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• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  in relation to: separate scheduling of medicines and poisons; the preclusion of certain kinds of medical devices from being entered in the Register; consultation with the Gene Technology Regulator; advertising therapeutic goods; exercising delegations; and the inclusion of advisory statements on the labels of specified medicines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 1) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) which will: address unfair contract terms; and include penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to include corresponding provisions applicable to financial services; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act

  1979, and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  in relation to: case management powers and procedural reforms; and appeal proceedings;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  in relation to the powers of the Chief Justices of the Federal Court and the Family Court and the Chief Federal Magistrate; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to exclude certain decisions of the head of court from judicial review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to bring the Australia-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine into force; and

  Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

  in relation to: the Label Integrity Program; compliance; and penalty units. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2], the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: increase the customs duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages ('alcopops') from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content; and alter the taxation definitions of 'beer' and 'grape wine product'. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2], 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; and alter the taxation definition of 'beer'. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Repeal Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995

  to allow the Australian Capital Territory Government to implement the agreed model dangerous goods transport legislation in accordance with the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport entered into between the Commonwealth, states and territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: remove the liability for immigration detention and related costs for certain persons and liable parties and extinguish all outstanding immigration detention debts; and ensure regulations can no longer prescribe sponsorship undertakings or obligations that include payments to the Commonwealth in relation to the cost of a person’s immigration detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Water 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Act 2000

  to increase the shortfall charge payable by non-complaint liable parties from $40 per megawatt-hour to $65 per megawatt-hour. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Water 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: clarify the objectives of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme; increase annual targets for renewable energy generation from 2010; implement a Solar Credits mechanism; require a review of the legislation and regulations in 2014 and for the review to be tabled in Parliament; provide partial exemptions from liability for certain activities; provide for the transition of existing and proposed State renewable energy target schemes; enable power stations utilising waste coal mine gas as a fuel source to participate in the RET scheme for a specified period; and further increase the annual targets under the scheme for the years during which this fuel source will be eligible. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum