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• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill establishes a framework for the Treasurer to make rules which provide for the Commissioner of Taxation to make coronavirus economic response payments to eligible entities for the period from 1 March to 31 December 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Coronavirus Economic Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

  to enable the extension of the jobkeeper scheme to 28 March 2021 by extending the current time limit on payment rules authorised by the Act;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend the circumstances in which protected information can be disclosed;

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020

  and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: support the extended operation of the jobkeeper scheme; and make consequential amendments; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to ensure provisions regarding agreements in relation to the taking of annual leave are repealed on 28 September 2020, as originally intended. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  in relation to Australia’s obligations under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement by: broadening and clarifying the scope of certain criminal offences; clarifying criminal and civil presumptions; narrowing the scope of the exception to the reproduction right; clarifying provisions that limit the remedies available against carriage service providers; and inserting a new offence relating to the unauthorised use of an encoded broadcast for commercial purposes; and contains application provisions. Also amends the

  US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004

  to place a time limit on the application of transitional provisions relating to the extension of the term of copyright protection. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to implement recommendations from a number of copyright law reviews, including in relation to: new exceptions to copyright; creation of indictable, summary and strict liability offences with a range of penalty options; evidential presumptions; commercial-scale infringements; protection of digital files; fair dealings; copying for preservation purposes; and educational uses. Also implements Australia’s obligations under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement in relation to technological protection measures; and enhances the jurisdiction and procedures of the Copyright Tribunal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to extend the operation of the safe harbour scheme to a broader range of service providers, including educational institutions, libraries, archives, key cultural institutions and organisations assisting persons with a disability. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Parallel Importation) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1998

  in relation to: the parallel importation and subsequent commercial distribution of computer software products, including interactive computer games; copyright enforcement; and makes minor amendments to correct errors in, and clarify amendments made by, the

  Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000

  . Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to amend the scope of the online copyright infringement scheme by: amending the threshold for capturing overseas online locations to those with the primary purpose or effect of infringing copyright; including a rebuttable presumption that the online location is outside Australia, to reduce the evidentiary burden on copyright owners; enabling copyright owners to seek injunctions requiring online search engine providers to take such steps as the Federal Court considers reasonable so as not to provide search results that refer users to online locations blocked under the scheme; clarifying that the Federal Court may make blocking orders which follow copyright infringing activity where operators of an overseas online location attempt to avoid the application of an injunction by creating new pathways to online locations; and enabling the minister to declare that particular online search engine providers be exempt from the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to enable copyright owners to apply to the Federal Court of Australia for an order requiring a carriage service provider to block access to an online location operated outside Australia that has the primary purpose of infringing copyright or facilitating the infringement of copyright. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum