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  • Work Health and Safety Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2021

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    24 Feb 2021 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industrial Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Work Health and Safety Act 2011
    to clarify the operation of the Act in relation to the Commonwealth's undertakings on Norfolk Island. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Wine Australia Amendment (Label Directory) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    02 Dec 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Wine Australia Act 2013
    to provide for Wine Australia to establish and maintain a directory of labels that are attached to grape products such as wine intended for export from Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment (Indigenous Authority Member) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Water Act 2007
    to provide for a standing Indigenous member position on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment (Indigenous Authority Member) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Water Act 2007
    to provide for a standing Indigenous member position on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment (Purchase Limit Repeal) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    PRATT, Sen Louise 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Water Act 2007
    to remove the statutory limit of 1500 gigalitres on Commonwealth purchases of surface water across the Murray-Darling Basin. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Wine Australia Amendment (Trade with United Kingdom) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Wine Australia Act 2013
    to ensure that the United Kingdom (UK) continues to be treated as an 'agreement country' for the purposes of the Act, during a transition period for the UK's exit from the European Union, as specified in the
    Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    10 May 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Water Act 2007
    to: enable the minister to direct the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to prepare an amendment to the Basin Plan 2012 that is the same in effect as an amendment that has previously been disallowed by either House of the Parliament, without having to undertake consultation; and provide for transitional arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2016

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    15 Sep 2016 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the Basin Plan 2012 to provide for a second notification of sustainable diversion limit adjustment measures by 30 June 2017 to enable basin jurisdictions to develop and notify new projects to augment the first package of measures notified on 5 May 2016 by the Basin Officials Committee to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2015

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    03 Dec 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Water Act 2007
    in relation to: reviews and reporting requirements for the Basin Plan; accreditation of first generation state water resource plans with further accreditations linked to Basin Plan review outcomes; incorporation of Indigenous expertise and knowledge in the governance of the basin’s water resources; trading by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder; and the redundancy of the Murray-Darling Basin Water Rights Information Service; and technical and consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Amendment Bill 2015

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 May 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Water Act 2007
    to impose a duty on the Commonwealth not to exceed the 1500 gigalitre limit on surface water purchases in the Murray-Darling Basin at the time of entering into a water purchase contract; and Basin Plan 2012 to provide flexibility in the recovery of 450 gigalitres of water for the environment through efficiency measures funded under the Water for the Environment Special Account. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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