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03 Dec 2008
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
to: allow the Federal Court to refer all or part of a proceeding to a referee for report; and allow a single Federal Court judge to make interlocutory orders in proceedings that would otherwise be heard and determined by a Full Court; International Arbitration Act 1974
to give the Federal Court concurrent jurisdiction with State and Territory Supreme Courts to enforce foreign arbitral awards; Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
, Family Law Act 1975
, Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
and Native Title Act 1993
to remove restrictions on Chief Justices and Presidents acquiring an interest in land for the purposes of the Lands Acquisition Act 1989
; Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971
to allow authorised, non-judicial officers of the Federal Court power to make orders specifying that certain premises are ‘court premises’; and Family Law Act 1975
to respond to the Full Family Court of Australia decision in Black v Black
relating to the satisfaction of technical requirements for binding financial and termination agreements.
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03 Dec 2008
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Foreign Evidence Act 1994
to: streamline the process for adducing foreign material that appears to consist of a business record; and make amendments in relation to: testimony obtained from foreign countries; non-conviction based proceeds of crime matters; court discretion when using foreign evidence; and the Attorney-General’s certification of foreign material. Also contains application and transitional provisions.
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26 Nov 2008
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Senate
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Special Minister of State
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Amends the
Freedom of Information Act 1982
, Archives Act 1983
, Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
and Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
to: remove the power to issue conclusive certificates; revoke existing conclusive certificates if a new access request is received; implement measures to protect sensitive information in proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and make consequential amendments.
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25 Nov 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Implements a workplace relations system which provides for: the establishment of National Employment Standards, modern awards and national minimum wage orders; the establishment of the statutory offices of Fair Work Australia to administer the system and the Fair Work Ombudsman to promote compliance; fair work instruments; and the creation of Fair Work Divisions in the Federal Court and Federal Magistrate’s Court to hear workplace relations matters.
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25 Nov 2008
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House of Representatives
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to enable: Centrelink to make oral submissions to Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) hearings; SSAT to give oral reasons on ‘affirmed’ cases; and SSAT members to be appointed for a term of up to five years; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to repeal redundant references to disability wage supplement and rehabilitation allowance; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
, Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Act 2007
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make technical amendments.
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15 Oct 2008
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Financial Claims Scheme (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008 and Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill provides for regulations to be made to impose a levy on authorised deposit-taking institutions in the event that liquidation funds are not sufficient to recover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s costs of the Financial Claims Scheme.
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15 Oct 2008
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Financial Claims Scheme (ADIs) Levy Bill 2008 and Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill provides for regulations to be made to impose a levy on general insurers in the event that liquidation funds are not sufficient to recover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s costs of the Financial Claims Scheme.
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15 Oct 2008
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Financial Claims Scheme (ADIs) Levy Bill 2008 and Financial Claims Scheme (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008, the bill amends the:
Banking Act 1959
to establish the Early Access Facility for Depositors (EAFD) to provide access to deposit funds in a failed authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI); Insurance Act 1973
to establish the Policyholder Compensation Facility (PCF) to provide access to funds from insurance claims when a general insurer fails; Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
to provide the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with administration of the Financial Claims Scheme (comprising the EAFD and PCF); Banking Act 1959
to expand the duties, powers and functions of ADI statutory managers; Insurance Act 1973
, Corporations Act 2001
and Life Insurance Act 1995
to provide for judicial management and recapitalisation of general and life insurers; and Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) Act 1999
to facilitate the transfer of assets and liabilities between institutions. Also makes consequential amendments to six Acts to provide for the usage of tax file numbers for the Scheme.
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18 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988
to facilitate the transition to regulation under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Act 2006
to: authorise certain cash dealers to continue reporting suspicious transactions, international funds transfer instructions and significant cash transactions to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); authorise solicitors, solicitor corporations and partnerships of solicitors to continue to provide AUSTRAC with cash transaction reports; and authorise certain cash dealers to enter transactions into their exemption register until 11 March 2010.
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04 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008 and further to the package of bills which established First Home Saver Accounts (FHSA), the bill imposes a levy on FHSA providers to provide funding for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to supervise financial institutions which offer FHSAs.
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