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TOTAL RESULTS: 115
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- Date
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27 Oct 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FIELDING, Sen Steve
- Summary
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Regulates poker and gaming machine use by placing technical requirements on manufacturers and suppliers of those machines by requiring that they cannot: accept banknotes with a denomination greater than $20; accept certain additional credits; and allow a bet in excess of $1 per spin. Also imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements.
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- Date
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21 Oct 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Consequent on the Personal Property Securities Bill 2009, the bill amends 25 Acts relating to fisheries, intellectual property, maritime and other legislation to enable the creation, registration, priority, extinguishment or enforcement of interests in personal property.
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- Date
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17 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
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to: allow for conditional listing of prostheses in the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules (Prostheses Rules); and require the Minister for Health and Ageing to make rules specifying criteria for listing prostheses in the Prostheses Rules.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2009
- 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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Establishes a single national regime for the registration of security interests in personal property, other than land, supported by a national online register of personal property securities.
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- Date
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03 Jun 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
and Age Discrimination Act 2004
to allow insurers to permanently offer extended family policies to cover ‘dependent child non-students’; and Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the National Joint Replacement Register.
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- Date
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28 May 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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The bill: imposes a levy on joint replacement prostheses sponsors to provide funding for the National Joint Replacement Registry; and enables the minister to make Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules by legislative instrument.
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FIELDING, Sen Steve
- Summary
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Amends the
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948
to: terminate the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme; require existing scheme members to choose a complying superannuation fund in line with the arrangements applying to new parliamentarians since 2004; and require the Commonwealth to pay into the complying superannuation funds chosen by members their respective commuted superannuation benefits and ongoing superannuation contributions.
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- Date
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11 Nov 2008
- 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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Provides for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next House of Representatives election on whether Australia should become a republic.
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- Date
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04 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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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
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
and Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004
to: impose restrictions on food and beverage advertising on television during children’s viewing times; and provide that financial assistance to schools is conditional upon schools not displaying advertisements or sponsorship announcements by companies whose principal activity is the manufacture, distribution or sale of junk food.
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- Date
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19 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FIELDING, Sen Steve
- Summary
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The bill seeks to promote responsible gaming practices by: imposing technical requirements on corporations which manufacture, sell and supply gaming and poker machines, manufacture or supply cash-back terminals, and on financial institutions which own or operate automatic teller machines; and imposes penalties for contraventions of the requirements.
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