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TOTAL RESULTS: 111
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06 Dec 2006
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House of Representatives
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Transport and Regional Services
- Summary
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Amends the
Navigation Act 1912
and Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
to: implement Australia’s obligations under Annex VI (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; update certain references; and remove the limit in the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
on the amount of penalty for a breach of a regulation or an order.
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11 Oct 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
in relation to: cessation of special purpose visas; use of automated systems in immigration clearance; and use of ‘personal identifiers’ as evidence of proof of identity.
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29 Mar 2006
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Senate
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Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to introduce new offences for employers, labour suppliers and other persons who allow non-citizens to work in Australia illegally. Also amends the Crimes Act 1914
to provide certain protections for children involved in proceedings in relation to the new employer sanctions offences.
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24 Jun 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Marriage Act 1961
to: define marriage as a union of a man and a woman; and clarify that same-sex marriages entered into under the law of another country will not be recognised in Australia.
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13 May 2004
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Run-off Cover Indemnity and Other Measures) Bill 2004, the bill imposes the run-off cover support payment as a levy on the premium income received by insurers for medical indemnity cover. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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13 May 2004
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2004, the bill amends the:
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
, Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003
, Health Insurance Act 1973
, Health Insurance Commission Act 1973
and National Health Act 1953
to introduce a run-off cover indemnity scheme to cover the cost of medical indemnity claims against eligible practitioners after they have retired or are not participating in the private medical workforce, which will be funded by a levy on medical indemnity insurers (the run-off cover support payment); and the Medical Indemnity Act 2002
to enable a claims protocol to be determined to cover the payment of expenses arising from incurred but not reported indemnity scheme claims. Also repeals the Medical Indemnity (Enhanced UMP Indemnity) Contribution Act 2002
and makes minor amendments to the Medical Indemnity Act 2002
, Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003
and the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Regulations 2003.
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- Date
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19 Feb 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Amendment Bill 2004, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Act 2002
to reflect the renaming of the Incurred But Not Reported Claims Contribution as the United Medical Protection support payment; and provides for the Act to be renamed as the Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Contribution Act 2002
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19 Feb 2004
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Amendment Bill 2004, the bill amends the:
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
to: replace the Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR) Claims Contribution with the United Medical Protection (UMP) support payment; implement the Premium Support Scheme in place of the Medical Indemnity Subsidy Scheme; and clarify the definition of health care related vocation; and Health Insurance Act 1973
, Health Insurance Commission Act 1973
, Medical Indemnity Act 2002
and National Health Act 1953
to make consequential amendments renaming the IBNR contribution as the UMP support payment.
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06 Nov 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Amendment Bill 2003 and further to the package of bills implementing the framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill amends the
Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Act 2002
to give effect to a moratorium on incurred but not reported liabilities (IBNR) contributions; and reduce the IBNR contribution to be paid for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 financial years.
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06 Nov 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (IBNR Indemnity) Contribution Amendment Bill 2003 and further to the package of bills implementing the framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill amends the
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
to implement the Exceptional Claims Scheme which will provide for the Commonwealth to assume liability for damages payable against a medical practitioner that exceed the practitioner’s insurance contract limit. Also makes changes to the administration of the medical indemnity contributions; and contains savings and transitional provisions and a power to make transitional regulations.
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