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TOTAL RESULTS: 106
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- Date
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06 Sep 2000
- 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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Seeks to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child by providing that a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory must not require a court to sentence a person (including a person who is under 18 years of age) to imprisonment or detention for a property offence. Also contains certain application and transitional provisions.
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25 Aug 1999
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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27 Jun 1996
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio
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- Date
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19 Mar 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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DUTTON, Peter, MP
- Summary
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The bill: specifies actions the minister must take when a dental practitioner who has provided a dental service and claimed a Medicare benefit payment is required to repay the benefit because certain administrative processes have not been undertaken; and requires the minister to table a report in Parliament detailing the actions taken. Also amends the Health Insurance (Dental Services) Determination 2007 to allow for circumstances where a Medicare benefit can be paid where a written quotation was not provided prior to dental treatment.
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- Date
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15 Feb 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research
- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: clarify the application and operation of indexation arrangements; update the Melbourne College of Divinity’s name to MCD University of Divinity; enable dollar amounts to be rounded up when a partial HELP debt repayment is made; and provide that certain students undertaking courses in dentistry or veterinary science are eligible for the higher FEE-HELP limit.
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: increase the maximum payments for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme in 2011; account for indexation to other grants and Commonwealth scholarships for the 2012 to 2014 calendar years; reduce the HECS-HELP up-front discount from 20 to 10 per cent; reduce the HELP voluntary repayment bonus from 10 to 5 per cent; and clarify that Australian citizens are not entitled to Commonwealth support or to access certain schemes when undertaking a course of study primarily at an overseas campus.
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06 Jul 2011
- 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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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill amends the
Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996
to: enable horse disease response levies to be appropriated to the Australian Animal Health Council; and provide that any excess levies are to be used for research and development activities or the promotion or maintenance of horse health.
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- Date
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06 Jul 2011
- 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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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill imposes a levy on manufactured horse feed and worm treatments for horses, to enable the horse industry to repay amounts paid by the Commonwealth on behalf of the horse industry in response to an emergency animal disease outbreak affecting horses.
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- Date
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06 Jul 2011
- 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
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill: enables the collection and administration of a horse disease response levy on manufactured horse feed and worm treatments for horses; imposes penalties for unpaid levies and the remission of any penalties for late payments; enables the collection of information and documents as specified by the Commonwealth; provides for entry, search and seizure powers; requires the minister to review the levy mechanism every five years unless the levies are active at the time the review is due.
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- Date
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26 May 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: remove the annual caps on Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding; change the way in which higher education providers are eligible for that funding; abolish the student learning entitlement; require higher education providers to enter into mission-based compacts with the Commonwealth; and require higher education providers to uphold free intellectual inquiry in relation to learning, teaching and research.
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