bill 1985
168
1985-86
25.09.1985
Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Amendment Bill 1985
221
1985-86
04.12.1985
Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Bill 1984
194
1984-85
15.02.1985
Judiciary Amendment Bill 1985
180
1985-86
13.11.1985
Justices (Long Leave Payments) Amendment Bill 1985
3
1985-86
14.03.1985
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Grants) Amendment Bill 1985
176
1985-86
08.10.1985
Live-Stock Export Charge Amendment Bill 1985
139
1985-86
16.08.1985
Live-Stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Bill 1985
140
1985-86
16.08.1985
Loans Bill 1985
169
1985-86
19.09.1985
Local Government (Personal Income Tax Sharing) Amendment Bill 1985
68
1985-86
22.05.1985
Marriage Amendment Bill 1985
5
1985-86
14.03.1985
Medicare Levy Bill 1984
188
1984-85
20.02.1985
Medicare Levy Bill 1985
182
1985-86
09.10.1985
Ministers of State Amendment Bill 1985
85
1985-86
30.05.1985
National Capital Development Commission Amendment Bill 1985
144
1985-86
26.08.1985
National Crime Authority (Consequential Amendments) Amendment Bill 1984 (Private Member’s Bill)
187
1984-85
22.02.1985
National Crime Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1985
81
1985-86
28.05.1985
National Crime Authority Amendment Bill 1984 (Private Member’s Bill)
191
1984-85
22.02.1985
National Health Amendment Bill 1985
82
1985-86
30.05.1985
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Bill 1985
55
1985-86
15.05.1985
National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Bill 1985
69
1985-86
23.05.1985
National Welfare Fund Repeal Bill 1985
28
1985-86
17.04.1985
Northern Prawn Fishery Voluntary Adjustment Scheme Loan Guarantee Bill 1985
161
1985-86
10.09.1985
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
115
1985-86
23.07.1985
Overseas Students Charge Amendment Bill 1985
151
1985-86
10.09.1985
Parliament (Powers, Privileges and Immunities) Bill 1985 (Private Member’s Bill)
141
1985-86
21.08.1985
Parliamentary Powers, Privileges and Immunities Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
179
1985-86
09.10.1985
Petermann Aboriginal Land Trust (Boundaries) Bill 1985
181
1985-86
09.10.1985
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Cash Bidding) Amendment Bill 1985
27
1985-86
30.04.1985
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 1985
50
1985-86
14.05.1985
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Retention Lease Fees) Amendment Bill 1985
51
1985-86
14.05.1985
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Royalty) Amendment Bill 1985
52
1985-86
14.05.1985
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 1985
49
1985-86
14.05.1985
Petroleum Revenue Bill 1985
215
1985-86
28.11.1985
Pipeline Authority Amendment Bill 1985
203
1985-86
05.11.1985
Poultry Industry Assistance Amendment Bill 1985
126
1985-86
30.07.1985
Poultry Industry Levy Amendment Bill 1985
125
1985-86
30.07.1985
Public Lending Right Bill 1985
34
1985-86
06.05.1985
Public Service and Statutory Authorities Amendment Bill 1985
202
1985-86
05.11.1985
Qantas Airways Limited (Loan Guarantee) Bill 1985
149
1985-86
04.09.1985
Quarantine (Validation of Fees) Bill 1985
218
1985-86
03.12.1985
Quarantine Amendment Bill 1985
4
1985-86
14.03.1985
Queensland Rainforests Conservation Bill 1984 (Private Senator’s Bill)
203
1984-85
25.01.1985
Queensland Rainforests Conservation Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
10
1985-86
22.03.1985
Repatriation Legislation Amendment (Extension of Operation) Bill 1985
223
1985-86
05.12.1985
Repatriation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
100
1985-86
27.06.1985
Representation Amendment Bill 1985
36
1985-86
02.05.1985
Rural Industries Research (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
58
1985-86
16.05.1985
Rural Industries Research Bill 1985
54
1985-86
15.05.1985
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
227
1985-86
24.12.1985
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Amendment Bill 1985
186
1985-86
18.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 1) Amendment Bill 1985
190
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 2) Amendment Bill 1985
191
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 3) Amendment Bill 1985
192
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 4) Amendment Bill 1985
193
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 5) Amendment Bill 1985
72
1985-86
27.05.1985
Sales Tax (No. 5) Amendment Bill 1985
194
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 6) Amendment Bill 1985
195
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 7) Amendment Bill 1985
196
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 8) Amendment Bill 1985
197
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax (No. 9) Amendment Bill 1985
198
1985-86
25.10.1985
Sales Tax Assessment Bill (No. 10) 1985
73
1985-86
27.05.1985
Sales Tax Assessment Bill (No. 11) 1985
229
1985-86
24.12.1985
Sales Tax Bill (No. 10A) 1985
74
1985-86
27.05.1985
Sales Tax Bill (No. 10B) 1985
75
1985-86
27.05.1985
Sales Tax Bill (No. 10C) 1985
76
1985-86
27.05.1985
Sales Tax Bill (No. 11A) 1985
230
1985-86
24.12.1985
Sales Tax Bill (No. 11B) 1985
231
1985-86
24.12.1985
Sales Tax Laws Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
189
1985-86
24.10.1985
Sales Tax Laws Amendment Bill 1985
71
1985-86
27.05.1985
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Amendment Bill 1985
64
1985-86
20.05.1985
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Bill 1985
22
1985-86
15.04.1985
Social Security (Poverty Traps Reduction) Bill 1985
226
1985-86
23.12.1985
Social Security and Repatriation (Abolition of Assets Test) Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
7
1985-86
14.03.1985
Social Security and Repatriation (Abolition of Assets Test) Bill 1985 [No. 2] (Private Senator’s Bill)
108
1985-86
02.07.1985
Social Security and Repatriation (Budget Measures) Amendment Bill 1985
185
1985-86
18.10.1985
Social Security and Repatriation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
107
1985-86
02.07.1985
Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
86
1985-86
30.05.1985
Soil Conservation (Financial Assistance) Bill 1985
16
1985-86
03.04.1986
States (Works and Housing) Assistance Bill 1985
155
1985-86
12.09.1985
States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Bill 1985
65
1985-86
21.05.1985
States Grants (Education Assistance–Participation and Equity) Amendment Bill 1985
134
1985-86
12.08.1985
States Grants (General Revenue) Bill 1985
184
1985-86
14.11.1985
States Grants (Nurse Education Transfer Assistance) Bill 1985
133
1985-86
09.08.1985
States Grants (Schools Assistance) Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
135
1985-86
12.08.1985
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
132
1985-86
12.08.1985
States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Bill 1985
136
1985-86
12.08.1985
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No. 1) 1985
109
1985-86
02.07.1985
Stevedoring Industry Levy Amendment Bill 1985
35
1985-86
02.05.1985
Student Assistance (Loans Guarantee and Subsidy) Repeal Bill 1985
175
1985-86
08.10.1985
Student Assistance Amendment Bill 1985
174
1985-86
01.10.1985
Sugar Agreement Bill 1985
1
1985-86
04.03.1985
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
87
1985-86
05.06.1985
Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill 1985-86
91
1985-86
14.06.1985
Supply Bill (No. 1) 1985-86
92
1985-86
14.06.1985
Supply Bill (No. 2) 1985-86
93
1985-86
14.06.1985
Supported Accommodation Assistance Bill 1985
30
1985-86
18.04.1985
Tax Avoidance Schemes Bill 1984 (Private Senator’s Bill)
196
1984-85
22.02.1985
Tax Avoidance Schemes Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
20
1985-86
02.04.1985
Taxation (Unpaid Company Tax) Assessment Amendment Bill 1985
21
1985-86
04.04.1985
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
207
1985-86
11.02.1986
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1985
204
1985-86
05.11.1985
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 1985
57
1985-86
16.05.1985
Taxation System Reform Bill 1985 (Private Senator’s Bill)
14
1985-86
26.03.1985
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1985
112
1985-86
05.07.1985
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 1985
29
1985-86
24.04.1985
Television Stations Licence Fees Amendment Bill 1985
95
1985-86
17.06.1985
Tobacco Charge (No. 1) Amendment Bill 1985
120
1985-86
22.07.1985
Tobacco Charge (No. 2) Amendment Bill 1985
121
1985-86
22.07.1985
Tobacco Charge (No. 3) Amendment Bill 1985
122
1985-86
22.07.1985
Trade Practices Amendment Bill 1985
213
1985-86
25.11.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1984
198
1984-85
19.02.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
79
1985-86
28.06.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax Assessment Bill 1984
202
1984-85
22.02.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax Assessment Bill 1985
78
1985-86
28.06.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax Bill 1984
197
1984-85
19.02.1985
Trust Recoupment Tax Bill 1985
80
1985-86
28.06.1985
Veterans’ Entitlements (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1985
222
1985-86
03.12.1985
Veterans’ Entitlements Bill 1985
219
1985-86
03.12.1985
Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 1985
53
1985-86
15.05.1985
Wheat Tax Amendment Bill 1985
160
1985-86
12.09.1985
Wool Industry Amendment Bill 1985
130
1985-86
06.08.1985
Wool Tax (No. 1) Amendment Bill 1985
102
1985-86
02.07.1985
Wool Tax (No. 2) Amendment Bill 1985
103
1985-86
02.07.1985
Wool Tax (No. 3) Amendment Bill 1985
104
1985-86
02.07.1985
Wool Tax (No. 4) Amendment Bill 1985
105
1985-86
02.07.1985
Wool Tax (No. 5) Amendment Bill 1985
106
1985-86
02.07.1985

 

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