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• Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to: rename the Federal Magistrates Court as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia; change the titles of Chief Federal Magistrate to Chief Judge and Federal Magistrate to Judge; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; and

  Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979

  ,

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  ,

  Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973

  and

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Act 2007

  to: enable the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to make adjustments to the long-term average sustainable diversion limit set by the Murray-Darling Basin Plan; and require the basin plan requirements for accreditation of water resource plans to include a requirement that water resource plans include a mechanism for incorporating and adjusting a relevant change in the limit for that water resource plan area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Act 2011

  to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy Act 2011

  to: remove the price floor for carbon units by removing the surrender charge on eligible international emissions units and the requirement for a minimum auction reserve price; restrict the quantity of eligible Kyoto units that liable entities can use to discharge their carbon pricing liabilities; provide for the calculation of an equivalent carbon price that reflects liable entities’ cost of compliance under a linking arrangement; increase the limit on advance-auctioned carbon units; prevent units being issued at auction more than three years in advance of their vintage year; change the treatment of relinquished carbon units; and enable regulations to be made to determine how specific circumstances relating to the supply and use of natural gas are treated;

  Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011

  to enable: European allowance units to be held in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; and the Clean Energy Regulator to issue and transfer Australian-issued international units in the event that a direct link with a foreign emissions trading scheme is not possible;

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to adjust the calculation of the equivalent carbon price to provide that it remains consistent with the compliance costs of liable entities under the carbon pricing mechanism with linking arrangements; and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to enable the minister to determine methods to measure and adjust amounts of designated fuels for the purposes of ascertaining potential greenhouse gas emissions. Also repeals the

  Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Per-tonne Carbon Price Equivalent) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to provide that the per-tonne carbon price equivalent applied to liquid fuels is consistent with the compliance costs of liable entities under the carbon pricing mechanism with linking arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: enable the minister to determine a category of providers and financial reporting requirements for low-risk VET FEE-HELP applicants and approved providers; enable a managed trial of VET FEE-HELP for specified certificate IV level qualifications; provide that a notice revoking a higher education or VET provider takes effect on the day the notice is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; consolidate four separate guidelines into one guideline; move the specific date requirement for census dates to the guidelines; and enable the minister and secretary to delegate powers to Australian Public Service employees outside the department. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs and Justice 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to introduce targeted integrity testing for staff of the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs and Border Protection); the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to extend the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity to all staff of the Australian Transaction Reporting and Analysis Centre and the CrimTrac Agency and prescribed staff of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; the

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  to enable the Chief Executive Officer of Customs and Border Protection to make orders and certain declarations and to authorise drug and alcohol testing; and

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  ,

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Reform of Employer Sanctions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  In response to recommendations of the

  Report of the 2010 Review of the Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Act 2007

  in relation to the employer sanctions framework, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: amend the criminal offences, and create new non-fault civil penalty provisions, for persons who allow an unlawful non-citizen to work, refer an unlawful person to a third person for work, allow a lawful non-citizen to work in breach of a work-related visa condition or refer a lawful non-citizen to a third person for work in breach of a work-related visa condition; extend liability for contravention to a wider range of persons and entities; enable an infringement notice to be issued as an alternative to commencing civil penalty proceedings; extend the geographical jurisdiction in relation to work-related civil penalty provisions; and introduce investigation powers to allow authorised officers to gather evidence of suspected breaches. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum