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  • Date
    08 Mar 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Mar 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
    and
    Judiciary Act 1903
    to allow the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to establish an ACT Court of Appeal; and
    Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
    to: abolish the redundant office of judicial registrar; and amend certain practices and procedures of the Federal Court. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • 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

  • Date
    30 Aug 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Jul 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011
    to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and
    Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011
    to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Nov 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends: nine Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan; and the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to: remove the HECS-HELP up-front payment discount for units of study with a census date after 1 January 2017; and remove the HELP voluntary repayment bonus for repayments from 1 January 2017. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    01 Mar 2001 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment and Heritage portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Feb 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure and Regional Development 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009
    to: amend the short title of the Act; enable the Roads to Recovery Programme to continue past June 2014; combine provisions of the Act relating to national projects and off-network projects; enable funding of research and investigations of transport development and innovation projects funded under the Act; and enable certain partnership and non-corporate Commonwealth entities to be eligible for funding; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Telstra Corporation Act 1991
    to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the
    Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988
    ,
    Railway Standardization (New South Wales and Victoria) Agreement Act 1958
    and
    Roads to Recovery Act 2000

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Feb 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Deregulation 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Lands Acquisition Act 1989
    to: allow states and territories to administer exploration and/or mining on Commonwealth land through regulations that incorporate or adopt state/territory mining legislation; provide for a penalty regime for breaches of the regulations; enable the minister to make offers of compensation to interest holders without a claim being made; and remove the requirement for commercial acquisitions in the market of an interest in land to be tabled in Parliament. Also repeals the
    Lands Acquisition (Defence) Act 1968

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    19 Mar 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
    to: establish the Cross Border Justice Scheme to enable judicial officers, police and other officials to deal with offenders from any of the participating jurisdictions (Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory); and clarify that prisoners may give evidence by audio or video link when subpoenaed to give evidence in interstate court or tribunal proceedings; and
    Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994
    to expand the range of proceedings covered by the scheme established between Australia and New Zealand for the service of subpoenas between the two jurisdictions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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