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• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  ,

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: closure of the electoral rolls; proof of identity for enrolment and provisional voting; financial disclosure requirements in non-election periods; access to the electoral roll and its use; political party registration; paid electoral advertising on the Internet; candidate nomination deposits; prisoner voting entitlements; location of Divisional Offices; abolition of broadcasters and publishers returns; and the disclosure of political donations; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase the tax deductibility value of contributions and gifts to political parties, independent candidates and members; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . Also provides for the automatic de-registration and requirement for re-registration of certain political parties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to provide that: rolls are closed seven days after the issue of the writ for an election; provisional voters are not required to provide evidence of identity; electors can update their enrolment details electronically; the Australian Electoral Commission may process enrolment transactions outside the division for which the person is enrolling; and pre-poll votes cast in an elector’s home division can be cast and counted as ordinary votes; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to restrict the number of candidates that can be endorsed by a political party in each division. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to provide that: rolls are closed seven days after the issue of the writ for an election; and provisional voters are not required to provide evidence of identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Amendment (Senate Elections) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLSTON, Malcolm 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Amendment (Political Honesty) Bill 2000 [2002]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MURRAY, Andrew 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Charter of Political Honesty Bill 2000, the bill amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to prohibit political advertising that is misleading to a material extent. 

  Bill

• Electoral Amendment (Optional Preferential Voting) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 1999 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002, the bill establishes Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) which will be limited by guarantee under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and will be responsible for providing industry services to the egg industry, including generic promotion and research and development functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002, the bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities associated with the egg sub-programme of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to the newly created Australian Egg Corporation Limited. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education, Training and Youth Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  in relation to: the registration process for approved providers; financial penalties; and the publication of certain information;

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to enable the Ombudsman to: provide an independent complaints body for overseas students of private registered providers; provide advice and training to private registered providers to facilitate best practice complaint handling; and review and investigate complaint handling and report on systemic issues; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to enable the Australian Information Commissioner to transfer certain complaints to the Overseas Students Ombudsman. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum