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• Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to establish the Education Ombudsman as a separate office within the office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to deal with complaints about the domestic and international education sector; and

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  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 allow a loss exceeding $120 in one hour’s operation. Also imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Requires the Auditor-General to assess certain government information and advertising campaigns for their compliance with guidelines and to present reports of any assessment to Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to establish a national feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme to provide financial support for the commercialisation of prospective renewable energy technologies by providing: that the minister sets and reviews a FiT rate for renewable energy technology and a FiT levy rate to fund payments under the scheme; that qualifying generators be allowed to connect and feed into the grid; that the Renewable Energy Regulator establish a Feed-in-Tariff Register; and for the preparation and tabling of an independent report on the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safe Climate (Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings Scheme) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Establishes an emissions intensity cap and building efficiency certificate trading scheme for non-residential buildings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Claims for Travel Expenses) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the time period for lodging a claim for non-treatment related travel expenses to 12 months and enable further extensions of time in exceptional circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Choice of Repairer Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Requires motor vehicle manufacturers to provide access to information and diagnostic tools to the vehicle repair, servicing, replacement parts and accessories sectors. 

  Bill

• Keeping Jobs from Going Offshore (Protection of Personal Information) Bill 2009 [2010]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: requires Australian organisations to meet certain requirements before transferring personal information about an individual to an organisation in a foreign country; and requires foreign call centres to identify the city and country in which they are located when contacting customers. 

  Bill

• Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009 [2010]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  and Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Tobacco) Regulations 2004 to ban advertising, logos or trademarks and specify the appearance requirements for cigarette packaging. 

  Bill

• Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 [2010]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for the administration of a poker machine harm reduction tax to be payable by a licensed operator on revenue derived from licensed poker machines; establishes the Poker Machine Harm Reduction Transition Fund Supervisory Board to determine grants to be made from the Fund for the purposes of funding community activities, rehabilitation and prevention programs, and provides for promotional educational programs highlighting the risks of gambling. 

  Bill