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- Date
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24 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Housing
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, the bill provides for regulations to prescribe the National Rental Affordability Scheme which will provide refundable tax offsets or cash payment incentives to providers of new dwellings on the condition that they are rented to low and moderate income households at 20 per cent below market rates.
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24 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008, the bill amends the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
in relation to entities participating in the scheme to: enable entities to claim a refundable tax offset; ensure that state and territory contributions to entities are non-assessable and non-exempt income for taxation purposes; and ensure that there are no capital gains tax consequences from the receipt of incentives under the scheme.
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- Date
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21 Oct 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Summary
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The bill: allows a Northern Territory Land Council and other parties in a state or territory to volunteer their land for consideration as the location for a national facility for the management of radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research uses of radioactive material; repeals the
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005
; and makes a consequential amendment to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
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- Date
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24 Feb 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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Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Summary
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The bill: enables a site to be nominated as the location to establish a facility to manage radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research uses of radioactive material; repeals the
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005
; and makes a consequential amendment to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
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- Date
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06 Dec 2000
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio
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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Summary
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Amends the
National Measurement Act 1960
to: narrow the circumstances in which some offence provisions may apply; provide for a new offence about letting for hire or loan unverified measuring instruments; replace monetary penalties with penalty units; provide for the Chief Metrologist to determine various technical standards and procedures; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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23 Jun 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Summary
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Amends the
National Measurement Act 1960
to: narrow the circumstances in which some offence provisions may apply; provide for a new offence about letting for hire or loan unverified measuring instruments; replace monetary penalties with penalty units; provide for the Chief Metrologist to determine various technical standards and procedures; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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24 Sep 2008
- 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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Amends the
National Measurement Act 1960
to implement a national trade measurement system based on the current trade measurement systems of the states and territories.
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- Date
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03 Dec 2003
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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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Amends the
National Measurement Act 1960
to: establish the National Measurement Institute (including the establishment of the position of Chief Metrologist) within the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources and outline its functions and responsibilities; and dissolve the National Standards Commission. Also contains transitional provisions to provide for the transfer of assets and liabilities from the Commission and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation to the Commonwealth; amends the Science and Industry Research Act 1949
and National Measurement Regulations 1999; and contains a regulation-making power and an application provision.
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- Date
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22 Jun 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Establishes a National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency which will consist of the National Integrity Commissioner, the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner and the Independent Parliamentary Advisor and provide for: the investigation and prevention of misconduct and corruption in all Commonwealth departments, agencies, and federal parliamentarians and their staff; the investigation and prevention of corruption in the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission; and independent advice to ministers and parliamentarians on conduct, ethics and matters of proprietary. Also provides for the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Integrity Commission.
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