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  • Date
    21 Aug 2003 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    in relation to: health clearances for incoming overseas vessels; independent medical assessments; vector monitoring and control activities; creation of vector control offence and penalty provisions; insertion and repeal of certain definitions; removal of certain outdated references; clarification that a person can be quarantined on the basis of a quarantine officer’s reasonable suspicion of infection or exposure; and provision that persons released under quarantine surveillance cannot be apprehended. Also contains savings and application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Mar 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    in relation to: Australia’s national emergency powers in the event of a major national animal disease; compensation for property destroyed and a new offence for commercial smuggling, with increased pecuniary penalties applicable to individuals and corporations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Dec 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 Aug 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick
    BROWN, Sen Bob 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to: require that Qantas’ principal operation centre is located in Australia; require that the majority of heavy maintenance of aircraft, flight operations and Qantas training is conducted in Australia; provide that the Qantas Board of Directors consist of at least one director with professional flight operations experience and one director with aircraft engineering experience; and provide that the minister or certain shareholder members may restrain Qantas from engaging in certain particular conduct. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 Aug 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    to: provide that Biosecurity Policy Determinations are disallowable legislative instruments; provide that a permit to import, introduce, or bring in an animal, plant, substance or thing is a disallowable legislative instrument; and provide that, when these instruments are presented to Parliament, the minister is required to table a risk analysis in both Houses and refer the instruments to parliamentary committees responsible for agricultural matters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    22 Jun 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the Quarantine Proclamation 1998 made under the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    to require the Director of Quarantine to consider certain matters when deciding to grant a permit for importing of fruit and vegetables into Australia. 

    Bill

  • Date
    27 Feb 2007 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    FIELDING, Sen Steve 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to ensure that restrictions about foreign ownership and other matters that apply to Qantas also apply to Jetstar and other Qantas subsidiaries. 

    Bill

  • Date
    20 Sep 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
     

    Bill

  • Date
    28 Oct 1997 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
     

    Bill