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• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2013

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  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: require the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to publish a report on designated parliamentary parties’ publicly announced policies by 30 days after a government forms following a general election; and set out the framework for the PBO to obtain information from Commonwealth bodies during the caretaker period; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable the Australian Taxation Office to provide the PBO with otherwise protected taxpayer information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

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  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  COONAN, Sen Helen;HEFFERNAN, Sen Bill;SIEWERT, Sen Rachel;XENOPHON, Senator Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011

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  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009 [2010]

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  Date

  20 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  and Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004 to ban advertising, logos or trademarks and specify the appearance requirements for cigarette packaging. 

  Bill

• Plastic Bag Levy (Assessment and Collection) Bill 2010

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  Date

  22 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Provides for the assessment and collection of a 25 cent levy for each plastic bag used at retail points of sale. Also includes reporting requirements and a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2010

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  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Provides for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next House of Representatives election on whether Australia should become a republic. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Regulates poker machine use by requiring that poker machines: must not accept banknotes with a denomination greater than $20; must not accept certain additional credits; must not allow a bet in excess of $1 per spin; and must not allow a loss exceeding $120 in one hour’s operation. Also imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  The bill: regulates poker machine use by requiring that poker machines: must not accept banknotes with a denomination greater than $20; must not accept certain additional credits; must not allow a bet in excess of $1 per spin; and must not have a jackpot or a linked-jackpot arrangement greater than $500; and imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements. Also provides: that the minister takes all reasonable steps to implement uniform national standards for poker machines in relation to harm minimisation, with particular reference to maximum losses, to take effect from 1 January 2015; and for the establishment of a national monitoring network. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 [2010]

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  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for the administration of a poker machine harm reduction tax to be payable by a licensed operator on revenue derived from licensed poker machines; establishes the Poker Machine Harm Reduction Transition Fund Supervisory Board to determine grants to be made from the Fund for the purposes of funding community activities, rehabilitation and prevention programs, and provides for promotional educational programs highlighting the risks of gambling. 

  Bill

• Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010

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  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Requires the Auditor-General to assess certain government information and advertising campaigns for their compliance with guidelines and to present reports of any assessment to Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum