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• Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Court of Australia Bill 2012, the bill amends: the

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: retain courts martial and Defence Force magistrates; provide for a right of election for trial; clarify the status and character of service offences; remove references to old system offences; and maintain cooperation where military discipline and criminal law jurisdictions overlap; and 22 other Acts to make consequential amendments. Also abolishes the Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal by repealing the

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Court of Australia Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes the Military Court of Australia and provides for the court’s management, jurisdiction, administration within the infrastructure of the Federal Court of Australia, and practice and procedure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax Amendment (Protecting Revenue) Bill 2013

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  Date

  11 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  to provide that any increases in state royalties after 1 July 2011 be disregarded when calculating royalty credits for the Minerals Resource Rent Tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Electricity Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Makes the national electricity law a Commonwealth law by: incorporating the

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004

  (SA) and parts of the

  National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996

  (SA) (the existing national electricity law); making the national electricity rules a disallowable instrument; establishing the Australian Energy Market Commission as a Commonwealth statutory authority; establishing a Consumer Advocacy Panel; and retaining the judicial review of decisions made by the Australian Energy Market Operator. 

  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

• Native Title Amendment Bill 2012

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  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: enable certain parties to agree to disregard historical extinguishment of native title in certain areas set aside and public works in areas set aside; clarify the conduct expected of parties in future act negotiations; extend to eight months the time before a party may seek a determination from an arbitral body; streamline processes and broaden the scope for voluntary indigenous land use agreements; and make a technical amendment. 

  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

• Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges 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

• 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