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• National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BIRMINGHAM, Sen Simon 

  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

• Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Senator Nick
  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to: implement a national interest test to be applied against proposed foreign acquisitions of agricultural land; require any interest in agricultural land greater than five hectares to be notified to the Treasurer; require online publication of information about foreign acquisitions of interest in agricultural land; and impose penalties for not notifying the Treasurer of a proposed acquisition. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COONAN, Sen Helen
  HEFFERNAN, Sen Bill
  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
  XENOPHON, Senator Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BRANDIS, Sen George 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to provide financial assistance to persons or their next of kin who are injured or killed as a result of an international terrorist act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SCULLION, Sen Nigel 

  Summary

  Provides that the development or use of Aboriginal land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the

  Wild Rivers Act 2005

  (Qld) without the written agreement of the land owner. 

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• Assisting the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABBOTT, Tony, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to provide financial assistance to persons or their next of kin who are injured or killed as a result of an international terrorist act. 

  Bill

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DUTTON, Peter, MP
  OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP
  FORREST, John, MP
  TURNBULL, Malcolm, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

  Bill

• Abolition of Age Limit on Payment of the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to abolish the current age limit of 70 years for the payment of the superannuation guarantee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Abolition of Alpine Grazing) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to deem that the minister has: received from the Victorian government a referral of its proposal to trial cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park; and decided that the trial of alpine grazing is unacceptable. 

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• Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  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