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• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Claims for Travel Expenses) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the time period for lodging a claim for non-treatment related travel expenses to 12 months and enable further extensions of time in exceptional circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert a new definition of ‘terrorist act’; remove the offences of ‘reckless possession of a thing’, sedition, and associating with a terrorist organisation; amend the reference to ‘fostering the doing of’ a terrorist act in the definition of ‘terrorist organisation’; provide for terrorist organisations to be prescribed in regulations; and amend the ‘supporting’ offence; Crimes Act 1914 to: remove ‘investigative dead time’ from the calculation of dead time; and remove the presumption against bail for certain offences; and

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  in relation to the questioning and detention of terrorism suspects. Also repeals the

  National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

  and

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Act 2005

  . 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Creates the independent statutory position of Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People and provides for: the functions and general powers of the position; terms and conditions and staffing support; regular and annual reporting requirements; and a review of the operation of the Act after a two-year period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Support for Whaling) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to create an offence of providing any service, support or resources to organisations engaged in whaling. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BRANDIS, Sen George 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to extend protection to confidential communications between journalists and their sources by: presuming the communication is not subject to disclosure unless established as necessary or that public interest concerns outweigh the disclosure; and extending this privilege to all professional confidential relationships and to all prosecutions for Commonwealth offences heard in all Australian courts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007

  ,

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  and

  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007

  so that: provisions of the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  prevail over the Acts; the Acts do not authorise conduct inconsistent with the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  ; the Acts and any acts done under them are intended to qualify as special measures; and any acts done, decisions made or discretion exercised under the Acts must be consistent with the intended beneficial purpose of the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: remove discriminatory references based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and allow marriage regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ombudsman Amendment (Education Ombudsman) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  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