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• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: reflect changes in technology in the oil and gas exploration industries; reclassify paraquat dichloride with an added emetic as duty free; extend the operation of the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Provisions) Scheme to 31 December 2011; amend the country codes for Poland and Wake Island; increase the rates of customs duty payable on certain US originating alcohol and tobacco products in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to further implement and refine the new framework for the Commonwealth funding of higher education and provide certainty to higher education providers and students, particularly in relation to review of decisions; access to student support payments; and flexibility of providers to respond to changes in demand and supply for particular courses or units of study. Also amends the:

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

  to clarify certain references; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  clarify tax file number requirements for students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  and 4 other Acts in relation to migration litigation by: increasing the role of the Federal Magistrates Court (FMC); ensuring identical grounds of review in migration cases in the High Court and the FMC; imposing uniform extendable time limits for applications for judicial review of migration decisions; improving court processes to facilitate quicker handling of cases; deterring unmeritorious applications by broadening the grounds on which a court can summarily dispose of proceedings; and making the Chief Federal Magistrate responsible for the administration of the FMC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004

  to: extend the operation of the Act to include certain civil proceedings, including amending the short and long title of the Act;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to limit a court’s jurisdiction to determine a defendant’s application for review of a certificate decision by the Attorney-General; and to exclude a person requesting a written statement of reasons for a certificate or notice decision of the Attorney-General; and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to give the relevant court jurisdiction in respect of applications for writs of mandamus or prohibition, or injunctions; and judicial review of a certificate or notice decision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Systems (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  to provide for an exemption to ensure that financial institutions do not contravene competition provisions contained in Part IV of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  when complying with the Reserve Bank’s standards for credit card interchange fees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: increase the maximum allowable rice research and development levy rate from $2 to $3 per tonne; and allow the rates to be set and leviable rice varieties to be declared in regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Responds to recommendations of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry Report of 2002 by amending the:

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to provide a framework for future, regular independent reviews and reports of the adequacy of regional telecommunications services;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to clarify that any licence condition requiring Telstra to maintain a local presence in regional, rural or remote parts of Australia may empower the minister or the Australian Communications Authority to make decisions of an administrative character; and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to require at least two directors of Telstra to have knowledge of or experience of rural or remote as well as regional areas of Australia. Also makes amendments to the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  consequential on the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Tsunami Financial Assistance and Australia-Indonesia Partnership) Bill 2004-2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Appropriates sums out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in relation to Tsunami financial assistance and the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development. 

  Bill

• Appropriation (Tsunami Financial Assistance) Bill 2004-2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Appropriates sums out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government in relation to Tsunami financial assistance. 

  Bill

• Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2005, the bill: makes consequential amendments to the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  ,

  Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

  and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997; and provides the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner with access to the records of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum