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• Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLBECK, Sen Richard
  JOYCE, Sen Barnaby 

  Summary

  The bill requires: that bovine meat and meat products must meet certain assessment processes before being imported into Australia; and the minister to determine a country of origin labelling standard for those products. 

  Bill

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  in relation to business continuity payments;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: the provision of statements by child care services to certain individuals; the secretary exercising discretion to suspend a child care service approval for child care benefit; and increasing the notification period when a child care service ceases operation; and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  in relation to: the recovery of over advances of child care benefit to child care services; and the appropriation of funds to enable final acquittal payments to be made to child care services. 

  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

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable three additional parcels of land in the Northern Territory to be granted to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable people in Cape York who receive age pension or carer payments to have their payments income managed; and make changes to the treatment of residual balances when a person again become subject to income management, or dies;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the administrative functions of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify that a gift that has been returned does not have to be assessed as a deprived asset for the purposes of the social security assets test;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify the requirements for an individual to pass the control test in relation to a controlled private trust; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to require notification within 26 weeks to be given when a child for whom baby bonus is paid leaves an individual’s care. Also makes minor and technical amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to undertake certain administrative and licensing functions by an eLicensing system (GOFish); and provide that fisheries officers engaged in investigating suspected illegal fishing can be issued with, and carry, prescribed defensive equipment in the course of their duties; and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to clarify which individuals who receive fish directly from Torres Strait commercial fishers require a fish receiver licence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick
  BROWN, Sen Bob
  JOYCE, Sen Barnaby 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to require Food Standards Australia New Zealand to develop and approve labelling standards to be used by food producers, manufacturers and distributors of food containing palm oil. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the rate of Medicare levy surcharge for certain taxpayers who do not have complying health insurance and whose income for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge--Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  to increase the rate of Medicare levy surcharge for taxpayers who do not have complying health insurance and whose income (including reportable fringe benefits) for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to effect three private health insurance tiers, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  to reduce the amount of private health insurance rebate eligible taxpayers with complying private health insurance are entitled to when their income for surcharge purposes is above the relevant Medicare levy surcharge threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007

  ,

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  and

  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007

  so that: provisions of the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  prevail over the Acts; the Acts do not authorise conduct inconsistent with the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  ; the Acts and any acts done under them are intended to qualify as special measures; and any acts done, decisions made or discretion exercised under the Acts must be consistent with the intended beneficial purpose of the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum