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• Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  to: enable the Finance Minister to make General Policy Orders which are legislative instruments and listed on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; align annual reporting requirements for Commonwealth authorities with the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  ; require all Commonwealth companies to provide annual reports to their responsible minister by specific deadlines and include information as required by Finance Minister Orders; clarify the use of credit cards, numbers and vouchers by Commonwealth authorities and introduce penalties for misuse; introduce a 'control' test to determine whether the Commonwealth controls a company; align the Act with the Corporations Act in relation to offences, penalties and terminology; require Commonwealth company subsidiaries to provide audited financial statements and audit reports to the responsible minister; and clarify compliance requirements for officers of Commonwealth companies with statutory and other duties. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  ,

  Australian Industry Development Corporation Act 1970

  ,

  Australian National University Act 1991

  ,

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, the bill imposes an interim tax on transmitter licences that are associated with commercial broadcasting licences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

  to: incorporate an exception, which applies to representations as to the country of origin of goods under the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  (CCA), so that it applies in relation to a false trade description; and enable information standards made or declared under the CCA, and that are in force or existing from time to time, to be incorporated by reference in the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Comcare and Seacare Legislation Amendment (Pension Age and Catastrophic Injury) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  to: align workers’ compensation arrangements for the Seacare and Comcare schemes with minimum benchmarks to be set by the proposed National Injury Insurance Scheme; and ensure that persons in receipt of incapacity payments can continue to receive those payments until they reach pension age. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Implements a number of recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse by amending the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: introduce two new offences, and related defences, court rules and protections, for failure to protect a child at risk of a child sexual abuse offence and failure to report child sexual abuse; and introduce a new offence, and related defences and changes to the definition of 'child pornography material', of possessing a doll or other object that resembles a child or part of a child intended to be used by a person to simulate sexual intercourse;

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit the import and export of child-like sex dolls and similar objects;

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to allow applications for the emergency authorisation for use of a surveillance device to be made in relation to the new offence of possession of child-like sex dolls or other objects;

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to provide that the new offence of possession of child-like sex dolls or other objects is a serious offence for the purposes of the Act;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: introduce a new offence, and related presumptions and defences, for the possession or control of 'child abuse material' in the form of data held in a computer or on a data storage device; provide that the existing offence of persistent sexual abuse of a child outside Australia applies to the commission of two or more separate occasions of underlying child sex offences overseas over any period of time; amend the existing definition of 'forced marriage' to explicitly capture all marriages involving children under 16; remove the rebuttable presumption that a person under 16 is presumed to be incapable of understanding the nature and effect of a marriage ceremony; require the Attorney-General's consent to commence proceedings in relation to the offences of causing a person to enter a forced marriage and being a party to a forced marriage; clarify that forced marriage offences involving a child under 16 will automatically attract the aggravated maximum penalty of nine years' imprisonment; and narrow the existing defence to offences involving engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity with a child or young person outside Australia, and procuring or 'grooming' a child for sexual activity outside Australia; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to remove references to ‘child pornography material’ and reconstitute the current definitions of ‘child abuse material’ and ‘child pornography material’ into a single definition of ‘child abuse material’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: extend the regulatory regime for remittance dealers and providers of remittance networks; and expand the agencies with which Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) can share financial intelligence;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to enable reporting entities to use credit reporting data to verify the identity of their customers; and

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to enable the Chief Executive Officer of AUSTRAC to exempt a person from provisions of the Act. 

  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

• 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

• Coal Mining Legislation Amendment (Oakdale Collieries and Others) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992

  to: provide for a minimum long service leave entitlement for all eligible employees in the black coal mining industry; require the Board of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation to make rules relating to the calculation of amounts employers are to be reimbursed; amend the long and short titles of the Act; change the structure and representation of the Board; increase the terms of directors; and make consequential amendments;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Act 1992

  and

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992

  to: amend definitions to reflect remuneration practices in the black coal mining industry; and place requirements on employers relating to the levy, including submitting returns and annual reports to the Board;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Act 2009

  to: clarify the calculation of long service leave entitlements for non-award employees; and provide for: transitional arrangements; recognition of long service before 1 January 2012; long service leave record keeping before 1 January 2012; and the Board to seek actuarial advice about the adequacy of the levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum