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TOTAL RESULTS: 105
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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The bill: establishes the national Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme; enforces and imposes civil penalties on persons or body corporates for breaches of the scheme; provides for an annual report on the operation of the Act; and contains a regulation making power.
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Evidence Act 1995
to amend the professional confidential relationship privilege provisions available to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources in certain circumstances by: providing that courts observe public interest considerations; requiring courts to consider any likely harm to a journalist if certain evidence were given; repealing provisions for automatic loss of privilege in cases of misconduct; and removing the requirement for courts to give the greatest weight to any risk of prejudice to national security.
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- Date
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11 Feb 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to increase the excise duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages (‘alcopops’) from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content.
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- Date
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04 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MINCHIN, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Requires the responsible minister to determine, by legislative instrument, guidelines for the operation of the Lower Lakes and Coorong Assistance Scheme, and gives the secretary responsibility for the administration of the scheme.
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- Date
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01 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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NELSON, Brendan, MP
- Summary
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Requires the responsible minister to determine, by legislative instrument, guidelines for the operation of the Lower Lakes and Coorong Assistance Scheme, and gives the secretary responsibility for the administration of the scheme.
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- Date
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28 Aug 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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XENOPHON, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Provides the minister with power to direct the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to establish an Interim Basin Plan to provide for emergency measures to ensure the environmental and economic sustainability of the Murray-Darling Basin.
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- Date
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19 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ALLISON, Lyn
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: provide for a set greenhouse gas emission intensity threshold to apply to all new power stations and require the responsible minister to approve the operation or construction of those power stations which meet this condition; establish a monitoring regime; and includes offence and penalty provisions.
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- Date
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20 Jun 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BOWEN, Chris, MP
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- Date
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03 Mar 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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