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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

  • Student Identifiers Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework for the introduction of a student identifier for individuals undertaking nationally recognised vocational education and training from 1 January 2014 by: providing for how the student identifier may be assigned, collected, used and disclosed; providing for the creation of an authenticated transcript of an individual’s record of nationally recognised training undertaken; establishing the Student Identifiers Agency to administer the scheme; providing for the functions, powers, appointment and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer of the agency; and making technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Prohibition of Certain Coal Exports) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    18 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: prohibit the export of coal mined in the water catchment valleys and district of the Wyong Shire Council; and enable the minister to prohibit the export of coal mined in other areas. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    18 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Requires that any marine regulations be amended by the issuing authority so that they comply with and give effect to the existing Australian standards for marine engineering and electro-technical competencies. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

    Track (What's this?)

    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

  • Aviation Laws Amendment (Australian Ownership and Operation) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    11 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Air Navigation Act 1920
    and
    Civil Aviation Act 1988
    to provide that Australian international and domestic air services are Australian owned and operated, that is, at least 51 per cent owned by Australian citizens or residents, at least 80 per cent of the operator’s aircraft maintenance is carried out in Australia, and with aircrews comprised only of persons domiciled in Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Dairy Industry (Drinking Milk) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    11 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Provides for: the registration of dairy regional representative bodies; Fair Work Australia to determine a modern award for dairy farmers (including the objective of providing a fair minimum return to dairy farmers for producing drinking milk); dairy farmers and processors to establish enterprise agreements; and collective negotiations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Moratorium on Aquifer Drilling Connected with Coal Seam Gas Extraction) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    11 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to: place a two year moratorium on aquifer drilling connected with coal seam gas extraction; and impose penalties for any contravention. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work Amendment (Arbitration) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    11 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to provide that Fair Work Australia may deal with disputes by arbitration, mediation or conciliation, or by making a recommendation or expressing an opinion. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    11 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to create two visa subclasses: temporary protection (offshore entry) visas and temporary protection (secondary movement offshore entry) visas, for persons who have arrived in Australia illegally or at an excised offshore place and are found to have engaged Australia’s protection obligations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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