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• Statute Law Revision Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends 40 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 27 obsolete Acts; and amends 88 Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends: 29 Acts to reflect the introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) and establishment of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; five superannuation Acts to reflect the new regime for legislative instruments under the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and the

  Superannuation Act 1976

  and

  Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988

  to meet a change to the superannuation guarantee requiring employers to use ordinary time earnings as the earnings base for employees. Also repeals the Schedule to the

  Superannuation Act 1990

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALLISON, Lyn 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends 45 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 17 obsolete Acts and amends six Acts as a consequence of those repeals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security (Helping Pensioners Hit by the Skills Shortage) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  EVANS, Sen Chris 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide a discretion to extend the period in which sale proceeds from a pensioner’s principal home are not included in the assets test for pensioners whose new principal home construction has been unavoidably delayed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Spyware Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GREIG, Brian 

  Summary

  Regulates the unauthorised installation of computer software; and provides for disclosure to computer users of software features that may pose a threat to user privacy. 

  Bill

• Senate Voters' Choice (Preference Allocation) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to enable voters at Senate elections to determine the order of their party preferences in above-the-line voting. 

  Bill

• Surveillance Devices Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes procedures for federal, State and Territory law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants, emergency authorisations and authorisations for the installation and use of surveillance devices in Australia and overseas in relation to criminal investigations and child recovery orders; and regulates the use, communication, publication, storage, destruction and making of records in connection with surveillance device operations. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  ; and contains transitional and savings provisions and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum