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• Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012

  and

  Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2011-2012

  and

  Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill amends the:

  Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

  to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to disclose information to a person for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of a Commonwealth law relating to coastal trading;

  Navigation Act 1912

  to: remove the definition of, and regulatory arrangements for, coastal trading; provide that the qualifications and employment of masters and seamen apply to ships used to engage in coastal trading under a general licence; and remove reference to a review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and

  Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  to provide that those Acts apply to vessels engaged in coastal trading under certain licence conditions. Also makes transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill provides for: a regulatory framework for coastal trading in Australia; three types of licences which authorise vessels to carry passengers or cargo between ports in Australia; the application process for licences; the decision-making process including criteria when granting a licence; the conditions and cancellation of licences; ministerial exemptions from the Act; the appointment and enforcement of legislative requirements; the review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and the delegation of functions and powers by the minister and secretary. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to establish an Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development as a statutory authority to provide federal, state and territory governments with scientific advice on coal seam gas and large coal mining developments which may have significant impacts on water resources. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health Reform) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: index and subsequently adjust the national disability specific purpose payment; replace the national healthcare specific purpose payment with national health reform payment funding; and remove the requirement to separately determine components of GST revenue for the purposes of the minister’s annual determination of GST revenue. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Student Visas) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to abolish the automatic cancellation of student visas for unsatisfactory course attendance or academic progress, enabling each case to be considered on its merits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health Reform) Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  National Health Reform Act 2011

  to: establish the statutory office of Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool and sets out the appointment, functions, powers and obligations of the administrator; and establish the National Health Funding Body as a statutory body to support the functions of the administrator and provide for: the terms and conditions of employment; functions and powers of the chief executive officer; staff and consultants; an annual reporting requirement; and protection of patient confidentiality. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Enables the National VET Regulator (NVR) (known as the Australian Skills Quality Authority) to impose charges on NVR registered training organisations for conducting compliance audits and investigating complaints about NVR registered training organisaitons. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: extend the Paid Parental Leave Scheme to certain working fathers and partners so that they receive two weeks’ dad and partner pay at the rate of the national minimum wage; and clarify provisions relating to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’); and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum