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• Freedom of Information Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Office) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: provide an exemption for information held by departments and agencies that relates to a confidential request to the Parliamentary Budget Office; provide that the Administrative Review Tribunal may review a decision refusing to grant access to a document claimed to be exempt; and provide that an agency is not required to give information as to the existence or non-existence of a document; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

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  Date

  20 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to: rename the Federal Magistrates Court as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia; change the titles of Chief Federal Magistrate to Chief Judge and Federal Magistrate to Judge; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; and

  Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979

  ,

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  ,

  Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973

  and

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  14 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: confers rights and liabilities on all persons who had sought or were granted orders by the Family Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia in the de facto financial causes jurisdiction and the relevant appellate jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia between the date the jurisdiction was conferred and when certain proclamations were made; and amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide that regulations may be made to provide a date from which the jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia must not be exercised in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011

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  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  to protect children and families at risk of violence or abuse by: prioritising the safety of children in parenting matters; including harmful behaviour in the definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘family violence’; requiring family consultants, family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and legal practitioners to prioritise the safety of children; placing additional reporting requirements on certain parties to provide evidence to courts; and state and territory child protection authorities participating in family law proceedings where appropriate; and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: validates certain parenting orders affected by the High Court decision in

  MRR v GR

  [2010] HCA 4; and amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to allow a family court to consider certain statutory criteria when considering a parenting order application. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009

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  Date

  19 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  to enable a foreign State and its emergency management personnel to be immune in tort proceedings for acts or omissions that occur in the course of the foreign State providing emergency management assistance to Australia. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2009

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  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill amends the

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to enable the Federal Court to apply uniform indictable criminal procedure across Australia to deal with serious cartel offences. Also makes consequential and other amendments to five other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009

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  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to: allow the Federal Court to refer all or part of a proceeding to a referee for report; and allow a single Federal Court judge to make interlocutory orders in proceedings that would otherwise be heard and determined by a Full Court;

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to give the Federal Court concurrent jurisdiction with State and Territory Supreme Courts to enforce foreign arbitral awards;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Native Title Act 1993

  to remove restrictions on Chief Justices and Presidents acquiring an interest in land for the purposes of the

  Lands Acquisition Act 1989

  ;

  Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

  to allow authorised, non-judicial officers of the Federal Court power to make orders specifying that certain premises are ‘court premises’; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to respond to the Full Family Court of Australia decision in

  Black v Black

  relating to the satisfaction of technical requirements for binding financial and termination agreements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2010

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  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to: streamline the process for adducing foreign material that appears to consist of a business record; and make amendments in relation to: testimony obtained from foreign countries; non-conviction based proceeds of crime matters; court discretion when using foreign evidence; and the Attorney-General’s certification of foreign material. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008

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  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: opposite-sex and same-sex de facto couples accessing the federal family law courts on property and maintenance matters on relationship breakdown; financial agreements between married couples; separation declarations and superannuation splitting; and certificates provided during family dispute resolutions. Also makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts in relation to de facto financial matters; and makes a technical amendment to the

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum