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  • Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000
    to provide additional funding for the period 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2014 for: the School Nutrition Program and the Additional Teachers initiative under the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory National Partnership; and the Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education project to be administered through the Sporting Chance program. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2013

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    Date
    14 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Insurance Contracts Act 1984
    in relation to: duty of utmost good faith; bundled workers’ compensation contracts; bundled contracts generally; electronic communication; powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); insureds’ duty of disclosure and duty to inform of duty of disclosure; eligible contracts of insurance; non-disclosure by life insureds; unbundling of contracts; remedies for non-disclosure and misrepresentation; remedy for misstatement of date of birth; cancellation of contracts; requests by third party beneficiaries to insurers for information; insurers’ defences in actions by third party beneficiaries; rights and obligations of third party beneficiaries under life insurance contracts; rights of third parties to recover against insurers; representative actions by ASIC on behalf of third party beneficiaries; non-disclosure or misrepresentation by members of group life insurance schemes; and subrogation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill 2013

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    Date
    14 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Monetary Agreements Act 1947
    to: establish a standing appropriation and authority to borrow for payments to meet drawings made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a bilateral loan agreement entered into by Australia and the IMF on 13 October 2012; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment Bill 2013

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    Date
    13 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963
    to: provide for regulations to confer privileges and immunities on the International Committee for the Red Cross and the International Criminal Court; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Income Tax Rates Amendment (Unlawful Payments from Regulated Superannuation Funds) Bill 2012

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    Date
    29 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Reducing Illegal Early Release and Other Measures) Bill 2012, the bill amends the
    Income Tax Rates Act 1986
    to impose a 45 per cent tax on superannuation benefits that are illegally released. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    29 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Tax Agreements Act 1953
    to: give legislative effect to bilateral taxation agreements with India, the Marshall Islands and Mauritius; and update certain references to existing taxation agreements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013]

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    Date
    28 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013], the bill establishes the Inspector-General of Biosecurity as a statutory body to review and report on: the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Director of Biosecurity, biosecurity officers and biosecurity enforcement officers; and the process for conducting biosecurity import risk analyses. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • International Fund for Agricultural Development Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    13 Sep 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Fund for Agricultural Development Act 1977
    to allow Australia to accede to the Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development under Australian law. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    12 Sep 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    to: increase the tier structure for annual registration charges from three to four; decrease the threshold above which registration charges will be paid from $500 000 to $100 000; introduce an application fee for businesses seeking authorisation to import or export industrial chemicals under the prior informed consent procedure; remove a redundant fee for certain applications relating to the listing of chemicals on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and make technical amendments; and
    Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
    to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • International Monetary Agreements Amendment (Loans) Bill 2012

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    Date
    15 Aug 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Monetary Agreements Act 1947
    to: reduce Australia’s current credit arrangement commitments under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB); increase to 10 years the maximum maturity of the IMF’s drawings under the NAB; and renew the NAB for a period of five years, commencing 17 November 2012. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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