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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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29 Mar 2006
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Federal Magistrates Act 1999
to provide statutory disability cover and death benefits for Federal Magistrates.
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04 Apr 2001
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Administration portfolio
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- Date
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12 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Summary
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Amends the:
Federal Financial Relations Act 2009
to increase the general drawing rights limit for the 2008-09 financial year to $1,250,000,000 to enable the Commonwealth to provide general purpose financial assistance to the states; and Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995
to enable the minister to permit a state to receive an entitlement to financial assistance before the end of the financial year to which that assistance relates.
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15 Oct 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 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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Act
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Portfolio
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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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12 Mar 2002
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Amends the
Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Act 1993
to extend the sunset clause for foreign banks obtaining a banking authority in order to be eligible for concessional tax treatment when transferring assets and liabilities, to 30 June 2003; and to extend the deadline to effect any subsequent transfer of assets and liabilities from 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2006.
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10 May 2007
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Finance and Administration
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Amends the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
to simplify the internal government financial management framework and address issues relating to the management of appropriations. Also makes consequential amendments to the Auditor-General Act 1997
and Legislative Instruments Act 2003
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02 Jun 2011
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House of Representatives
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Finance and Deregulation
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
to move the details for corporate plans of a government business enterprise into the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997; Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
to: provide for sunsetting and disallowance arrangements of various legislative instruments; provide that Chief Executive’s instructions are not legislative instruments; and clarify that the external auditor of a Financial Management and Accountability Act agency is the Auditor-General; Legislative Instruments Act 2003
to make consequential amendments; Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
, Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
and Science and Industry Research Act 1949
to make technical amendments; Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008
to expand the circumstances in which amounts can be credited to the Wheat Exports Australia Special Account; and Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980
to provide: when the Wine Australia Corporation must provide an annual operation plan to the responsible minister; and that members are appointed to the Geographical Indications Committee for no longer than three years.
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16 Feb 2012
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
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Amends the:
Auditor-General Act 1997
to clarify that the Auditor-General may accept an appointment under the Corporations Act 2001
as an auditor of any Commonwealth controlled company; Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
to: ensure that directors of Commonwealth authorities and wholly-owned Commonwealth companies prepare Budget estimates as directed by the Finance Minister; and ensure that directors of Commonwealth authorities and wholly-owned Commonwealth companies notify the responsible minister of decisions to undertake certain significant events; Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2010
to make technical amendments; and Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
to: enable the Finance Minister to clarify the day on which a special account determination commences; focus the operation of drawing rights on payments and remove the penalty relating to drawing rights; enable the Finance Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to exercise a discretion to ‘set-off’ amounts owed to the Commonwealth with amounts payable to the Commonwealth; and provide that the Finance Minister cannot delegate certain powers or functions. Also repeals the Appropriation (Development Bank) Act 1975
and Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009
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