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• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Pharmaceutical Transparency) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: create offences related to the provision of payments, services or certain other inducements to medical practitioners by pharmaceutical companies; and provide for: penalties for making such inducements; and reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

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  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: enable the minister to specify products that are taken not to be therapeutic goods; enable the secretary to remove products that are not therapeutic goods from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; clarify the secretary’s powers to approve product information for medicines accepted for registration in the register; and make amendments in relation to: compliance with advertising requirements; obtaining information and documents; use of restricted and prohibited representations in advertisements; conditions of registration or listing in the register; presentation of registered or listed goods; consent to the import, supply or export of goods; review of decisions; a package and its contents to constitute a kit; criminal offences and civil penalties for false or misleading statements in relation to variation requests; minimum notice period for cancellation of registration or listing in the register; secretary’s discretion to publish certain information on the department’s website; clarification of the merits review process; public notification and/or recall of registered or listed therapeutic goods, biologicals and medical devices; failure to comply with requirements to provide information; and specified information required for certain applications and requests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to clarify which party is responsible for making telemarketing calls and sending marketing faxes where third parties are carrying out the marketing activities;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable industry codes to be varied; extend the application of the reimbursement scheme for developing consumer-related industry codes to varying these codes; and require code developers to publish draft code and draft variations and related public submissions; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Services Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) scheme to comply with standards determined by the minister; and require independent periodic public reviews of the TIO scheme to be conducted. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

• Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  to require the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council to review certain radiofrequency exposure standards every five years, with the first review to be completed within six months of this bill commencing; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require certain owners and occupiers of land to be consulted when a mobile phone tower is to be installed; require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to be satisfied that the precautionary principle is taken into account when the site of a mobile phone tower is determined; remove the exemption for low-impact facilities from state and local government planning processes; remove the exemption on the application of state and territory laws; and require carriers to prepare local telecommunications network plans each financial year, for the next five years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Bill 2012

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  Date

  23 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends taxation legislation to: restate the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for income tax exempt entities, ensuring that they generally must be operated principally in Australia and for the broad benefit of the Australian community; standardise the other special conditions entities must meet to be income tax exempt; standardise the term ‘not-for-profit’; and codify the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for deductible gift recipients ensuring that they must generally operate solely in Australia, and pursue their purposes solely in Australia (with some exceptions, such as overseas aid funds and some environmental organisations). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy low-income threshold amounts for families and the dependent child-student component of the threshold from the 2012-13 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Disclosure of MRRT Information) Bill 2013

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  Date

  18 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  to require the minister to prepare and present to Parliament quarterly and annual reports on the amount of minerals resource rent tax instalments paid; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable taxation officers to disclose that information for the purposes of preparing the quarterly and annual reports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and Multinational Profit Shifting) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to: the operation of the general anti-avoidance rule; the application of the arm’s length principle in transfer pricing rules aligning with international transfer pricing standards; rules for trusts and partnerships; record keeping requirements and penalties; and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum