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• Age Discrimination Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to: provide exemptions for certain Commonwealth Acts and regulations following expiry on 23 June 2006 of the temporary exemption which provided an exemption for all Commonwealth Acts and regulations for 2 years; provide exemptions for certain other legislative instruments, schemes and programs; clarify the application of some existing exemptions; and repeal an exemption for certain regulations no longer in force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ASIO Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  In response to recommendations of the former Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD (now the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security), the bill amends the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to: extend the existing sunset clause and prior joint committee review period by 10 years to 22 July 2016 and 22 January 2016, respectively; clarify the operation of the warrant regime in relation to warrants for questioning and warrants for questioning and detention; and clarify rights of persons questioned or detained under the warrant regime. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to: amend the regulatory arrangements for airport security by creating event zones that may be used for handling special events at an airport; regulate the security and clearance processes for domestic and international cargo before it is taken onto an aircraft; allow the Secretary to approve alterations to an existing Transport Security Program; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to: disposal of dangerous goods; access of security identification card holders to section 234AA places, ships, aircrafts and wharves; minor corrections to provisions implementing the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; provision of updated information in respect of security identification cards to Customs; implementation of an Accredited Client Program; and protection from criminal responsibility for Customs officers handling narcotic goods in the course of duty and others acting under instructions from Customs officers; and

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

  in relation to issue of seizure warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005

  , the bill amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005

  and

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  to: replace, amend or repeal terminology and provisions to clarify the policy intent of certain Welfare to Work measures, including the new income support payment compliance framework; allow parenting payment partnered recipients who have a temporary incapacity exemption to have access to pharmaceutical allowance; allow the continuation for 14 weeks of the same rate of Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance for single principal carer parents following the death of a child; and extend access to an Employment Entry Payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to provide statutory disability cover and death benefits for Federal Magistrates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Tax (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Tax Bill 2006, the bill amends the:

  Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Act 2003

  ,

  Fuel Sales Grants Act 2000

  ,

  Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000

  ,

  States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965

  and proposed

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to provide transitional arrangements in relation to the new fuel tax credit scheme;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to rewrite Part VI of the Act (administration of goods and services tax, wine equalisation tax and luxury car tax); and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and 4 other Acts to provide administrative arrangements for the new fuel tax credit scheme. Also repeals the

  Fuel Sales Grants Act 2000

  on 1 January 2007, the

  States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965

  on 1 July 2007 and the

  Energy Grants (Credit) Scheme Act 2003

  on 1 July 2012; and makes consequential amendments to 13 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Tax Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Tax (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006, the bill provides for: a single system of fuel tax credits to remove or reduce the incidence of fuel tax levied on taxable fuels from 1 July 2006; and a framework for the taxation of gaseous fuels from 1 July 2011, when fuel tax will be levied on liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas for the first time. Fuel tax credits for certain claimants will be conditional on meeting certain environmental criteria. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Enforcement (AFP Professional Standards and Related Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to: provide for a new complaints and professional standards regime within the Australian Federal Police (AFP) which will categorise all matters raised in relation to AFP professional standards according to their nature and seriousness; provide for alcohol screening tests of on duty officers; and to make amendments relating to suspension or resignation from, and termination of, employment; and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to align the Ombudsman’s administrative review role over the AFP more closely with the role it has in relation to other Australian Government agencies, although the Ombudsman will retain the capacity to intervene in serious cases and will have a review role in relation to the new complaints and professional standards regime. Also repeals the

  Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981

  and makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  and 7 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, the bill makes amendments consequential on the establishment of the Office of the Integrity Commissioner and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) to 17 Acts to: provide ACLEI investigators with access to special investigative powers, including the capacity to use telecommunications interception, surveillance devices, controlled deliveries and assumed identities; and provide the Integrity Commissioner and the ACLEI with access to certain confidential information; and amends the

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to clarify the relationship between the functions of the Ombudsman and the Integrity Commissioner. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum