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• James Hardie (Investigations and Proceedings) Bill 2004

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  Date

  02 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Facilitates an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission into matters arising out of the James Hardie Special Commission of Inquiry in New South Wales, and any proceedings that may arise from those investigations, by abrogating legal professional privilege in certain circumstances. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judges and Governors-General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Bill 2012

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  Date

  15 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  and

  Governor-General Act 1974

  to enable a former spouse of a judge or of a governor-general to receive his or her share of a superannuation benefit as a separate benefit at the time of a family law split. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judges' Pensions Amendment Bill 2007

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  Date

  14 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  to insert a definition of ‘salary’ for pension purposes; and remedy technical deficiencies in the superannuation surcharge formula in relation to: reduced rates of surcharge in 2003-04 and 2004-05; treatment of invalidity and death benefits; and payments made to discharge in part a judge’s surcharge debt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012

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  Date

  14 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012, the bill enables parliamentary commissions to be established following a resolution by each House of the Parliament to investigate specified allegations of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer (including a Justice of the High Court of Australia). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judiciary Amendment Bill 1999

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  Date

  03 Dec 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Summary

  Act No. 7 of 1999 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judiciary Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Responds to the High Court decision in

  British American Tobacco v Western Australia

  by amending the

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to provide that nothing in the Act prevents state and territory laws related to the recovery of invalid state and territory taxes from applying in federal jurisdiction in proceedings for the recovery of a tax or an amount paid in connection with a tax invalidly imposed by a law of a state or territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judiciary Amendment Bill 2015

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  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to: consolidate the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) into the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD); and remove provisions relating to AGS’s former role as a statutory corporation; and

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to make consequential amendments. Also makes transitional arrangements in relation to AGS being consolidated into the AGD. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judiciary Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to: validate certain orders made by non-judicial officers of State courts of summary jurisdiction in relation to taxation and other federal law matters; and repeal certain provisions to enable States to determine which officers, including non-judicial officers, can exercise federal jurisdiction and in what circumstances. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970

  ,

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jurisdiction of Courts (Family Law) Bill 2005 [2006]

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  Date

  07 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide the Magistrates Court of Western Australia constituted by a Family Law Magistrate of Western Australia with substantially the same jurisdiction and appeal structure in relation to family law and child support matters as the Federal Magistrates Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jurisdiction of Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum