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TOTAL RESULTS: 55
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- Date
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08 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Environment and Water Resources
- Summary
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Introduced with the Water Bill 2007, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Meteorology Act 1955
, National Water Commission Act 2004
and Trade Practices Act 1974
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- Date
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13 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
to: abolish Australian Workplace Agreements; provide transitional arrangements through Individual Transitional Employment Agreements (ITEAs); introduce a no-disadvantage test for ITEAs and collective agreements and ensure no agreement is approved until it passes the test; remove the requirement for a Workplace Relations Fact Sheet; provide that all parties agree to terminate collective workplace agreements; and enable award modernisation processes to be undertaken by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. Also makes consequential amendments to 16 Acts.
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- Date
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29 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Consequential on the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008, the bill: repeals the
Wheat Marketing Act 1989
; makes consequential amendments to four Acts and two regulations; and makes transitional amendments.
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- Date
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29 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Establishes Wheat Exports Australia as a statutory entity to regulate the export of bulk wheat through a Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme.
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- Date
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25 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change and Water portfolio
- Summary
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Gives effect to the intergovernmental Agreement on Murray-Darling Basin Reform between New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory by amending the
Water Act 2007
to: transfer the powers and functions of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority; expand the Basin Plan to include arrangements for critical human water needs for communities dependent on the River Murray System; extend the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s role in relation to water market rules and water charge rules; provide for the appointment of the Chair to the Basin Officials Committee; effect a revised Agreement which establishes a Ministerial Council and Basin Officials Committee; and make transitional amendments. Also makes consequential and technical amendments to the Legislative Instruments Act 2003
, Trade Practices Act 1974
and Water Act 2007
and repeals the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993
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- Date
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03 Dec 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BIRMINGHAM, Sen Simon
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Act 2007
to: prohibit the unauthorised extraction of water from the Murray-Darling Basin; prevent the construction of water infrastructure or river flow control work; ensure that Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales comply with their obligations to allocate audited, saved water to the Living Murray Initiative and Water for Rivers; and ensure water is not used for any other purpose other than the Living Murray Initiative and Water for Rivers.
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- Date
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08 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ABBOTT, Tony, MP
- Summary
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Provides that the development or use of native title land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the
Wild Rivers Act 2005
(Qld) without the agreement of the Indigenous traditional owners of that land.
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- Date
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23 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SCULLION, Sen Nigel
- Summary
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Provides that the development or use of native title land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the
Wild Rivers Act 2005
(Qld) without the agreement of the Indigenous traditional owners of that land.
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- Date
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18 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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XENOPHON, Sen Nick
HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Enables the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to manage the water resources of the Basin as a single system during periods of extreme crisis.
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- Date
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16 Jun 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
to provide that a Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) standard may require a product to comply with certain requirements relating to plumbing before the product can be registered as a WELS product.
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