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• Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

  to: abolish the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner and create the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate; remove existing building industry specific laws; enable the inspectorate to compulsorily obtain information or documents relevant to an investigation from certain persons; provide for safeguards in relation to the inspectorate’s powers to obtain information and documents (including a three-year sunset provision); and create the office of the Independent Assessor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Names Registration (Application of Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Clarifies that consequential amendments made by the

  Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011

  to ten Acts will not apply until the national business names registration system commences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill imposes fees for chargeable matters in relation to the national business names registration system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill makes: transitional arrangements in relation to the national business names registration system; and consequential amendments to 11 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Names Registration Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to business names, the bill establishes a national business names registration system to be administered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish the Carbon Farming Initiative, the bill provides for: the types of abatement projects eligible for Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs); requirements for recognition as an offsets entity; eligibility for offsets projects; participation by holders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land; characteristics of methodology determinations; permanence arrangements for sequestration projects; reporting requirements for offsets projects; a framework for auditing offset reports; the issue and exchange of ACCUs; monitoring and enforcement powers; merits review of decisions; the establishment and functions of the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee and the Carbon Credits Administrator; and the publication of information and the treatment of confidential information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish the Carbon Farming Initiative, the bill amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to provide that financial institutions and other persons who buy Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) are subject to reporting and other obligations;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to the regulation of financial services for ACCUs;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to provide for the appropriate exchange of information between administrators; and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to extend the arrangements for reporting transfer certificates beyond 30 June 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carer Recognition Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Establishes the Statement for Australia’s Carers and places obligations on public sector agencies and associated providers in relation to the statement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Human Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to: enable certain powers of the Child Support Registrar to be delegated to persons outside the Department of Human Services; and update certain criminal penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: requires civil litigants to file a genuine steps statement before legal proceedings are instituted in the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court; sets out the powers of court in relation to the genuine steps requirements and awarding costs; and provides that certain categories of legal proceedings are excluded proceedings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum