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• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation as a body corporate; establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Special Account and appropriates funds to that account; establishes the board of the corporation responsible for decision making and managing the corporation’s investments; requires responsible ministers to issue an investment mandate to the board about the performance of its functions; requires the board to formulate and publish policies relating to the investment strategy for the corporation, benchmarks and standards for assessing the performance of the corporation and risk management strategy; provides for the corporation to share information with certain organisations; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act and other related matters to be undertaken as soon as practicable after 1 July 2016. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy Act 2011

  to: further define the criteria a person must meet to be declared a designated opt-in person; provide for the enforcement of reporting, record-keeping and notification requirements; and provide that emissions from non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas are brought into the mandatory carbon pricing mechanism from 1 July 2013 and non-transport compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012;

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to: enable potential greenhouse gas emissions that allow liability to be assigned before the emissions are produced; and nominate the operational control of a facility when it is not clear who has operational control;

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to: provide that fuel tax credit (FTC) entitlements will not be reduced for business use of non-transport gaseous fuels when they move into the carbon pricing mechanism; and provide that the agriculture, fishing and forestry industries become entitled to an FTC equivalent to the amount of carbon charge embedded in the price of fuel;

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Faming Initiative) Act 2011

  to: require that regulatory approvals are made during the first reporting period; remove the requirement for the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee to publish matters incorporated by reference in methodology determinations; and enable methodologies for existing abatement projects to be eligible for backdating;

  Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011

  to: enable regulations to restrict or limit the operation of identified registry accounts; and enable the deferment of instructions to transfer certain units; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to provide for the sharing of relevant and appropriate information between the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Regulator. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill amends the:

  Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

  to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to disclose information to a person for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of a Commonwealth law relating to coastal trading;

  Navigation Act 1912

  to: remove the definition of, and regulatory arrangements for, coastal trading; provide that the qualifications and employment of masters and seamen apply to ships used to engage in coastal trading under a general licence; and remove reference to a review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and

  Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  to provide that those Acts apply to vessels engaged in coastal trading under certain licence conditions. Also makes transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill provides for: a regulatory framework for coastal trading in Australia; three types of licences which authorise vessels to carry passengers or cargo between ports in Australia; the application process for licences; the decision-making process including criteria when granting a licence; the conditions and cancellation of licences; ministerial exemptions from the Act; the appointment and enforcement of legislative requirements; the review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and the delegation of functions and powers by the minister and secretary. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: clarify that the Chief Executive Officer of the Customs and Border Protection Service and the minister have the power to take all facts available into account when determining whether a countervailable subsidy has been received, the amount of a countervailing subsidy, and when certain parties fail to provide information within a reasonable period; enable the level of duties of an anti-dumping measure to be recalculated during a continuation inquiry; and remove the need to include profit when calculating the normal value of a good in its country of origin. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill (No. 2) 2012, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

  to allow the minister to utilise additional forms of interim dumping duty including an ad valorem (percentage) duty, a fixed amount of duty, a combination duty, or a floor price. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Schedule 4) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to revise the list of goods to which concessional rates of import duty have been granted by consolidating concessions of similar coverage and removing redundant or rarely used concessions. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to establish a framework to enable the Chief Justices of the Federal Court and the Family Court and the Chief Federal Magistrate to manage complaints that are referred to them; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exclude documents created through the complaints handling scheme from the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Audit Enhancement) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable directors of a listed company or listed registered scheme to extend the auditor rotation period for up to two years in certain circumstances; and require auditors who audit 10 or more certain types of entities to publish a transparency report; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: revise the functions of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to require the FRC to provide the minister and professional accounting bodies with strategic policy advice and reports in relation to the quality of audits conducted by Australian auditors; enable the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to publish an audit deficiency report in relation to specified audit failures by an Australian auditor identified by ASIC; and enable ASIC to communicate certain information obtained during an audit directly with an audited body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to create an R 18+ Restricted category for computer games; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum