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• Flags (Protection of Australian Flags) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARNETT, Sen Guy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Flags Act 1953

  to protect the Australian National Flag and proclaimed flags from unlawful desecration or destruction by inserting offence and penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  to prohibit certain pay television licensees from providing television channels that contain a large amount of R18+ programming to certain prescribed areas;

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to permit the transportation of pornographic material through a prescribed area to a place outside the prescribed area;

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  to repeal permit system amendments providing public access to certain Aboriginal land; and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  to enable community dependent roadhouses to be licensed as community stores. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  The bill amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to prohibit the provision of R18+ television programs in prescribed areas of the Northern Territory;

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  in relation to residential tenancy agreements and Commonwealth obligations;

  Defence Housing Australia Act 1987

  to allow Defence Housing Australia to assist the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to deliver housing to remote Indigenous communities;

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  in relation to land rights; and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  in relation to the acquisition of rights, titles and interests in land and community stores. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Farm Help Criteria and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio 

  Bill

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  ,

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  ,

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  ,

  Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Act 2007

  and

  Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Act 2007

  to introduce a court-based process for disqualifying an individual from operating an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated entity;

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  in relation to APRA’s specific direction powers;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to incorporate a materiality test into the trigger for APRA to issue a direction to freeze assets of a superannuation entity;

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to remove ministerial consent from administrative decisions made by APRA or the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) under those Acts;

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  Financial Sector Collection of Data Act 2001

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to apply merits review to appropriate decisions made by APRA or the ATO; and makes consequential amendments to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Safety (Trans Fats) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Prohibits the manufacturing, distribution, offering for sale, selling or otherwise trading in food containing synthetic trans fatty acids. 

  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

• 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

• Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies Collection Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial sector levy setting framework, the bill amends the

  Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies Collection Act 1998

  to enable levies to be collected from authorised non-operating holding companies in the general insurance sector as well as those in the authorised deposit-taking institutions sector. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Annuities) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to extend the regime by which future superannuation payments can be split on marriage breakdown or divorce, to certain superannuation-like annuity products. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum