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Date: 11 Dec 2002
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Summary: Establishes the National Blood Authority to manage and coordinate Australia’s blood supply in accordance with the National Blood Agreement agreed by the Commonwealth, States and Territories. Also provides for corporate plans, reporting requirements and a regulation-making power.

Date: 25 Nov 2010
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Summary: Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2010, the bill provides: for the operations of NBN Co and any NBN corporations; for ownership and control of NBN Co; for certain reporting obligations of NBN Co; for anti-avoidance obligations of NBN Co; powers to the Federal Court to grant injunctions; that NBN Co is not a public authority; that NBN corporations are not subject to the
Public Works Committee Act 1969
; and for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co to be established for the specific purpose of examining a Productivity Commission report on its inquiry into the NBN and cease to exist after it has reported to Parliament.

Date: 25 Oct 2010
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Not Proceeding
Sponsor
Summary: Requires: NBN Co to prepare a business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and publish it by 19 November 2010; and the Productivity Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the NBN proposal and publish it by 31 May 2011.

Date: 23 Nov 2010
Chamber: Senate
Status: Not Proceeding
Sponsor: BIRMINGHAM, Sen Simon
Summary: Requires: NBN Co to prepare a business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and publish it by 19 November 2010; and the Productivity Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the NBN proposal and publish it by 31 May 2011.

Date: 29 Oct 2009
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Not Proceeding
Portfolio: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Summary: Amends the:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
and
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to establish a merit-based appointment process for ABC and SBS non-executive directors for their respective boards; and
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
to re-establish the position of staff-elected director to the ABC Board.

Date: 30 Sep 2010
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Summary: Amends the:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
and
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to establish a merit-based appointment process for ABC and SBS non-executive directors for their respective boards; and
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
to re-establish the position of staff-elected director to the ABC Board.

Date: 18 Mar 2008
Chamber: Senate
Status: Not Proceeding
Sponsor: BARTLETT, Andrew
Summary: Establishes the Office of the National Commissioner for Children and Young People to promote and protect the rights, interests and wellbeing of all Australian children under 18 years of age, and appoints and outlines the functions and responsibilities of the Commissioner. Also establishes an Advisory Committee on Children and sets out membership, function, procedure and membership conditions.

Date: 25 Jun 2009
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Treasury
Summary: Part of a package of three bills to implement a national consumer credit regime, the bill imposes fees, for chargeable matters, collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Date: 25 Jun 2009
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Treasury
Summary: Part of a package of three bills to implement a national consumer credit regime, the bill: provides for matters resulting from the transition to the new regime including the treatment of credit contracts, mortgages, guarantees, consumer leases, court proceedings and orders, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) role to bring or continue appeal, review or enforcement proceedings; and requires persons currently engaged in credit activities to register with ASIC prior to applying for an Australian Credit Licence. Also makes consequential amendments to the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
and
Corporations Act 2001
.

Date: 24 Mar 2011
Chamber: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Portfolio: Treasury
Summary: Amends the:
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: require licensed credit providers to provide a Key Facts Sheet for standard home loans to consumers; require credit providers to provide a Key Fact Sheet for credit card contracts; restrict when credit providers can make unsolicited invitations to borrowers to increase the credit limit on a credit card; restrict the approval of the use of credit cards to obtain amounts in excess of the credit limit; prohibit fees being charged when the credit limit is exceeded (unless agreed to by the card holder); and provide for an order of application of payments made under credit card contracts; and
National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
to make consequential amendments.

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