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• 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

• Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BRANDIS, Sen George 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to provide financial assistance to persons or their next of kin who are injured or killed as a result of an international terrorist act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australia Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australia Council Bill 2013, the bill: repeals the

  Australia Council Act 1975

  ; and enables the Australia Council to continue to operate during the transition period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australia Council Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australia Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, the bill: provides for the functions, powers and governance structure and arrangements of the Australia Council; establishes a governing board and provides for the terms and conditions of appointed board members, procedures of the board, and enables the board to establish committees; provides for the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer and staff and consultants; requires an annual corporate plan to be prepared; provides for financial arrangements; and provides for annual reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Living Longer Living Better aged care package, the bill enables the transition of the functions of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Limited to the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency from 1 January 2014 by providing for the transfer of: assets and liabilities; the custody of records of documents; and office holders and staff. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Living Longer Living Better aged care package, the bill: establishes the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency to replace the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency from 1 January 2014; provides for the functions, powers, appointment, and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Quality Agency; provides for staff and consultants; establishes the Aged Care Quality Advisory Council to advise the CEO; requires the Quality Agency to develop strategic and operational development plans; provides for the Quality Agency’s reporting requirements; and provides for the use and disclosure of protected information by the Quality Agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory Water Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988

  to provide that the abstraction of water on National Land and by Commonwealth agencies throughout the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be managed by the ACT Government;

  Water Act 2007

  to enable the water resources of the Googong Dam Area to be included in a water resource plan area for which the ACT has responsibility; and

  Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974

  to ensure that the ACT Executive has the appropriate powers to manage the surface waters of the Googong Dam. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Australian Education Bill 2013, the bill: amends the:

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: enable national specific purpose payments for schools to be transitioned from financial year to calendar year appropriations; and repeal a spent provision relating to financial assistance for the 2008-09 financial year; and

  Schools Assistance Act 2008

  to cease calendar year funding for non-government schools for capital purposes from the end of the 2013 calendar year; and contains transitional provisions, including providing for certain approvals and determinations to be deemed to have been made in reference to schools and authorities existing prior to 1 January 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes three goals for Australian schooling, namely: for Australian schooling to provide an excellent education for all students; for Australian schooling to be highly equitable; and for Australia to be placed in the top five countries in reading, science and mathematics, quality and equity in recognised international testing by 2025; and commits the Commonwealth to work collaboratively with states, territories, the non-government sector and other partners to meet these goals through developing and implementing a national plan for school improvement and needs-based funding arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  to: provide the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) Chief Executive Officer or their delegate with the power to issue a disclosure notice to compel persons to attend an interview with an investigator and to produce information and documents or things relevant to the administration of the National Anti-Doping Scheme; impose penalties for failing to comply with a disclosure notice; clarify the role of the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel; provide that conflict of interest provisions apply to matters relating to activities of the panel or the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee; and clarify that the eight year statute of limitations specified in the World Anti-Doping Code applies in Australia’s anti-doping arrangements; and

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  and

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to enable Australia Post to share information with ASADA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum