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TOTAL RESULTS: 92
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- Date
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02 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BILLSON, Bruce, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
to prohibit subscription television based interactive gambling.
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- Date
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30 Aug 2001
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio
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- Date
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17 Aug 2000
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio
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- Date
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23 Mar 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
to: provide a consistent meaning of foreign intelligence and consistent approach to foreign intelligence with the Intelligence Services Act 2001
and the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
; clarify that a computer access warrant authorises access to data held in the target computer at any time while the warrant is in force; and exclude the communication of information relating to employment within the Australian intelligence community from the operation of security assessment provisions; Criminal Code Act 1995
to clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to: provide a specific function for the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to assist the defence force; provide a new ground for granting a ministerial authorisation for producing intelligence on a person; clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and move existing exemptions from the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004 into the Act.
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- Date
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27 Jun 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs portfolio
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- Date
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27 Jun 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs portfolio
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- Date
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27 Jun 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Summary
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Amends the
Patents Act 1990
, Trade Marks Act 1995
and Designs Act 1906
to clarify that errors or omission by persons such as independent contractors, employed by the Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks or Registrar of Designs, are encompassed by the existing extension of time provisions; Patents Act 1990
in relation to disclosure of information to the Commissioner of Patents that is relevant to the patentability of an invention; Trade Marks Act 1995
to: amend the definition of “employee”; and remove the term “trade marks officer”; and Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000
to correct a drafting error. Also contains an application provision.
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- Date
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22 Jun 2011
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Summary
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Amends the:
Patents Act 1990
in relation to: the thresholds set for the grant of a patent; and exempting patent infringement of research and experimental activities; Patents Act 1990
and Trade Marks Act 1995
to: reduce delays in finalising patent and trade mark applications; enable trade marks and patent attorneys to practise through a corporate structure; and extend to trade marks and patent attorneys the same ‘advice’ privilege available to legal professionals; Copyright Act 1968
and Trade Marks Act 1995
in relation to the enforcement regime for counterfeit trade mark and copyright goods; and Designs Act 2003
, Patents Act 1990
, Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994
and Trade Marks Act 1995
to provide that the intellectual property rights system can adapt to the electronic and global business environments.
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- Date
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23 Nov 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the
Insurance Contracts Act 1984
to enable regulations to be made to: establish a standard definition of flood for riverine flooding in home building and home contents insurance contracts and contracts held by small businesses and strata titles; and require insurance providers to provide consumers with a key facts sheet for home building and home contents insurance contracts.
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- Date
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17 Mar 2010
- 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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Amends the
Insurance Contracts Act 1984
in relation to: duty of utmost good faith; ‘bundled’ workers’ compensation contracts; ‘bundled contracts’; enabling the use of electronic communication for statutory notices and documents; extending the Australian Securities and Investments Commission powers under the Act; disclosure and misrepresentations; remedies for bundled contracts of life insurance; the rights and obligations of third parties; and the division of proceeds from a recovery action.
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