Search all bills

TOTAL RESULTS: 280

• Criminal Code Amendment (Workplace Death and Serious Injury) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert new offences in relation to industrial manslaughter and causing serious injury. Also amends the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  in relation to monitoring compliance with related court orders. 

  Bill

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide duty-free access to certain goods and preferential rates of customs duty for other goods that are of Thai origin; phase the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to zero by 2015; and provide the mechanism to initiate safeguard measures on sensitive products including canned tuna, processed pineapple and pineapple juice, if necessary. Also makes contingent amendments to the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  and

  US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004

  in the event the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement is not in force for Australia before TAFTA enters into force for Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Child Support Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: relocate provisions currently contained in regulations relating to overseas maintenance arrangements; and makes minor and consequential amendments;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to: equity between parents in access to courts; and streamlining of certain review processes; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to make minor and technical amendments in relation to child support. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to: empower the Governor-General to make regulations inconsistent with the

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  ; validate existing civil aviation and civil aviation safety regulations and past actions based on those regulations; ensure consistent references to aircraft registered overseas; and ensure that certain conditions for the grant of Air Operator’s Certificates (AOCs) have effect as ongoing conditions on the AOCs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Preventing Smoking Related Deaths) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KERR, Duncan 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to deny public election funding to political parties or candidates accepting donations from the tobacco industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 [2006]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959

  to permit the mutual recognition of certain aviation-related safety certification between Australia and New Zealand. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Replaces the

  Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976

  in relation to the incorporation and regulation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations and establishing the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of Budget Honesty Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  TANNER, Lindsay 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to: extend to 12 months the period over which policy costings can be obtained from the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Finance and Administration, prior to an election; enable the opposition party to deal directly with the secretaries of the departments; and impose a confidentiality requirement on the secretaries. 

  Bill

• Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Archives Act 1983

  and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to ensure that name-identified census information collected in all future censuses, from households which provide explicit consent, will be stored and preserved by the National Archives of Australia for release after a closed access period of 99 years; and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to: make technical amendments as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and harmonise criminal offence provisions with those contained in the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Act Amendment (Incitement to Violence) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROXON, Nicola, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to insert a new offence in relation to threats and incitement to commit violence on racial and religious grounds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum