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• Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Act 2005

  to increase funding for 2008 and 2009 and provide for additional funding for 2010 and 2011, enabling the establishment of a further three Australian Technical Colleges. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisations Act 1987

  to: allow the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to condition, manage and store radioactive material and radioactive waste other than that which may arise directly from ANSTO’s activities; ensure that ANSTO is able to provide assistance to State and Territory jurisdictions in the event of an incident, including a terrorist or criminal incident, involving radiological material; clarify ANSTO’s authority to accept and manage radioactive waste arising from overseas reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from ANSTO’s research reactor; and allow ANSTO to fully participate in the establishment and operation of the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Facility in the Northern Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  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 Research Council Act 2001

  to: retire the Board of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and transfer the majority of the Board’s functions and responsibilities to the CEO of the ARC; establish other new governance arrangements; and update annual funding caps to reflect revised forward estimates and the transfer of the Commercialisation Training Scheme to the Department of Education, Science and Training. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970

  to incorporate a Supplementary Agreement to the Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement, as agreed to by the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Supplementary Agreement will: modify arrangements for the operation of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and associated facilities; and provide for the eventual termination of both the original and supplementary agreements on 30 June 2010, with the transfer of ownership and control of the AAT and associated facilities to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Research Council Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Research Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000, the bill establishes: the Australian Research Council (ARC) as an independent agency within the Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio to provide advice and recommendations on funding to the Minister; and a funding regime for competitive research grants for the higher education system (the National Competitive Grants Program) which will be administered by the ARC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian National Training Authority Amendment Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• APEC Public Holiday Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Provides public holiday entitlements for certain workers in Sydney on the APEC public holiday to be held on 7 September 2007. 

  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

• Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000 [2001]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000, the bill: repeals the

  Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975

  ; amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to remove a reference to the

  Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements for the transition from the Australian Heritage Commission to the Australian Heritage Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000 [2001]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000 and in conjunction with the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, the bill: replaces the Australian Heritage Commission by establishing the Australian Heritage Council which will provide advice on the identification, conservation and protection of places on the National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List; and provides for the functions, composition and conduct of meetings of the Australian Heritage Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum