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• Defence Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Geneva Conventions Act 1957

  to establish a third universal emblem, the 'Red Crystal', for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to ensure the emblem is covered by existing offence provisions relating to the improper use of emblems of the Geneva Conventions;

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable the making of regulations to provide medical and dental treatment (including pharmaceuticals) to an Australian Defence Force member or cadet or their family; and

  Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952

  to: provide that the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap is a special defence undertaking and a prohibited area; clarify that the Defence power is not the only constitutional basis relied upon to support the Act; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to remove the 'dominant reason' test; the

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  ,

  Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: provide an explicit and positive duty to make reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities (which responds to the 2003 High Court decision of Purvis); respond to the Full Federal Court case of Forest in relation to carers, assistants and aids; clarify the defence of unjustifiable hardship; and replace the 'proportionality test' in the definition of indirect discrimination; 24 Acts to reflect the name change of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to the Australian Human Rights Commission; and the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employment and Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to increase lump sum compensation to $400,000 and to $110 a week (to be increased annually) for benefits paid to each prescribed child in the event of a work-related death;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend the Sickness Allowance and Parenting Payment (single) which prevents a person from receiving payment while there is an Assurance of Support in force; and clarify rent assistance entitlements for Austudy and ABSTUDY receipts. Also makes technical amendments to the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for Students) Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill amends the

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to enable the Federal Court to apply uniform indictable criminal procedure across Australia to deal with serious cartel offences. Also makes consequential and other amendments to five other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to: allow the Federal Court to refer all or part of a proceeding to a referee for report; and allow a single Federal Court judge to make interlocutory orders in proceedings that would otherwise be heard and determined by a Full Court;

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to give the Federal Court concurrent jurisdiction with State and Territory Supreme Courts to enforce foreign arbitral awards;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Native Title Act 1993

  to remove restrictions on Chief Justices and Presidents acquiring an interest in land for the purposes of the

  Lands Acquisition Act 1989

  ;

  Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

  to allow authorised, non-judicial officers of the Federal Court power to make orders specifying that certain premises are ‘court premises’; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to respond to the Full Family Court of Australia decision in

  Black v Black

  relating to the satisfaction of technical requirements for binding financial and termination agreements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to: streamline the process for adducing foreign material that appears to consist of a business record; and make amendments in relation to: testimony obtained from foreign countries; non-conviction based proceeds of crime matters; court discretion when using foreign evidence; and the Attorney-General’s certification of foreign material. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 [2009]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal may invite either orally or in writing, review applicants or third parties to give information; reinstate uniform time limits for applying for judicial review of a migration decision in the Federal Magistrates Court, Federal Court and High Court; and limit the appeals against judgments by the Federal Magistrates Court and the Federal Court that make an order or refuse to make an order to extend time to apply for judicial review of migration decisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 6) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to roll-overs for corporate restructures;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in relation to the collection or conservation of tax debts owed in foreign countries;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  in relation to the late payment offset for superannuation guarantee contributions. Also makes minor amendments to six other Acts and repeals the

  Pay-roll Tax Act 1941

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to introduce the Queensland Public Interest Monitor (PIM) into the telecommunications interception regime to enable Queensland to legislate for the PIM to be given specific oversight functions for the Queensland Police Service and the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. Also makes minor and technical amendments to the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: exempt medical devices from the operation of the Act to enable goods to be stockpiled for use in a health emergency and remove the requirement that such exemptions are disallowable instruments; adjust the test of whether a person is a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold a manufacturing licence or a medical device conformity assessment certificate; adopt the European Pharmacopoeia and United States Pharmacopoeia as additional default standards; enable public access to information held by the Therapeutic Goods Administration; ensure controls over restricted and prohibited representations apply to advertisements in all media; and align penalties with current policy formulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum