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• National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s functions and powers for the operation and enforcement of the National Fuelwatch Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, the bill establishes a National Fuelwatch Scheme to be implemented and administered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which requires petrol retailers to notify the ACCC of their next day’s fuel prices by 2 pm each day and maintain this notified price for a 24-hour period from 6 am the next day. Also confers compliance and enforcement powers upon the ACCC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other Benefits—Cost Recovery) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to enable regulations to be made for the cost recovery of services provided by the Commonwealth in relation to the exercise of powers for listing medicines, vaccines and other products or services on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and designation of vaccines for the National Immunisation Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to: expand the criteria for determining that brands of pharmaceutical items are co-marketed; provide access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for government officers (and accompanying spouses and dependants) working overseas; enable married or de facto couples living apart permanently due to illness or infirmity to use the PBS safety net jointly; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to increase the luxury car tax rate from 1 July 2008, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Customs) Act 1999

  to impose a 33 per cent tax rate on taxable supplies and imported luxury cars, calculated on the value that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to increase the luxury car tax rate from 1 July 2008, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—Excise) Act 1999

  to impose a 33 per cent tax rate on taxable supplies and imported luxury cars, calculated on the value that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to increase the luxury car tax rate from 1 July 2008, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999

  to impose a 33 per cent tax rate on taxable supplies and imported luxury cars, calculated on the value that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Film and Sound Archive Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment, Heritage and the Arts 

  Summary

  Establishes the National Film and Sound Archive as a statutory body, sets out functions and powers, and establishes a governing board and management. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Security Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  The bill: enables the exchange of public health surveillance information in relation to public health events of national significance; enables the sharing of information with the World Health Organization and countries affected by any event relating to public health or an overseas mass casualty; gives effect to the International Health Regulations 2005; and establishes a scheme for the national registration and regulation of entities handling security-sensitive biological agents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to implement the Northern Territory National Emergency Response, the bill: effects restrictions on the possession, consumption, sale and transportation of liquor; establishes a scheme to prevent and detect misuse of publicly funded computers located in certain prescribed areas; provides for the immediate and later acquisition of five-year leases over certain Aboriginal townships; provides for the management of government activities and assets in business management areas; implements 2006 Council of Australian Government decisions relating to the treatment of violence or sexual abuse, and bail and sentencing discretion; introduces a licensing regime for community stores in Indigenous communities; and modifies Northern Territory legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum