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• Australian Federal Police Legislation Amendment Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to complete the integration of the Australian Protective Service into the Australian Federal Police (AFP); and

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable the AFP to investigate State offences which have a federal aspect. Also makes consequential amendments to 11 other Acts, repeals the

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987

  and contains transitional and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Bill 2004 and in accordance with the intergovernmental Australian Energy Market Agreement, the bill applies the National Electricity Law, the National Electricity Code and other Rules and regulations, as Commonwealth law in offshore areas, to complement their application by the States and the Australian Capital Territory. Also allows regulations to prescribe further State and Territory energy laws to be applied in the offshore areas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Establishes a national regime for the regulation of non-economic distribution and retail regulation of gas and electricity by amending the:

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to: apply the National Energy Retail Law and the National Energy Retail Regulations in Australia’s offshore areas; and provide that the Australian Energy Regulator, the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Australian Competition Tribunal and the minister undertake a range of functions and powers to regulate the energy retail regime;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions made under the regime are subject to judicial review; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Act 2007

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct the year of enactment of South Australian and Western Australian gas legislation from 2007 to 2008. The amended legislation underpins the new national regime for the regulation of access to natural gas pipelines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to provide for a national regime in relation to gas pipeline infrastructure, including national regulatory and rule-making bodies (the Australian Energy Regulator and the Australian Energy Market Commission, respectively); and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide for judicial review of decisions under the new national gas regime. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  ,

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  and

  Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006

  and repeals the

  Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (AEMO and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to replace reference to the National Energy Market Management Company Limited with the Australian Energy Market Operator Limited, to reflect the commencement of a single national energy market operator for both the electricity and gas sectors from 1 July 2009. Also amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to amend references to Western Australian gas legislation to reflect the delayed commencement of the National Gas Access Law in that state. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes goals for Australian schooling; and provides for: grants of financial assistance to states and territories for schools; recurrent funding for participating schools; recurrent funding for non-participating schools through national specific purpose payments; capital funding, special circumstances funding and funding for non-government representative bodies; approval of authorities and bodies to receive Commonwealth funding; implementation plans; actions the minister may take for non-compliance, including requiring amounts to be repaid; rules relating to applications; reviewable decisions; and administrative arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Education Act 2013

  to: update the preamble and objects of the Act; retain the Schooling Resource Standard (SRC); provide that government schools receive 20 per cent and non-government schools receive 80 per cent of the Commonwealth share of the SRS; ensure that all schools transition to their relevant share of the SRS by 2027; provide for transition adjustment funding; update the per-student base funding amounts for 2018; allow for the indexation of base amounts to be tied to an indexation rate; change the calculation of the ‘student with disability’ loading; require the minister to determine each non-government school’s socio-economic status score for the purpose of its capacity to contribute percentage; reduce the benefit afforded to non government primary schools under capacity to contribute calculations; and make technical amendments in relation to the number of students at a school, school education information, reviewable decisions, former approved authorities and the making of regulations; and

  Australian Education Act 2013

  and

  Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2013

  to: stipulate certain conditions of financial assistance on the states and territories; require the states and territories to maintain their 2017 per-student funding levels as a condition of Commonwealth funding; stipulate certain ongoing policy requirements for approved authorities for non government schools; remove the distinction between participating and non-participating schools; remove certain requirement for approved authorities; and include additional annual reporting requirements in relation to Commonwealth funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Education Act 2013

  to: provide for the establishment of funding programs for schools by regulation; provide the authority for the Commonwealth to make payments for those programs to states and territories for eligible schools; limit capital funding for block grant authorities for 2014; clarify that a debt owed under a funding agreement can be recovered from the authority for a non-government school; provide that certain decisions are reviewable; and correct errors in relation to the calculation of Commonwealth funding entitlements for certain approved authorities; and

  Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2013

  to extend the commencement date for improvement planning requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum