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- Date
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30 Mar 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
- 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
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985
to enable the transition of the Australian Trade Commission from a statutory authority under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
to a statutory agency which will be part of the Commonwealth and subject to the Public Service Act 1999
and the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
. Also makes consequential amendments to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997
, Commonwealth Borrowing Levy Act 1987
, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
and Public Service Act 1999
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- Date
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23 Jun 1999
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Sport and Tourism portfolio
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- Date
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08 Feb 2007
- 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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Confirms the right of a terminally ill person to request assistance from a medically qualified person to voluntarily terminate his or her life in a humane manner, without legal impediment to the person rendering the assistance; and provides procedural protection against possible abuse of this right.
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- Date
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30 Mar 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Vocational and Technical Education
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Amends the
Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Act 2005
to: bring forward funding from 2008 and 2009 to 2006 and 2007 to meet expenditure for the Australian Technical Colleges initiative; and include a regulation-making power to allow programme funding to be varied to another programme year without amendment of the Act.
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- Date
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20 Jun 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia’s Skills Needs) Act 2005
to increase funding for 2008 and 2009 and provide for additional funding for 2010 and 2011, enabling the establishment of a further three Australian Technical Colleges.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Vocational and Technical Education
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
to: limit banking and credit card penalty fees by ensuring fees are for cost recovery only; and enhance the powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to monitor penalty fees and investigate customer complaints.
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- Date
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03 Dec 1998
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories portfolio
- Summary
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Act No. 5 of 1999
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- Date
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02 Jun 1999
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
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- Date
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07 Dec 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Arts and Sport
- Summary
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Introduced with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005, the bill establishes the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority which will carry out the existing functions of the Australian Sports Drug Agency as well as additional functions in relation to: investigation of potential sports doping violations; presentation of cases against alleged offenders at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport and other sports tribunals; determination of mandatory anti-doping rules to be included in Australian Sports Commission (ASC) funding agreements with sports bodies; and advising the ASC on the compliance of sports bodies in observing these requirements.
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- Date
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16 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
and Australian Sports Commission Act 1989
to: create the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) to replace the office of ASADA Chair; establish an Advisory Group to provide advice to the ASADA CEO on sports doping matters; establish an Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (ADRVP) to replace the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Committee; and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
to: maintain consistency with the World Anti-Doping Code; and make transitional arrangements to enable ASADA and ADRVP to carry out their functions under the National Anti-Doping Scheme.
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