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TOTAL RESULTS: 55
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30 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
in relation to the provision of captioning services by commercial, national and subscription television broadcasters by: introducing and increasing captioning targets; requiring the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop a captioning standard to determine the quality of captioning services; requiring broadcasters to transmit emergency warnings in the form of text and speech, and captioned where possible; introducing compliance reporting and record keeping requirements; providing for a statutory review by the ACMA; and making compliance with the captioning requirements a licensing condition.
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24 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to provide earlier access, in particular circumstances, to the digital commercial satellite television service known as the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) by: enabling VAST licensees to provide their digital commercial satellite television services to specified external territories; enabling third party digital retransmission services to be taken into account for administering the conditional access scheme for VAST services; requiring licensees in certain licence areas to nominate multiple places against which their time based broadcasting obligations will be assessed; and enabling the minister to vary the date for digital switchover in a licence area or when that area becomes a digital only local market area.
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03 Nov 2011
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Senate
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Summary
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Clarifies that consequential amendments made by the
Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011
to ten Acts will not apply until the national business names registration system commences.
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02 Nov 2011
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House of Representatives
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: extend from 1 January 2012 to 1 January 2013 the review relating to the allocation of one or more additional commercial television broadcast licences (“the sixth channel review”); and expand the scope of this and any subsequent review.
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15 Sep 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the
Banking Act 1959
to establish a framework for the issue of covered bonds by: enabling authorised deposit institutions to issued covered bonds; and providing that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority set prudential standards for the issue of the bonds.
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22 Aug 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the:
Banking Act 1959
to: impose certain conditions on authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) in relation to the transfer of personal transaction accounts; and require ADIs that offer term deposits to provide certain information when those deposits are due for reinvestment; and National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: require credit contracts to expressly include advice of any unjust transactions and unconscionable interest and other charges; and provide for the termination of mortgage indemnity insurance contracts when the related mortgage is terminated and the rebate of associated premiums.
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17 Aug 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill imposes fees for chargeable matters in relation to the national business names registration system.
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17 Aug 2011
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House of Representatives
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill makes: transitional arrangements in relation to the national business names registration system; and consequential amendments to 11 Acts.
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17 Aug 2011
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House of Representatives
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill establishes a national business names registration system to be administered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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24 Feb 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the:
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
and Radiocommunications Act 1992
to provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with planning and enforcement powers for the implementation of the re-stack of digital television channels and the realisation of digital dividend spectrum; and Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
, Broadcasting Services Act 1992
, Copyright Act 1968
and Radiocommunications Act 1992
in relation to: the operation of the digital television services provided by the satellite service licensed under section 38C of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
; and other digital television matters.
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