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• Dairy Adjustment Levy Termination Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  to finalise the Dairy Industry Adjustment Program by terminating the dairy adjustment levy, winding-up the Dairy Structural Adjustment Fund and terminating the Dairy Adjustment Authority. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to remove references to the Dairy Industry Adjustment Program; repeals the

  Dairy Adjustment Levy (Customs) Act 2000

  ,

  Dairy Adjustment Levy (Excise) Act 2000

  and

  Dairy Adjustment Levy (General) Act 2000

  which set the dairy adjustment levy rate; and includes a regulation-making power to make transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Additional Drought Assistance Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the maximum allowable income exemption for the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment (ECRP); and extend the ECRP to more agriculture-dependent small business operators; and

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to enable ECRP recipients to continue to receive payments while temporarily absent from Australia for specific family or humanitarian reasons. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008, the bill: repeals the

  Wheat Marketing Act 1989

  ; makes consequential amendments to four Acts and two regulations; and makes transitional amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Establishes Wheat Exports Australia as a statutory entity to regulate the export of bulk wheat through a Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance Arrangements for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Other Matters) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the:

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  ,

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to implement changes to the governance arrangements of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority;

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to require foreign fishing vessels to stow fishing equipment whilst transiting through the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ); and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable enforcement action to be taken against foreign vessels breaching international fishery management measures and boats supporting illegal fishing in the AFZ. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to allow the minister to appoint a Commissioner to conduct a Commission of inquiry into the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia, and provides that relevant powers and protections in the

  Royal Commission Act 1902

  apply to the inquiry. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  . 

  Bill

• Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Wheat Marketing Act 1989

  and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 in relation to: information-gathering and investigative powers of the Wheat Export Authority (WEA); extension of the minister’s veto power over non-AWB (International) Ltd bulk exports; ministerial power to change the holder of the single desk export privilege; deregulation of exports in bags and containers; and structural and governance reforms of the WEA including renaming it as the Export Wheat Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  and

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: replace the voluntary marketing and research contributions system for the red meat processor industry with a statutory levy on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and goats; allow bodies other than declared bodies to receive levy funds for research and development; and permit disaggregated levy payer information to be provided to the red meat processor industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  ,

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  ,

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  in relation to: delegation powers of the minister and the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority; management of Australia’s rights and obligations under the Torres Strait Treaty; output controls and fisheries management practices; consistency with other legislative regimes; compliance, forfeiture and enforcement procedures; the role and functions of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA); and transition of the AFMA from an authority to a commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Fisheries Levy Act 1984

  to ensure levies can be collected in Torres Strait fisheries in accordance with new management and licensing arrangements provided for in the proposed

  Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum