TOTAL RESULTS: 352

• Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to: extend the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme to the 2010-2011 grant year and provide for a review of the scheme by 30 June 2010; increase the claimable overseas visit allowance from $200 to $300 per day; amend the rules of the scheme relating to applicant eligibility, origin of eligible products, applicant expenses, changes in business ownership, special approval status and export earnings; and streamline the administration of the scheme. Also repeals the

  Export Expansion Grants Act 1978

  ; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Trade Commission Act 1985

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Efficiency Opportunities (Repeal) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006

  to terminate the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Tourism portfolio 

  Bill

• Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Makes technical amendments to the

  Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006

  to correct anomalies in the Act concerning submission of assessment plans, assessment cycles and delegation of the secretary’s powers and obligations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to the conferral of functions and powers on the National Competition Council and the Commonwealth Minister under the cooperative gas access regime;

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: accommodate incentives for new pipelines in the cooperative gas access regime which were recently introduced in the South Australian Parliament; and allow the Australian Energy Regulator to apply to the Federal Court for a disconnection order;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct certain incorrect references in relation to the application of the cooperative electricity regime. Also repeals the

  Pipeline Authority Act 1973

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for mandatory energy efficiency opportunities assessments and public reporting of outcomes by large energy using businesses, including compliance and enforcement arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Extradition Act 1988

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  to enable Federal Magistrates to perform functions under these Acts;

  Extradition Act 1988

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  in relation to privacy and information disclosures relating to extradition and mutual assistance processes;

  Extradition Act 1988

  to: limit the jurisdiction to review extradition decisions to the Federal Court of Australia; enable a person to waive the extradition process in certain circumstances; provide that Australia may refuse extradition when a person may be punished, or discriminated against, upon surrender on the basis of their sex or sexual orientation; limit the factors the minister is required to consider before giving a notice accepting an extradition request; enable persons to consent to being extradited for a wider range of offences; enable the minister to give a legally enforceable undertaking as to the maximum sentence that could be imposed on a person before the person is extradited to Australia; enable a person to be prosecuted in any circumstances when Australia has refused extradition; make technical amendments relating to notices; extend the availability of bail in extradition proceedings; and make technical amendments;

  Extradition Act 1988

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to exempt certain conduct from the definition of ‘political offence’;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  to: expand the application of the grounds of refusal to a mutual assistance request from a foreign country; provide that evidence may be taken before an Australian magistrate for live transmission by video link back to a court in a foreign country; and enable non-conviction based proceeds of crime and non-conviction based foreign restraining orders to be registered at the request of any country;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: provide that lawfully intercepted and accessed information is only provided to foreign countries in certain circumstances; and require the minister to report annually on the provision of this information;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to enable Australia to make and receive requests relating to the use of surveillance devices;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable forensic material to be obtained from a person in relation to a foreign serious offence at the request of a foreign country; and

  Migration Act 1958

  ,

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to make miscellaneous and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Establishes the Early Years Quality Fund Special Account to provide $300 million over two years to approved centre based long day care services in the form of grants to be used exclusively for the remuneration of employees and other employment-related costs and expenses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Establishes the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee to provide advice related to the Commonwealth Government’s policies, programs and responsibilities for enhancing economic inclusion and participation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum