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• Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to provide that same-sex marriages validly entered into in foreign countries are recognised under the laws of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (News Media Diversity) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the:

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to provide certain information to the Public Interest Media Advocate; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: provide for a public interest test, administered by the Public Interest Media Advocate, to apply to transactions between registered news media voices of national significance; and establish the Register of News Media Voices to be administered by the ACMA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• News Media (Self-regulation) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to provide that a news media organisation must be a member of the news media self-regulation body to qualify for the journalism exemption which relates to the obtaining, keeping and disclosing of personal information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• News Media (Self-regulation) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill provides for: the Public Interest Media Advocate (PIMA) to declare a specified body corporate as a news media self-regulation body and specifies the conditions and requirements for making a declaration and when it takes effect; the PIMA to revoke a declaration, the conditions and requirements for a revocation and when it takes effect; a review of the operation of the Act within three years of a declaration taking effect. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Media Advocate Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill: creates the independent statutory office of the Public Interest Media Advocate (PIMA); provides for the functions, appointment, and terms and conditions of PIMA; and requires an annual report to be prepared on PIMA’s activities and other specified matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Towards Transparency) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: make it a civil offence for a reporting unit not to lodge a compliant full or concise report with Fair Work Australia; impose penalties on officers of registered organisations who do not act in good faith, or misuse their position or information obtained; increase pecuniary penalty orders that the Federal Court may make; and make it a criminal offence for a registered organisation, or officers of a registered organisation, not to comply with applicable orders of a state or Federal Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: enable casual and rolling contract employees or their union representative to request an employer for a secure employment arrangement; provide that Fair Work Australia (FWA) can issue a secure employment order if an employee’s request is refused; enable FWA to make orders to maintain existing secure employment arrangements; enable unions and employer associations to apply directly to FWA for secure employment orders; and preserve the right of small businesses to use casual employees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Food Labelling) Bill 2012 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: create specific requirements for country of original labelling for food; provide that the labelling is based on the ingoing weight of the ingredients and components; and create penalties and defences; and

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Banking Code of Conduct) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to provide for: the minister to make, by legislative instrument, a mandatory Banking Code of Conduct stipulating standards to be complied with by authorised deposit-taking institutions when dealing with their customers; the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to accept and investigate complaints by bank customers and to name banks found to be non-compliant; amendments to the code to be made after consultation; and a three-yearly review of the code. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Livestock Export (Animal Welfare Conditions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: provide that live-stock exported for slaughter are transported and slaughtered humanely; make the secretary responsible to ensure that live-stock exported for slaughter under a live-stock export licence are treated humanely and if not, cease their export; and penalise the holder of a live-stock export licence if they fail to inform the secretary of inhumane treatment of live-stock. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum