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• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendment) Bill 2005, the bill clarifies the Commonwealth’s power to conduct activities necessary for, or incidental to, the selection of specified Commonwealth land as a site for, and the establishment and operation of, a radioactive waste management facility and the transportation of radioactive waste to the facility. The bill also specifies three Commonwealth potential sites in the Northern Territory which are to be further investigated; and provides for the Northern Territory Government and land councils to nominate potential sites. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Commonwealth Games) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to provide duty free entry from 1 January to 30 June 2006 for goods that are of a non-commercial nature imported by non-Australian Commonwealth Games Family members for use in, or for purposes related to, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Extension of Import Cut-over Time) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to extend the transition phase of the imports component of the new Integrated Cargo System. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 [2006]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959

  to permit the mutual recognition of certain aviation-related safety certification between Australia and New Zealand. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Replaces the

  Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976

  in relation to the incorporation and regulation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations and establishing the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: insert an upper limit of 22 per cent alcohol content in respect of grape wine; ensure that certain wine-based cream beverages are subject to the Wine Equalisation Tax and the applicable rates of customs duty; and remove the 3 per cent customs duty that applies to ‘business inputs’ that are subject to a Tariff Concession Order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Responds to the South Australian Supreme Court decision in

  Hanel v O’Neill

  by amending the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to clarify the scope of the potential personal liability of the directors of corporate trustees. Also makes a retrospective amendment to clarify the operation of auditor independence provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable Commonwealth participating agencies to request assumed identity documents from State and Territory issuing agencies in accordance with legislation in force in those jurisdictions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Import Processing Charges) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005 to restructure the cost recovery regime for import related services, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to repeal two cargo reporting charges (the self-assessed clearance declaration charge and the screening charge) relating to low value consignments which will be amalgamated into the restructured electronic import declaration and warehouse declaration processing charges (to be imposed by the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to provide rights to directors to share, as copyright owners, in remuneration for the retransmission of films included in free-to-air broadcasts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum