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• Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Bill 2012, the bill: responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Kutlu v Director of Professional Services Review

  (2011) 197 FCR 177 by validating certain acts; and amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  in relation to: the judgments in

  Daniel v Health Insurance Commission and Others

  (2003) 200 ALR 379 and

  Kelly v Daniel

  (2004) 134 FCR 64 by requiring the Chief Executive Medicare to request the Director of Professional Services Review to review services by a person if the services have been provided in circumstances that constitute a prescribed pattern of services; allied health practitioners; the meaning of service; the extension of time in certain circumstances for final reports and determinations; the Professional Services Review Committee or Determining Authority not continuing an investigation in certain circumstances; the date of effect for final determinations; referrals to the Medicare Participation Review Committee; referrals to appropriate regulatory bodies; disqualified practitioners; details to be included in patient referrals; and technical amendments consequent on the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Malabar Headland Protection Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Provides for the protection of environmental, heritage and cultural features contained in the Malabar Headland, New South Wales, following divestment to New South Wales. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable a non-citizen visa holder, or certain other persons on behalf of the visa holder, to request to be given a prescribed form of evidence of a visa and require that person to pay the visa evidence charge; provide that the amount of charge be prescribed in the regulations and must not exceed the charge limit; insert a regulation making power in relation to various matters relating to the charge; require an officer to give a person evidence of a visa within a reasonable time after they have made a request and paid the charge; and allow the minister to direct that a specified document is not to be taken to be a passport or travel document for the purposes of the regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill: imposes a charge in relation to requests for prescribed evidence of a visa; establishes a charge limit of $250 for a visa evidence request made in the 2012-13 financial year; and provides for indexation of the charge limit in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2011-2012

  and

  Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Ditigal Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  in relation to free-to-air television coverage of anti-siphoning events by: restricting the acquisition of rights to televise anti-siphoning events by subscription television licensees; restricting the conferral of online coverage rights on content service providers; imposing coverage obligations on free-to-air broadcasting (anti-hoarding rules); imposing notification requirements concerning the acquisition and cessation of rights to televise anti-siphoning events, or entitlements to confer such rights, on commercial television broadcasting licensees, national broadcasters and their program suppliers; and requiring the minister to cause a review of anti-siphoning before 31 December 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Control Act 1982

  to prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Skills Australia Amendment (Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency by amending the

  Skills Australia Act 2008

  to: amend the long and short titles of the Act to rename Skills Australia to the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency; broaden the object of the Act to include the provision of advice on the allocation of Commonwealth industry skills and workforce development funding; broaden the functions of the agency in relation to its research, analysis and advisory role; increase the size of the agency from seven to 10 members; expand the current membership criteria; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception and Other Legislation Amendment (State Bodies) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Supports the newly established Victorian Independent Board-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) and South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), the Victorian Inspectorate (VI) and the Victorian Public Interest Monitor (PIM) by amending the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to provide the IBAC with access to items and documents seized by a constable or Commonwealth officer for specific purposes;

  Privacy Act 1988

  to include the IBAC as an enforcement body which is used in the National Privacy Principles in relation to the law enforcement exemptions to the use and disclosure, and access and correction obligations;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Australian Taxation Office to disclose taxpayer protected information to the IBAC for certain law enforcement purposes; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable the IBAC, the ICAC, and the VI to use and communicate existing intercepted information; and enable the PIM to access relevant information and appear at applications for warrants under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum