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• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2010 Measures No. 1) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  in relation to: the supply of medical devices that are not on the Therapeutic Goods Register; the listing of export-only variations of certain medicines already on the register; permissible ingredients for inclusion in medicines; information that may be considered by the minister when reviewing initial decisions; the process for submission and approval of product information for medicines; the power of the secretary to make declarations that goods are therapeutic goods; the revised business processes which apply to prescription medicines; and the secretary’s information gathering powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011

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  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill establishes the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency as an independent national regulatory and quality assurance agency for higher education. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, the bill amends the:

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to provide that the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and its staff undertake functions relating to provider registration and monitoring;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to recognise new registration requirements for higher education providers and the TEQSA; and proposed

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to update the definition of ‘vocational education and training course’. Also provides for the transition of functions from state and territories authorities to the TEQSA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) Bill 2011

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  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  to remove the Governor-General’s power to to disallow or recommend amendments of any enactments made by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly; and

  Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

  to remove the Governor-General’s power to to disallow or recommend amendments of any laws made by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Territories Law Reform Bill 2010

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  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  In response to recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories report

  Quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?: Inquiry into Governance on Norfolk Island

  , the bill amends: the

  Norfolk Island Act 1979

  in relation to: the voting system for the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly; when elections are held; the process for selecting a Chief Minister and Ministers; advice provided to the Administrator when assenting to bills; the role of the Governor-General and Minister responsible for Territories in processing legislation; and the implementation of a contemporary financial management framework; six Acts in relation to the review of administrative actions; 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Christmas Island Act 1958

  and

  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

  to provide a vesting mechanism for powers and functions under Western Australian laws in these territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2013

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  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the

  Television Licence Fees Act 1964

  to: reduce by 50 per cent the annual licence fee payable by commercial television broadcasting licensees, to a maximum of 4.5 per cent of gross earnings; and make consequential and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill: establishes the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA) as a statutory agency to implement and administer the service agreements or grants that deliver universal service and other public policy telecommunications outcomes; sets out the agency’s corporate governance structure and reporting and accountability requirements; provides for the minister, by legislative instrument, to make standards, rules or benchmarks for TUSMA contracts and grants; and provides for the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service industry levy regimes to be consolidated into a single regime to provide TUSMA funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill amends: six Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency; and the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  NRS Levy Imposition Act 1998

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to provide for the phasing out of the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service levies after 30 June 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2011

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  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: support the rollout of NBN-consistent fibre-to-the-premises networks in new real estate developments; place certain obligations on the supply of wholesale services by an NBN corporation; and require carriers (other than NBN corporations) operating certain superfast broadband networks to offer a wholesale Layer 2 ethernet bitstream service; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to infringement notices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to require developers to install fibre-ready infrastructure in new developments and ensure that any fixed line facilities installed in a development must be fibre-ready. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum