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• National Electricity Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP 

  Summary

  Makes the national electricity law a Commonwealth law by: incorporating the

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004

  (SA) and parts of the

  National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996

  (SA) (the existing national electricity law); making the national electricity rules a disallowable instrument; establishing the Australian Energy Market Commission as a Commonwealth statutory authority; establishing a Consumer Advocacy Panel; and retaining the judicial review of decisions made by the Australian Energy Market Operator. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes a framework to facilitate public interest disclosures by public officials and provides those officials with protections by providing for: processes for who can make a public interest disclosure and to whom; the conduct of investigations; public interest disclosures to third parties; the obligations of agencies; legal protections of disclosers; and oversight of the disclosures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  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

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Food Labelling) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: create specific requirements for country of origin 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

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Making Marine Parks Accountable) Bill 2012 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  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

  Not Proceeding 

  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

• Banking Amendment (Banking Code of Conduct) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  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

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  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

• Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends taxation legislation to: restate the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for income tax exempt entities, ensuring that they generally must be operated principally in Australia and for the broad benefit of the Australian community; standardise the other special conditions entities must meet to be income tax exempt; standardise the term ‘not-for-profit’; and codify the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for deductible gift recipients ensuring that they must generally operate solely in Australia, and pursue their purposes solely in Australia (with some exceptions, such as overseas aid funds and some environmental organisations). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum