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TOTAL RESULTS: 105
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28 Aug 2002
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House of Representatives
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002, the bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities associated with the egg sub-programme of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to the newly created Australian Egg Corporation Limited. Also makes consequential amendments to the
Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
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28 Aug 2002
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002, the bill establishes Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) which will be limited by guarantee under the
Corporations Act 2001
and will be responsible for providing industry services to the egg industry, including generic promotion and research and development functions.
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09 Feb 2011
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Electronic Transactions Act 1999
to enable Australia to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2005 to provide certainty and commercial predictability when electronic communications are used in the formation or performance of contracts between parties located in different countries.
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19 Mar 2009
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Evidence Act 1995
to amend the professional confidential relationship privilege provisions available to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources in certain circumstances by: providing that courts observe public interest considerations; requiring courts to consider any likely harm to a journalist if certain evidence were given; repealing provisions for automatic loss of privilege in cases of misconduct; and removing the requirement for courts to give the greatest weight to any risk of prejudice to national security.
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28 May 2008
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Implements recommendations made by the Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Reform Commission and Victorian Law Reform Commission in their report into the operation of the uniform Evidence Acts (Uniform Evidence Law) by amending the:
Evidence Act 1995
to implement model evidence provisions in relation to hearsay and opinion rules, the admissibility of expert evidence, admissions in criminal proceedings, coincidence evidence, credibility of witnesses, compellability provisions in relation to same-sex couples, advance rulings on evidentiary issues, warnings and directions to the jury, and the manner and form of questioning witnesses, and make consequential amendments and update certain cross references; Amendments Incorporation Act 1905
to: amend the long title of the Act and rename it as the Acts Publication Act 1905
; provide for certain printed and electronic versions of Acts to be taken, unless the contrary is proven, to be an accurate record of those Acts; and provide that printed compilations of Acts include amendments by either Acts or legislative instruments. Also makes consequential amendments to four other Acts.
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24 May 2007
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Evidence Act 1995
to introduce a privilege during trial and pre-trial stages of civil or criminal proceedings to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources; James Hardie (Investigations and Proceedings) Act 2004
and Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002
to ensure that the professional confidential relationship privilege under the Evidence Act 1995
, Evidence Act (NSW) or a similar law in another State or Territory, does not apply in James Hardie proceedings and in proceeds of crime examinations and subsequent proceedings; and Family Law Act 1975
to ensure that the best interests of the child are paramount when a court is determining whether confidential communications should be disclosed in family law proceedings concerning children.
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23 Jun 2010
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Education
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Amends the:
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
in relation to: the registration process for approved providers; financial penalties; and the publication of certain information; Ombudsman Act 1976
to enable the Ombudsman to: provide an independent complaints body for overseas students of private registered providers; provide advice and training to private registered providers to facilitate best practice complaint handling; and review and investigate complaint handling and report on systemic issues; and Privacy Act 1988
to enable the Australian Information Commissioner to transfer certain complaints to the Overseas Students Ombudsman.
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22 Sep 2011
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a tuition protection service, the bill amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997
to make amendments consequent on the proposed Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Act 2012
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22 Sep 2011
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a tuition protection service (TPS), the bill: establishes the TPS levy to be imposed on registered providers and sets out the basis for its calculation; provides that certain providers may be exempt from components of the levy; and requires the dollar amounts of the administrative fee component and the base fee component to be published annually.
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22 Sep 2011
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a tuition protection service, the bill amends: the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
to: place obligations on registered international education providers when a provider fails to start or finish providing a course or when an overseas student fails to start or finish a course; provide for a national regime of national registration of providers; limit the amount of initial pre-paid fees that may be collected by a registered provider; provide that students are only eligible for a refund of the unused portion of prepaid tuition fees; and specify what details providers must keep on student records; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the Education Services for Overseas Students (Assurance Fund Contributions) Act 2000
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