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• Corporations Amendment (Proxy Voting) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to clarify that the chair of an annual general meeting, who is a member of the key management personnel or a closely related party of a key management personnel, is able to vote undirected proxies in the non-binding vote where the shareholder provides their express authorisation for the chair to exercise the proxy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from customs duty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from excise duty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation as a body corporate; establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Special Account and appropriates funds to that account; establishes the board of the corporation responsible for decision making and managing the corporation’s investments; requires responsible ministers to issue an investment mandate to the board about the performance of its functions; requires the board to formulate and publish policies relating to the investment strategy for the corporation, benchmarks and standards for assessing the performance of the corporation and risk management strategy; provides for the corporation to share information with certain organisations; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act and other related matters to be undertaken as soon as practicable after 1 July 2016. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy Act 2011

  to: further define the criteria a person must meet to be declared a designated opt-in person; provide for the enforcement of reporting, record-keeping and notification requirements; and provide that emissions from non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas are brought into the mandatory carbon pricing mechanism from 1 July 2013 and non-transport compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012;

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to: enable potential greenhouse gas emissions that allow liability to be assigned before the emissions are produced; and nominate the operational control of a facility when it is not clear who has operational control;

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to: provide that fuel tax credit (FTC) entitlements will not be reduced for business use of non-transport gaseous fuels when they move into the carbon pricing mechanism; and provide that the agriculture, fishing and forestry industries become entitled to an FTC equivalent to the amount of carbon charge embedded in the price of fuel;

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Faming Initiative) Act 2011

  to: require that regulatory approvals are made during the first reporting period; remove the requirement for the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee to publish matters incorporated by reference in methodology determinations; and enable methodologies for existing abatement projects to be eligible for backdating;

  Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011

  to: enable regulations to restrict or limit the operation of identified Registry accounts; and enable the deferment of instructions to transfer certain units; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to provide for the sharing of relevant and appropriate information between the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Regulator. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Audit Enhancement) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable directors of a listed company or listed registered scheme to extend the auditor rotation period for up to two years in certain circumstances; and require auditors who audit ten or more certain types of entities to publish a transparency report; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: revise the functions of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to require the FRC to provide the minister and professional accounting bodies with strategic policy advice and reports in relation to the quality of audits conducted by Australian auditors; enable the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to publish an audit deficiency report in relation to specified audit failures by an Australian auditor identified by ASIC; and enable ASIC to communicate certain information obtained during an audit directly with an audited body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to create an R 18+ Restricted category for computer games; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make a consequential amendment to recognise the new category. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Phoenixing and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with the power to wind up a company that has been abandoned in certain circumstances; include a regulation making power to prescribe methods of publication of notices relating to events before, during and after the external administration of a company; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to define timeframes and set up evidentiary procedures for age determination and prosecution of non-citizens who are suspected or accused of people smuggling offences under the

  Migration Act 1958

  who may have been minors at the time the offences were allegedly committed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  in relation to: the procedures governing the collection and use of DNA forensic material; parole conditions for federal offenders; and the enforcement of Commonwealth fines by certain state and territory agencies;

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to: allow the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission to share information with private sector bodies for specified purposes; and introduce rules governing the use, sharing and retention of seized things;

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  in relation to: contempt of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI); arrest warrants; search warrants; and notices to produce and summon;

  Privacy Act 1988

  in relation to non-disclosure for notices to produce;

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to enable certain officers of the ACLEI to use optical surveillance devices in certain circumstances;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to list additional substances and quantities to be subject to the Commonwealth serious drug offences;

  Customs Act 1901

  to clarify powers available to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to seize border controlled drugs, plants and precursors without a warrant;

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to allow a court to restrict the publication of certain matters in relation to applications for freezing orders and restraining orders; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to enable Australian Federal Police employees and certain secondees to commence and conduct proceeds of crime litigation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum