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• Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

  to provide that Australian licensed financial market participants (such as stockbrokers and derivative traders) may be charged fees so that costs incurred by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in performing market supervisory functions can be recovered. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Improvements) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide that the minister will make a decision within 30 days of receiving a report or recommendation on which to make a decision; provide that the minister may consider any impacts on jobs and investment in the domestic industry producing like goods during an investigation to determine whether material injury to an Australian industry is being caused or is threatened; reflect all countervailable subsidies under the World Trade Organization Agreements on Subsidies and Countervailing and on Agriculture; and enable industry associations, unions and downstream industry to participate in anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABBOTT, Tony, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for a national plebiscite to be held by 26 November 2011 to ascertain whether the electorate supports the introduction of a price on carbon; requires the Electoral Commissioner to provide the minister with a statement of the results of the plebiscite; and requires the minister to table the statement in both Houses of Parliament. 

  Bill

• Carbon Tax Plebiscite Bill 2011 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ABETZ, Sen Eric 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for a national plebiscite to be held by 26 November 2011 to ascertain whether the electorate supports the introduction of a price on carbon; requires the Electoral Commissioner to provide the minister with a statement of the results of the plebiscite; and requires the minister to table the statement in both Houses of Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Fees) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to provide that: credit fees or charges relating to credit contracts must be reasonable; and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission may apply for a court order to annul or reduce a credit fee or charge it determines not to be reasonable; and

  Banking Act 1959

  to require the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to prohibit banks with a market share of more than 10 per cent from imposing early termination fees in relation to loan agreements or mortgage contracts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to provides for changes to the rules of origin requirements in Article 3 of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement resulting from a review of the rules completed in 2010. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Tobacco Industry Donations) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to create offences to prohibit political parties or candidates from receiving donations from manufacturers or wholesalers of tobacco products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  in relation to the: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) consideration of acquisitions in local markets (including creeping acquisitions); ACCC’S consideration of multiple markets when assessing mergers; and reform of the prohibition on anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  , in response to recommendations of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, to: insert a statement of interpretative principles into the unconscionable conduct provisions; and provide that the statutory concept of unconscionable conduct is consistently applied to both consumers and businesses; and

  Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to apply an energy content based taxation to certain alternative fuels, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: set the customs duty rates applying to certain alternative fuels from 1 December 2011; and calculate the duty payable on blended goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish the Carbon Farming Initiative, the bill provides for: the types of abatement projects eligible for Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs); requirements for recognition as an offsets entity; eligibility for offsets projects; participation by holders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land; characteristics of methodology determinations; permanence arrangements for sequestration projects; reporting requirements for offsets projects; a framework for auditing offset reports; the issue and exchange of ACCUs; monitoring and enforcement powers; merits review of decisions; the establishment and functions of the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee and the Carbon Credits Administrator; and the publication of information and the treatment of confidential information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum