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• Farm Household Support Amendment (Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to implement changes to: the income test for the Exception Circumstances Relief Payment; and the process by which farmers obtain Exceptional Circumstances Certificates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  Office of National Assessments Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  ,

  Privacy Act 1988

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and 5 other Acts to implement recommendations from the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies (the Flood Inquiry) and reviews of the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  that require legislative amendment, including: extending the terms of reference of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD (PJCAAD) to include all Australian intelligence agencies; clarifying the roles and functions of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) and the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), including in relation to communication of incidentally obtained intelligence and ministerial authorisation of intelligence collection; giving legislative basis to the functions and ministerial accountabilities of the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation; extending and clarifying the functions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security; and increasing the size of the PJCAAD and changing its name to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfoli 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Bill 2005, the bill imposes a competitive adjustment payment to be made by insurers that provide medical indemnity to members of medical defence organisations participating in the incurred but not reported indemnity scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Bill 2005, the bill amends the

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to: introduce administrative arrangements for the competitive advantage payment (to be imposed by the proposed

  Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005

  ); modify aspects of the United Medical Protection support payment; and make a technical correction to the run-off cover payment provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005

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  Date

  02 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Responds to the South Australian Supreme Court decision in

  Hanel v O’Neill

  by amending the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to clarify the scope of the potential personal liability of the directors of corporate trustees. Also makes a retrospective amendment to clarify the operation of auditor independence provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to regulation of access to strategic infrastructure services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (2005 Budget Measure) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for the seniors concession allowance to Gold Card holders who are over veteran pension age and who are not otherwise eligible for the seniors concession allowance or the utilities allowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Extra Service) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to remove the current requirement that extra service providers (aged care providers which allow residents to choose, and pay for, a higher than average level of hotel-type services) need to reapply for extra service status every 5 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable Commonwealth participating agencies to request assumed identity documents from State and Territory issuing agencies in accordance with legislation in force in those jurisdictions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Import Processing Charges) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005 to restructure the cost recovery regime for import related services, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to repeal two cargo reporting charges (the self-assessed clearance declaration charge and the screening charge) relating to low value consignments which will be amalgamated into the restructured electronic import declaration and warehouse declaration processing charges (to be imposed by the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum