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• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013

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  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to establish a framework for the mandatory notification by regulated entities of serious data breaches to the Australian Information Commissioner and to affected individuals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: remove the Private Health Insurance Incentive Benefit (the rebate) from the Lifetime Health Cover loading component of affected private health insurance premiums; and cease the Incentive Payments Scheme which allows people to claim the rebate as a direct payment; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Base Premium) Bill 2013

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  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to provide, for the purposes of determining the private health insurance rebate, a base premium for each private health insurance policy as at 1 April 2013 which will be indexed annually by the lesser of the Consumer Price Index or the percentage of any increase in the premium. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

• Public Accounts and Audit Committee Amendment (Ombudsman) Bill 2011

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  Date

  01 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951

  to expand the role of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to include additional duties in relation to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, including: examining all reports tabled by the ombudsman; reporting to Parliament on matters relating to the ombudsman; and considering the operations and resources of the ombudsman. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

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  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Establishes a system of governance and accountability across Commonwealth entities by: establishing a uniform set of duties for accountable authorities; establishing a uniform set of duties for all officials who use or manage public resources; establishing a comprehensive and uniform reporting framework including requiring the development of corporate plans; placing a duty on entities to establish appropriate systems of risk oversight and management (earned autonomy); enabling Commonwealth entities to partner with the states, territories and not-for-profit sector; and clarifying the Finance Minister’s role in relation to the financial framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

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  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  Further to the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

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  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes a framework to facilitate public interest disclosures by public officials and provides those officials with protections by providing for: processes for who can make a public interest disclosure and to whom; the conduct of investigations; public interest disclosures to third parties; the obligations of agencies; legal protections of disclosers; and oversight of the disclosures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum