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- Date
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17 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Further to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009, the bill amends: the
Trade Practices Act 1974
, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
and Corporations Act 2001
to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) in relation to: general and specific consumer protections; misleading and deceptive conduct; unconscionable conduct; unfair practices; consumer transactions; statutory consumer guarantees; a standard consumer product safety law for consumer goods; and product-related services; the Trade Practices Act 1974
to rename it as the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
; and 61 Acts to reflect the change in title of the Trade Practices Act 1974
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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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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
Trade Practices Act 1974
to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) which will: address unfair contract terms; and include penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
to include corresponding provisions applicable to financial services; and Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act
1979, and Trade Practices Act 1974
to make consequential amendments.
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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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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Summary
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Amends the
Trade Practices Act 1974
to provide that telecommunications access declarations and extension notices which extend the period of access declarations are not legislative instruments for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003
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- Date
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04 Apr 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
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- Date
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06 Jul 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Summary
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Introduced with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, the bill amends the
Trade Marks Act 1995
to provide that regulations may be made in relation to the plain packaging of tobacco so that businesses are not prevented from registering new trade marks or from protecting trade marks against infringement.
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- Date
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28 Jun 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
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- Date
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01 Apr 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Small Business and Tourism
- Summary
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Establishes Tourism Australia, which will amalgamate the functions of the Australian Tourist Commission, See Australia, the Tourism Forecasting Council and the Bureau of Tourism Research, plus a new unit, Tourism Events Australia. Tourism Australia will be responsible for international and domestic tourism marketing and research. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Summary
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Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the
Tourism Australia Act 2004
to: remove the position of government member from the Board; broaden ministerial power to terminate appointment of Board members; replace ministerial approval of the corporate plan and operational plan with endorsement and provide that the plans do not come into force until endorsed; and reduce the threshold for ministerial approval of contracts from $5 million to $3 million.
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- Date
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13 May 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Tourism
- Summary
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Further to the Tourism Australia Bill 2004, the bill: repeals the
Australian Tourist Commission Act 1987
; and puts in place transitional arrangements to facilitate the merger of the operations and employees of the Australian Tourist Commission, the Bureau of Tourism Research and the Tourism Forecasting Council into Tourism Australia. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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19 Jun 2002
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
to allow for the Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority to be appointed as a full member of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority.
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