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• Fair Work (Job Security and Fairer Bargaining) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  in relation to: the objects of the Act; permitted matters in enterprise agreements; settling disputes; industrial action related workplace determinations; notice requirements for industrial action; and the termination of protected industrial action. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to phase out by 2016 advertising within television programs on SBS. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: remove discriminatory references based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and allow marriage regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Monitoring of Whaling) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to require: an Australian Commonwealth vessel to monitor the activities of foreign whaling vessels in and around Australia’s Whale Sanctuary; and the minister to report on any such activities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the mandatory minimum sentence provision from three people smuggling offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Government Investment Funds Amendment (Ethical Investments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Future Fund Act 2006

  and

  Nation-building Funds Act 2008

  to require the ministers responsible for certain funds to develop, by legislative instrument, ethical investment guidelines for each fund (the Future Fund, the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund and the Health and Hospitals Fund) and direct the Future Fund Board to have regard to the guidelines when making investment policies. 

  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

• Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting and Telecommunications Amendment) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob;DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: restrict the advertising or other promotion of unhealthy food and beverages on television on weekdays between 6.00 am and 9.00 am and between 4.00 pm and 9.00 pm, and on weekends and public holidays between 6.00 am and 12.00 pm and between 4.00 pm and 9.00 pm; and restrict the advertising or other promotion of unhealthy food and beverages on subscription television, the internet or by electronic message. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Consolidation) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to clarify provisions relating to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Protecting Australia’s Water Resources) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide that mining operations require Commonwealth approval if they will have, or are likely to have, significant impact on the quality, structural integrity or hydraulic balance of a water resource; and impose penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum