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• Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007, the bill: replaces the current Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation with a not-for-profit forestry industry services company to provide marketing, research, development and other industry services to the forest industry; and provides the minister with the authority to enter into a funding contract with a company to enable it to administer levies, state grower contractual payments, research and development and manage the Commonwealth’s matched funding for research and development expenditure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  ,

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: remove the power to issue conclusive certificates; revoke existing conclusive certificates if a new access request is received; implement measures to protect sensitive information in proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Amendment (Abolition of Conclusive Certificates) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROXON, Nicola, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: remove the capacity for Ministers to issue conclusive certificates to exempt a document from disclosure; and amend the objects of the Act to clarify the right of the community to access government information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Cabinet Secretary 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Information Commissioner Bill 2010, the bill amends: the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: establish a statutory framework for an information publication scheme for certain Commonwealth agencies; remove fees for applications under the Act; enable the Australian Information Commissioner to extend time periods for processing requests in certain cases; provide for consultation processes when responding to onerous requests; provide that documents held by certain contracted service providers are subject to the Act; and limit access to certain intelligence agency information and documents of the Department of Defence; the

  Archives Act 1983

  to reduce open access periods for certain Commonwealth records; the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to: amend exemption provisions; and provide for a public interest test; the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to provide that the Australian Information Commissioner has: a merits review and an investigatory function; and the power to declare a person to be a vexatious applicant; and 17 Acts consequent on the establishment of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Also makes consequential and transitional amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Legislation Amendment (Grant and Rebate Schemes) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Quality Standards (Renewable Content of Motor Vehicle Fuel) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to provide for the inclusion of ethanol and other renewable fuel in fuel supplied for use in motor vehicles. 

  Bill

• Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment, Heritage and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to: provide the minister with a wider range of conditions that can apply to approvals to vary fuel standards; simplify procedures when an urgent approval is required to avoid a fuel supply shortfall; provide for civil penalties, infringement notices and enforceable undertakings; enable the minister to consider how fuel is to be supplied when determining a standard; extend information sharing powers; and extend the types of courts that have jurisdiction for various matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Quality Standards Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage portfolio 

  Bill

• Fuel Sales Grants (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Apr 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Sales Grants Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Apr 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum