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• 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

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Jobs Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  The bill: requires private and public projects with a capital expenditure of $500 million or more to develop an Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plan; establishes the Australian Industry Participation Authority to administer and monitor AIP plan compliance; provides for the appointment, terms and conditions of the authority; provides for staff and consultants; establishes the Australian Industry Participation Advisory Board to advise the authority and the minister as required; provides for the authority’s reporting requirements; requires a review of the operation of the legislation within five years; and requires the minister to present a report of the review to Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: prohibit the advertising of odds for sports betting at any time; restrict advertisements for sports betting on television and radio after 9.00 pm; prohibit the broadcasting of information about sports odds within 30 minutes of a sports broadcast or a sports-related broadcast; and prohibit the promotion of sports betting products and services outside commercial breaks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Reform Amendment (Definitions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Reform Act 2011

  to: amend the definitions of ‘local hospital network’, ‘primary health care organisation’, ‘private hospital’ and ‘public hospital’ to enable the National Health Performance Authority to undertake its performance reporting role; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Statute Stocktake (Appropriations) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Repeals 84 redundant Appropriation Acts which are spent, exhausted or lapsed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Bill 2013, the bill imposes a 15 per cent tax on income earners whose income and concessionally taxed superannuation contributions exceed $300 000 for an income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum