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• Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011, the bill prevents tobacco advertising and promotion of tobacco products and tobacco product packaging by making it an offence to sell, supply, purchase, package or manufacture tobacco products or packaging for retail sale that are not compliant with plain packaging requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that regulations may be made in relation to the plain packaging of tobacco so that businesses are not prevented from registering new trade marks or from protecting trade marks against infringement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, the bill: repeals the

  Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991

  ; makes arrangements for transition to the new occupational health and safety laws; and amends the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Work Health and Safety Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill implements the Model Work Health and Safety Bill (the model bill) within the Commonwealth jurisdiction to form part of a system of nationally harmonised occupational health and safety laws which will apply to businesses and undertakings conducted by the Commonwealth, public authorities, and transitionally, non-Commonwealth licensees. State and territory governments, together with the Commonwealth, signed the Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety which commits the jurisdictions to implement the model laws by December 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP;BROADBENT, Russell, MP;VAMVAKINOU, Maria, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to create a legal presumption that, if a firefighter has been employed for a certain period before being diagnosed with one of seven primary site cancers, the employment is taken to have been the dominant cause of the contraction of the cancer. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable certain parcels of land to be granted to relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: remove the connection between the election of members to the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) and Queensland local government elections; and allow for changes to be made to the composition of the TSRA, following a governance review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to require certain persons to inform the department within 14 days of events or changes in circumstances that may affect social security payments or qualification for concession cards; and

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Act 2011

  to make technical amendments. Also clarifies that certain computer-generated decisions made from 12 June 2001 to the date of assent comply with the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 [2012]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  in relation to: the thresholds set for the grant of a patent; and exempting patent infringement of research and experimental activities;

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to: reduce delays in finalising patent and trade mark applications; enable trade marks and patent attorneys to practise through a corporate structure; and extend to trade marks and patent attorneys the same ‘advice’ privilege available to legal professionals;

  Copyright Act 1968

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  in relation to the enforcement regime for counterfeit trade mark and copyright goods; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that the intellectual property rights system can adapt to the electronic and global business environments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance Act 2008

  to provide for a phased implementation of the national curriculum by certain authorities and approved school systems. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 6) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide that the outer regional and remote payment made under the Better Start for Children with Disability initiative is exempt from income tax; and update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to provide that transport costs from an employee’s residence to their employment in a remote area overseas is exempt from fringe benefits tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum