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• Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to: amend the definition of “account” and “customer information”; and restrict the application of proposed Division 3A of Part II (which provides for customer information to be included in international funds transfer instructions) to authorised deposit taking institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Quality Standards (Renewable Content of Motor Vehicle Fuel) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to provide for the inclusion of ethanol and other renewable fuel in fuel supplied for use in motor vehicles. 

  Bill

• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the maximum amount of land that is exempt from the age pension assets test to encompass all land on the same title as the principal home;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to establish a further ground for eligibility for crisis payment; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to allow for the exchange of information between agencies for compliance purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Trans-Tasman Banking Supervision) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Banking Act 1959

  and

  Financial Sector (Transfers of Business) Act 1999

  to facilitate regulatory cooperation in relation to banking services in Australia and New Zealand. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Amendment (Abolition of Conclusive Certificates) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROXON, Nicola, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: remove the capacity for Ministers to issue conclusive certificates to exempt a document from disclosure; and amend the objects of the Act to clarify the right of the community to access government information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law (Divorce Fees Validation) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to validate retrospectively the filing fee charged for divorce applications in the Family Court of Western Australia between 1 July 2005 and 9 October 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  and makes consequential amendments to the

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide agriculturally dependent small business operators with the same access as farmers to Exceptional Circumstances assistance, a Health Care Card and concessions for the Youth Allowance and Austudy means tests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Safety (Trans Fats) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Prohibits the manufacturing, distribution, offering for sale, selling or otherwise trading in food containing synthetic trans fatty acids. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: improve the food regulatory processes for Australia and New Zealand; and improve the framework within which the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Authority operates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends family assistance law in relation to: the operation of the Child Support Scheme; overseas maintenance arrangements; the maintenance income test; portability of family tax benefit; the baby bonus; remote area allowance; extension of the assets test exemption period; income streams; dependant and housekeeper rebates; Medicare levy; and makes minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum