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• Offshore Petroleum Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 5 bills which rewrites and replaces the legislation currently providing for the administration of Australia’s offshore petroleum resources the bill replaces the Petroleum

  (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  and provides for: the grant of exploration permits, retention leases, production licences, infrastructure licences, pipeline licences, special prospecting authorities and access authorities; and occupational health and safety provisions, including the operation of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority for their administration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bill 2011

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  Date

  25 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the

  Offshore Minerals Act 1994

  and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to provide that any security interests acquired in petroleum, greenhouse gas and offshore minerals titles are not personal property securities for the purposes of the

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• OHS and SRC Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  07 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to: extend the Act to all corporations and Commonwealth authorities licensed under the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  ; exclude the operation of certain State and Territory laws; and amend the long and short titles of the Act to reflect its extended coverage beyond Commonwealth workplaces; and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to: enable Comcare to charge all Commonwealth authorities a regulatory contribution towards the costs of administering the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  ; and validate certain contributions already made for the 2002-03 financial year; and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments to reflect the title change of the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to the

  Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Olympic Insignia Protection Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Resources portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014

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  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends: two Acts administered in the Agriculture portfolio to update and remove obsolete references; 10 Acts administered in the Communications portfolio in relation to: access arrangements, investigations, the Advanced Mobile Phone System, standard agreements, protected carrier information, protection schemes for residential customers, the Universal Service Regime, consultation requirements and variation of instruments, completed reviews, publication requirements, the National Relay Service, and notification and account keeping requirements; the

  Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952

  to make amendments consequential on a repeal; six Acts administered in the Environment portfolio in relation to: sea installations, licensing, reporting and administrative obligations of licensees, and water studies in the Murray-Darling Basin; two Acts administered in the Industry portfolio to make amendments consequential on repeals; the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  in relation to reporting requirements; two Acts administered in the Social Services portfolio in relation to the certification of residential aged care services; and six Acts administered in the Treasury portfolio in relation to: the Education Expenses Tax Offset, the Sugar Industry Reform Program, the Financial Services Reform roll-over, and the Superannuation Safety Reform roll-over. Also repeals 43 Acts administered in nine portfolios. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Bill 2015

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  Date

  18 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends: five Acts in the Agriculture portfolio to abolish the Australian Landcare Council, and make amendments consequential on seven Acts being repealed; two Acts in the Environment portfolio to abolish the Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee and the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee, and remove spent provisions; the

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to remove certain administrative requirements for compensation payers and claimants; the

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Committee Self-management) Act 1978

  to make amendments consequential on two Acts being repealed; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance)(Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable the release of information collected under the Acts in an aggregated form which does not disclose information about a particular person; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to remove spent indexation provisions, and make consequential amendments; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to remove spent provisions relating to the Retirement Assistance for Farmers Scheme and the Retirement Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers Scheme; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to remove spent savings, transitional and application provisions, and make technical amendments; three Acts in the Treasury portfolio to remove spent provisions; and the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to remove spent provisions relating to the Retirement Assistance for Farmers Scheme and the Retirement Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers Scheme. Also repeals 14 Acts administered in three portfolios. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Online Safety Bill 2021, the bill: repeals the

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  ; makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts; amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  and

  Online Safety Act 2021

  , when enacted, to make amendments contingent on the commencement of certain other Acts; and contains transitional and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill: retains and replicates certain provisions in the

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  , including the non-consensual sharing of intimate images scheme; specifies basic online safety expectations; establishes an online content scheme for the removal of certain material; creates a complaints-based removal notice scheme for cyber-abuse being perpetrated against an Australian adult; broadens the cyber-bullying scheme to capture harms occurring on services other than social media; reduces the timeframe for service providers to respond to a removal notice from the eSafety Commissioner; brings providers of app distribution services and internet search engine services into the remit of the new online content scheme; and establishes a power for the eSafety Commissioner to request or require internet service providers to disable access to material depicting, promoting, inciting or instructing in abhorrent violent conduct for time-limited periods in crisis situations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Imports) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Imports) Act 1995

  to: extend the existing levies on imports of ozone-depleting substances to the synthetic greenhouse gas replacements for ozone-depleting substances; set maximum limits for the existing and new levies; and change the long and short titles of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Manufacture) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Manufacture) Act 1995

  to: extend the existing levies on the manufacture of ozone-depleting substances to the synthetic greenhouse gas replacements for ozone-depleting substances; set maximum limits for the existing and new levies; and change the long and short titles of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum