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• Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to: extend the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme to the 2010-2011 grant year and provide for a review of the scheme by 30 June 2010; increase the claimable overseas visit allowance from $200 to $300 per day; amend the rules of the scheme relating to applicant eligibility, origin of eligible products, applicant expenses, changes in business ownership, special approval status and export earnings; and streamline the administration of the scheme. Also repeals the

  Export Expansion Grants Act 1978

  ; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Trade Commission Act 1985

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005

  , the bill amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005

  and

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  to: replace, amend or repeal terminology and provisions to clarify the policy intent of certain Welfare to Work measures, including the new income support payment compliance framework; allow parenting payment partnered recipients who have a temporary incapacity exemption to have access to pharmaceutical allowance; allow the continuation for 14 weeks of the same rate of Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance for single principal carer parents following the death of a child; and extend access to an Employment Entry Payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  ,

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: closure of the electoral rolls; proof of identity for enrolment and provisional voting; financial disclosure requirements in non-election periods; access to the electoral roll and its use; political party registration; paid electoral advertising on the Internet; candidate nomination deposits; prisoner voting entitlements; location of Divisional Offices; abolition of broadcasters and publishers returns; and the disclosure of political donations; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase the tax deductibility value of contributions and gifts to political parties, independent candidates and members; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . Also provides for the automatic de-registration and requirement for re-registration of certain political parties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: workforce participation and returns to work for people receiving allowances; a new compliance framework; and RapidConnect, an initiative to provide faster access to Job Network for newstart and youth allowees;

  Disability Services Act 1986

  in relation to approval of rehabilitation programs; and

  Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Act 2003

  to repeal the requirement for a ministerial review of the parenting payment participation agreements and flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart allowees regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends Article 1 of the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, contained in the

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Act 1990

  , to specifically provide that Mongolia be a country of operations of the Bank, thereby making it eligible to receive financing from the Bank. Also creates a regulation-making power so that any future amendments to the Agreement can be made by regulation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: enable certain foreign-owned and operated higher education providers to offer education and training services to overseas students in Australia; clarify that registered providers may charge a fee to international students as part of tuition to cover the costs incurred in meeting the provider’s obligations under the Act and the National Code of Practice; and as a consequence of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for mandatory energy efficiency opportunities assessments and public reporting of outcomes by large energy using businesses, including compliance and enforcement arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

  to: confirm that importers or exporters of recycled or used methyl bromide or hydrochlorofluorocarbons are only required to hold a used substances licence; and ensure that reporting obligations for synthetic greenhouse gases manufactured in Australia mirror those for persons who import or export synthetic greenhouse gases; and

  Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001

  to provide for a trust land swap in Markham Close, Mosman, which will enable certain residential land to be incorporated into parkland and, in exchange, permit the sale of a disused Scout Hall site. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Prisoner Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Addresses technical problems with the

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  by amending the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to prevent prisoners who are serving a sentence of 3 years or more from enrolling to vote; and

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to: repeal early close of rolls provisions for referenda; and clarify the commencement and cessation of name and address evidentiary requirements for enrolment and changes to enrolment details. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Extension of Charitable Purpose Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Provides a statutory extension to the common law meaning of “charity” for the purposes of all Commonwealth legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum