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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
, Fishing Levy Act 1991
and Fisheries Management Act 1991
in relation to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority by: making co-management arrangements with stakeholders in Commonwealth fisheries; administering the regulatory regime; restructuring management advisory committees; and charging agencies for certain services.
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- Date
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26 May 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Farm Household Support Act 1992
to facilitate a pilot of drought policy measures to assist farmers to be trialled in Western Australia for 2010-11.
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- Date
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26 May 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
, Fishing Levy Act 1991
and Fisheries Management Act 1991
in relation to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority by: making co-management arrangements with stakeholders in Commonwealth fisheries; administering the regulatory regime; restructuring management advisory committees; and charging agencies for certain services.
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- Date
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25 Nov 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the:
Fisheries Management Act 1991
to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to undertake certain administrative and licensing functions by an eLicensing system (GOFish); and provide that fisheries officers engaged in investigating suspected illegal fishing can be issued with, and carry, prescribed defensive equipment in the course of their duties; and Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
to clarify which individuals who receive fish directly from Torres Strait commercial fishers require a fish receiver licence.
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- Date
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29 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the:
Farm Household Support Act 1992
and Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the maximum allowable income exemption for the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment (ECRP); and extend the ECRP to more agriculture-dependent small business operators; and Farm Household Support Act 1992
to enable ECRP recipients to continue to receive payments while temporarily absent from Australia for specific family or humanitarian reasons.
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- Date
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20 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the:
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
, Fisheries Management Act 1991
and Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
to implement changes to the governance arrangements of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Fisheries Management Act 1991
and Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
to require foreign fishing vessels to stow fishing equipment whilst transiting through the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ); and Fisheries Management Act 1991
and Migration Act 1958
to enable enforcement action to be taken against foreign vessels breaching international fishery management measures and boats supporting illegal fishing in the AFZ.
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- Date
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23 May 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Introduced with the Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
, Fisheries Management Act 1991
, Surveillance Devices Act 2004
and Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
in relation to: delegation powers of the minister and the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority; management of Australia’s rights and obligations under the Torres Strait Treaty; output controls and fisheries management practices; consistency with other legislative regimes; compliance, forfeiture and enforcement procedures; the role and functions of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA); and transition of the AFMA from an authority to a commission.
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- Date
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23 May 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Introduced with the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the
Fisheries Levy Act 1984
to ensure levies can be collected in Torres Strait fisheries in accordance with new management and licensing arrangements provided for in the proposed Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act 2007
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- Date
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01 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Farm Household Support Act 1992
and makes consequential amendments to the Age Discrimination Act 2004
and Social Security Act 1991
to provide agriculturally dependent small business operators with the same access as farmers to Exceptional Circumstances assistance, a Health Care Card and concessions for the Youth Allowance and Austudy means tests.
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- Date
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17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Validates certain plans of management determined, amended and/or revoked under the
Fisheries Management Act 1991
. Also validates things done under or for the purposes of those plans.
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