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• Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick;BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to require Food Standards Australia New Zealand to develop and approve labelling standards to be used by food producers, manufacturers and distributors of food containg palm oil; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to include the use of palm oil in the characteristics of any goods for the purposes of misleading conduct as to the nature of goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to restrict the advertising or other promotion of unhealthy food and beverages on television between 6.30 am and 9.30 pm. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PYNE, Christopher, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes the Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program and provides for: the functions and powers of the commission; offences relating to the giving of evidence before the commission; matters relating to the operation of the commission; and the commission to present its findings and any recommendations by 1 November 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Requires: NBN Co to prepare a business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and publish it by 19 November 2010; and the Productivity Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the NBN proposal and publish it by 31 May 2011. 

  Bill

• Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: vary the way the Commonwealth makes GST payments to states participating in the National Health and Hospitals Network (NHHN) Agreement; replace the National Healthcare Specific Purpose Payment with a special payment for participating states; provide for additional top-up payments from the 2014-15 financial year to be paid to participating states; create a NHHN Fund; specify conditions for payments made through the Fund; and impose additional conditions on the minister when making determinations which relate to the Agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NASH, Sen Fiona 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that the same eligibility criteria for independent youth allowance is applied for students residing in the Inner Regional Australia Zone. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Delivering Essential Financial Services) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to: require banks to offer basic transaction accounts and to limit other fees to cost recovery; provide that transactions at a bank’s own-branded ATMs are free of charge; cap charges for the use of a bank’s ATMs by customers of another authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI); require ADIs to offer fixed interest gap loans and mortgages; cap mortgage and loan exit fees at cost recovery; and require uniform identification of exit fees in advertising and in mortgage and loan contracts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

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

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Public Health and Safety) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HARTSUYKER, Luke, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to enable the minister to approve the relocation of the flying fox colony in Maclean, New South Wales (NSW), upon completion of state approval by the NSW Government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave (Reduction of Compliance Burden for Employers) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BILLSON, Bruce, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to provide that the Family Assistance Office continues to administer the paid parental leave scheme after 1 July 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum