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TOTAL RESULTS: 283
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- Date
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26 Nov 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
to repeal the provision which enables the Governor-General to disallow and recommend amendments to, any Act made by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.
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19 Nov 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Climate Change and Water
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Amends the:
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988
, Water Act 2007
and Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974
to transfer the planning and management of all water extraction in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from the Commonwealth to the ACT Government; Water Act 2007
to: provide that Commonwealth use of water in the Murray-Darling Basin, particularly water used at defence facilities, is taken account of through the Basin Plan; provide that the Basin Plan and water resource plans prepared by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority may adopt or incorporate matters contained in an instrument or other writing as it is in force from time to time; and clarify the definition of ‘referring State’; Water Amendment Act 2008
to clarify that the Chief Executive Officer of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is appointed for four years from 15 December 2008; and Trade Practices Act 1974
to clarify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s powers of delegation for its functions under rules made under the Water Act 2007
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- Date
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16 Nov 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ABBOTT, Tony, MP
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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.
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- Date
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22 Oct 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Climate Change and Water
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the bill establishes the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority as an independent statutory body to administer the CPRS, the Renewable Energy Target and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System. Also contains a regulation making power.
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10 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
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Establishes the Australian National Preventive Health Agency as a statutory body and provides for: the terms and conditions of employment, functions and powers of the Chief Executive Officer; staff and consultants; committees; strategic and annual operational plans; finance and reporting requirements; and grants by the agency. Also establishes the Australian National Preventive Health Agency Advisory Council and provides for: the terms and conditions of appointment of members to the Council; and meeting procedures.
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- Date
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23 Jun 2009
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: insert a new definition of 'terrorist act'; remove the offences of 'reckless possession of a thing', sedition, and associating with a terrorist organisation; amend the reference to 'fostering the doing of' a terrorist act in the definition of 'terrorist organisation'; provide for terrorist organisations to be prescribed in regulations; and amend the 'supporting' offence; Crimes Act 1914
to: remove 'investigative dead time' from the calculation of dead time; and remove the presumption against bail for certain offences; and Australian Security Information Organisation Act 1979
in relation to the questioning and detention of terrorism suspects. Also repeals the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Climate Change and Water
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the bill establishes the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority as an independent statutory body to administer the CPRS, the Renewable Energy Target and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System. Also contains a regulation making power.
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12 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009, the bill amends the
Corporations Act 2001
to exempt the Australian Business Investment Partnership Limited from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence.
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12 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009, the bill establishes the Australian Business Investment Partnership Limited as a public company limited by shares, to provide refinancing for loans relating to commercial property assets where financiers have withdrawn from debt financing arrangements as a result of the global financial crisis.
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- Date
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04 Feb 2009
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
- Summary
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to establish the Energy Efficient Homes Program to: provide free ceiling insulation for all uninsulated owner-occupied homes; provide landlords who install insulation in their rental properties with a rebate of up to $1,000 until 30 June 2011 and remove the cap on the number of properties that can be insulated; and increase the maximum Solar Hot Water Rebate to $1,600 for households that do not access the insulation program and who replace existing hot water systems with a solar and heat pump water system by 30 June 2012.
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