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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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- Date
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19 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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The bill: amends 40 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 27 obsolete Acts; and amends 88 Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language.
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- Date
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13 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
- Summary
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Amends: 29 Acts to reflect the introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) and establishment of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; five superannuation Acts to reflect the new regime for legislative instruments under the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
; and the Superannuation Act 1976
and Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
to meet a change to the superannuation guarantee requiring employers to use ordinary time earnings as the earnings base for employees. Also repeals the Schedule to the Superannuation Act 1990
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- Date
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12 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ALLISON, Lyn
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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- Date
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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- Date
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06 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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The bill: amends 45 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 17 obsolete Acts and amends six Acts as a consequence of those repeals.
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- Date
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14 Sep 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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EVANS, Sen Chris
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide a discretion to extend the period in which sale proceeds from a pensioner’s principal home are not included in the assets test for pensioners whose new principal home construction has been unavoidably delayed.
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- Date
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12 May 2005
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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GREIG, Brian
- Summary
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Regulates the unauthorised installation of computer software; and provides for disclosure to computer users of software features that may pose a threat to user privacy.
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- Date
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09 Dec 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to enable voters at Senate elections to determine the order of their party preferences in above-the-line voting.
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- Date
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17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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The bill: establishes procedures for federal, State and Territory law enforcement agencies to obtain 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.
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