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• 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

• Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  The bill: 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 have a jackpot or a linked-jackpot arrangement greater than $500; and imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements. Also provides: that the minister takes all reasonable steps to implement uniform national standards for poker machines in relation to harm minimisation, with particular reference to maximum losses, to take effect from 1 January 2015; and for the establishment of a national monitoring network. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

• Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2010

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  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Provides for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next House of Representatives election on whether Australia should become a republic. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plastic Bag Levy (Assessment and Collection) Bill 2010

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  Date

  22 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Provides for the assessment and collection of a 25 cent levy for each plastic bag used at retail points of sale. Also includes reporting requirements and a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

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  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  COONAN, Sen Helen;HEFFERNAN, Sen Bill;SIEWERT, Sen Rachel;XENOPHON, Senator Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010

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  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

• Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011

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  Date

  21 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  in relation to: the application of the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to decision-making; heritage protection; the application of the non-extinguishment principle to the compulsory acquisition of land; the right to negotiate to apply to offshore areas; good faith negotiations; profit sharing and royalties in arbitration; enabling extinguishment to be disregarded; burden of proof; the definition of ‘traditional’; and commercial rights and interests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill (No. 1) 2012

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  Date

  29 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  in relation to: the right to negotiate to apply to offshore areas; good faith negotiations; enabling extinguishment to be disregarded; reversal of the burden of proof; the definition of ‘traditional’; and commercial rights and interests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum