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• Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends Part XVB of the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide that the importer of goods which are subject to anti-dumping applications bears the onus of proof to prove that the goods have not been dumped or subsidised for export into Australia; provide a presumption that where dumping and material injury have been proven, the material injury is the result of the dumping; enable new or updated information to be provided at various stages; allow supporting evidence for an application for dumping to be provided 90 days prior; enable preliminary affirmative decisions to be initiated once an investigation is started; allow consultation with industry experts as part of the investigation and review processes; and enable decisions to be referred to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for appeal. Also provides for an independent review of the first two years of the operation of the amended Part. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Depot Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to incorporate five technical alterations into the customs tariff that were contained in Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2013. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to provide for parliamentary approval of overseas service by members of the Australian Defence Force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to establish a framework for the administration of access to the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) by: enabling the minister to make the Woomera Prohibited Area Rules prescribe certain matters, including defining the WPA and the zones to be demarcated within that area; creating a permit system for access and use by non-defence users; introducing offences and penalties for entering the WPA without permission and for failing to comply with a condition of a permit; providing for compensation for any acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms; and providing for a cap on compensation payable to a person for loss or damage suffered in the WPA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• DisabilityCare Australia Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

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  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Consequential on the package of bills in relation to funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (DisabilityCare Australia), the bill amends the:

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  to enable reimbursements to the states and territories through the COAG Reform Fund;

  Future Fund Act 2006

  to expand the Future Fund’s duties to include management of the DisabilityCare Australia Fund; and

  Nation-building Funds Act 2008

  to enable the transfer of amounts between the Building Australia Fund, Education Investment Fund, Health and Hospitals Fund and the DisabilityCare Australia Fund in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Drink Container Recycling Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  The bill: requires producers, distributors and industry groups to submit to the minister a beverage container stewardship plan to manage the collection and recycling of beverage containers; sets minimum recovery rates for containers; requires public consultation on draft plans; and provides for annual reporting. 

  Bill

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Emergency Listings) Bill 2011

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  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to provide for the emergency listing of threatened species and ecological communities where they are at risk from a significant and imminent threat. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit developments within and outside existing port areas along the Great Barrier Reef coastline; implement a moratorium from 20 March 2013 on approval of developments impacting on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until a strategic assessment is completed and deemed adequate by the World Heritage Committee; and prohibit approval of any developments that do not deliver a net benefit to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. 

  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