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• Customs Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide for rules of origin for goods imported into Australia from Malaysia to give effect to chapter three of the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement; and

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Act 2012

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to give effect to the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement by: providing free rates of customs duty for goods that are Malaysian originating goods; maintain customs duty rates for certain Malaysian originating goods; and specify excise equivalent duties on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to a national scheme for gaming machines, the bill imposes a supervisory levy on licensees of gaming machines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to a national scheme for gaming machines, the bill imposes a gaming machine regulation levy payable by anyone entitled to any gaming machine revenue from gaming machines which do not meet precommitment systems and warning requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Gambling Reform Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to a national scheme for gaming machines, the bill: provides for precommitment systems for gaming machines; enables registered users to set a loss limit; requires gaming machines to display certain warnings; limits daily withdrawals from automatic teller machines located in gaming premises (excluding casinos) to $250; requires that new machines manufactured or imported are capable of supporting precommitment; establishes a Regulator to monitor and investigate compliance; provides for enforcement measures; establishes an Australian Gambling Research Centre within the Australian Institute of Family Studies; and provides for the Productivity Commission to undertake two inquiries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013, the bill appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government in relation to implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, the bill appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in relation to implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: change the name of Fair Work Australia to the Fair Work Commission (FWC); require the FWC to review default superannuation fund terms of modern awards every four years; make technical changes in relation to striking out applications to vary modern awards in certain circumstances and in relation to the parties able to apply to amend modern awards; provide that enterprise agreements cannot be made with a single employee; provide that a union official from one union cannot act as a bargaining representative where that union does not have coverage; prohibit terms which enable employees to opt out of an enterprise agreement; provide that an applicant for a scope order fully informs other bargaining representatives; clarify the form and content requirements contained in notices of employee representational rights; shorten the time limit for applying to the FWC to mediate or conciliate dismissal related disputes; clarify that workplace rights apply to persons including employees, employers and contractors; extend the time limit for lodging unfair dismissal applications with the FWC; enable the FWC to dismiss an unfair dismissal application in certain circumstances; provide for the FWC to order costs against a party and/or their representative in unfair dismissal matters; clarify that protected action ballots can be conducted by electronic voting methods; clarify the eligibility of certain employees who are union members and who are acting as bargaining representatives to be included in a protected action ballot; require protected action ballots to be conducted expeditiously; enable stay orders to be made by presidential members; require FWC members to disclose a conflict of interest to persons making submissions in a matter, as well as to the President; clarify the mechanism by which matters may be referred to a Full Bench when it is in the public interest to do so; allow for the appointment of the General Manager and acting Commissioners; establish a process for handling complaints against FWC members; provide for the development of a code of conduct for FWC members; clarify that the Act is generally a ‘no costs’ jurisdiction (including in appeal proceedings); make a technical correction; and make amendments consequential on changing the name of Fair Work Australia; the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  ,

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  and

  Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012

  to provide for the establishment of an Expert Panel within the FWC to exercise certain functions in relation to the assessment of default superannuation funds for inclusion in modern awards and annual wage reviews; and create two statutory positions of Vice President; the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012

  in relation to members of the FWC and the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal engaging in outside work; and 22 other Acts to make amendments consequential on changing the name of Fair Work Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Unclaimed Money and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to: reduce to three years the period before amounts held by authorised deposit-taking institutions, first home saver account providers and life insurance companies are treated as unclaimed moneys; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to: increase to $2000 the balance threshold below which small lost accounts are required to be transferred to the Commissioner of Taxation; decrease to 12 months the period of inactivity before inactive accounts of unidentifiable members are required to be transferred to the Commissioner; and provide for the payment of interest on all unclaimed superannuation moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to close the Companies and Unclaimed Moneys Special Account; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: establish a new process for the receipt and payment of unclaimed property; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed property claimed after 1 July 2013. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Entitlements Guarantee Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  The bill: replaces the administrative General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme by establishing a legislative framework for advances to be paid to former employees whose employment has ended as a result of their employer’s insolvency or bankruptcy and who have unpaid employee entitlements that cannot be obtained from another source; and provides for the Commonwealth to recover the advances through winding up or bankruptcy proceedings or from other payments employees receive for the entitlements from other sources. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum