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• Migration Amendment (Special Protection Scheme for Afghan Coalition Employees) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: create a class of special protection visas for non-citizens who are refugees under Article 1A of the Refugees Convention and who are subject to persecution in their home country because they worked assisting either the International Security Assistance Force, the Australian Embassy or a subcontractor for a Commonwealth defence agency in Afghanistan for at least 12 months; and extend eligibility to family members of a holder of a special protection visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering Amendment (Gaming Machine Venues) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: provide that poker machine payouts of more than $1000 and the cashing of transferred cheques are threshold transactions which are reportable to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; require gaming machine venues to issue cheques for payouts of winnings or gaming machine credits over $1000 with an indication that they have been issued for that purpose; and impose penalties for failure to issue cheques in those circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to: enable non-citizens eligible for a protection visa to seek a merits review of their security assessment in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT); and create the position of Special Advocate to provide support for these reviews;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to require the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to review adverse or qualified security assessments of protection visa persons every six months or on referral from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to require the minister to review a decision to refuse or cancel a protection visa when an adverse security assessment is revoked by an ASIO review or an AAT merits review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework of standard regulatory powers exercised by Commonwealth agencies by providing for: monitoring and investigative powers; and enforcement provisions including civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to permit a trainee medical specialist to perform certain procedures in a private setting under the supervision of a specialist and for the service to attract a Medicare rebate for the supervising specialist;

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to enable certain organisations to use the term ‘medicare’ without breaching the Act; and

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  and

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Making Marine Parks Accountable) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: require the minister, before the Governor-General declares an area of sea or an area of land and sea as a Commonwealth reserve, to establish an independent scientific reference panel, a stakeholder advisory group and to commission an independent assessment of social and economic impacts of any proposal, including any relevant compensation costing; require the minister to publish the reports of the scientific reference panel and the stakeholder advisory group; and provide that a Commonwealth reserve declaration be subject to disallowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Fund for Agricultural Development Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Fund for Agricultural Development Act 1977

  to allow Australia to accede to the Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development under Australian law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax Amendment (Protecting Revenue) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  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

• Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require the minister to establish a health advisory panel to monitor, assess and report on the health of offshore entry persons who are taken to regional processing countries; establish the qualifications of members appointed to the panel; outline how the panel will carry out its functions; require the panel to report every six months on the health of offshore entry persons to the Parliament; and provide the panel with specific powers to obtain certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide that businesses in the restaurant and catering or retail industries with fewer than 20 full-time and full-time equivalent employees are only required to pay penalty rates where an employee has worked more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period, or more than 38 hours in a seven-day period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum