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• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (International Obligations and Other Matters) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; increase the exchange of information with foreign governments and international intergovernmental organisations in relation to suspected illegal fishers; provide for improved management of Australia’s fish stocks; and correct a drafting error. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  contingent on commencement of the proposed

  Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Illegal Foreign Fishing) Act 2005

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; operation of appeals; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments; and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to confer on the Family Court of Western Australia the same jurisdiction that is conferred on the Family Court of Australia in relation to concurrent family law proceedings where a party is a bankrupt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Annuities) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to extend the regime by which future superannuation payments can be split on marriage breakdown or divorce, to certain superannuation-like annuity products. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries (Validation of Plans of Management) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Validates certain plans of management determined, amended and/or revoked under the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  . Also validates things done under or for the purposes of those plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries (Validation of Plans of Management) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Validates certain plans of management determined, amended and/or revoked under the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  . Also validates things done under or for the purposes of those plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Flags Amendment (Eureka Flag) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MARSHALL, Sen Gavin 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Flags Act 1953

  to recognise the Eureka Flag as an official flag of Australia. 

  Bill

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Deterrence Measures and Other Matters) Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  in relation to: deterrence and compliance regimes to deter foreign fishers from illegally fishing in Australian waters; the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s management of Commonwealth fisheries resources; and ecologically sustainable management of Commonwealth fisheries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing Activities and Other Matters) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas; and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to strengthen the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s ability to deliver and enforce fisheries management in Commonwealth fisheries. Also contains a saving provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Management and Accountability (Anti-Restrictive Software Practices) Amendment Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GREIG, Brian 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to encourage the acquisition of open source computer software by government agencies. 

  Bill

• Freedom of Information Amendment (Open Government) Bill 2003 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MURRAY, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and the Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations to: extend access to information in the possession of the Commonwealth; and create an independent position of Freedom of Information Commissioner to be held by the Commonwealth Ombudsman. 

  Bill