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• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: limit banking and credit card penalty fees by ensuring fees are for cost recovery only; and enhance the powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to monitor penalty fees and investigate customer complaints. 

  Bill

• Aviation Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to strengthen aviation security and safety by: enabling regulations to be made to prohibit activities or conduct outside a security controlled airport that disrupt or interfere with airport operations or aircraft; introducing additional powers for Australian Customs officers at airports; enabling the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to introduce a mandatory drug and alcohol regime in the civil aviation industry; and enabling, through regulations, exemption from aviation security screening for senior dignitaries, their spouses and minors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Postal Corporation Amendment (Quarantine Inspection and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to provide for the inspection and examination of postal articles carried by Australia Post, with the exception of reserved services material, for interstate quarantine purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Territories Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Confirms the right of a terminally ill person to request assistance from a medically qualified person to voluntarily terminate his or her life in a humane manner, without legal impediment to the person rendering the assistance; and provides procedural protection against possible abuse of this right. 

  Bill

• Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2006 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CARR, Sen Kim 

  Summary

  Requires the Australian Government to effect Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: harmonise aged care and pension assets tests in relation to income streams purchased on or after 20 September 2007 and asset disposals (i.e. gifts); and clarify the delegation of certain powers to Aged Care Assessment Teams. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Archives Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission report on Commonwealth record-keeping and the role of the National Archives of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  to repeal provisions which provide for the Governor-General to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to abolish the staff-elected Director and deputy staff-elected Director positions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Amendment Bill 2005 [2006]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984

  to: give certainty to international cultural loan arrangements by providing that a certificate of exemption issued under the

  Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986

  allowing the return of loaned cultural heritage objects cannot be overridden by a declaration under the Act; repeal Part IIA and other Victoria-specific provisions to enable the Victorian Government to administer Aboriginal heritage protection in Victoria directly through its own legislation; and make technical amendments as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and

  Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987

  to make amendments consequential on the repeal of Part IIA of the

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum