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• Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to Australia’s foreign investment framework, the bill establishes a Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land to be administered by the Commissioner of Taxation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: adjust the required GWh of renewable source electricity in each year from 2016 to 2030 with a GWh target of 33000 GWH in 2020; and replace the current partial exemption for electricity used in emissions-intensive trade-exposed activities with a full exemption;

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  to remove the requirement for the Climate Change Authority to undertake biennial reviews on the operation of the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and subordinate regulations; and Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001 to reinstate native forest wood waste as an eligible source of renewable energy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act 1961

  to: enable early repayment of the Commonwealth loan made to the Western Australian Government for the construction of a standard gauge railway, primarily from Kalgoorlie to Perth; and repeal the Act 28 days after the loan repayment is made. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework of standard regulatory powers exercised by Commonwealth agencies by providing for: monitoring and investigative powers; and enforcement provisions including civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends: the

  Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

  to: require research and development corporations (RDCs) to enter into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth before the end of the 2014-15 financial year; enable individual fisheries industry levies to be collected and matched subject to a relevant industry cap; amend the process for selecting board members for statutory RDCs; include marketing activities in the role of RDCs; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  ,

  Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to standardise ministerial delegation rules for industry-owned RDCs; the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to enable the minister to give written directions to the industry and research bodies in certain circumstances; the

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to: enable the research body to use certain funds for marketing activities; and provide that the timing of the wool levy poll is prescribed in regulations; seven Acts to enable the Commonwealth to match voluntary contributions made to RDCs by businesses for research and development; eight Acts to make technical amendments; and the

  Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

  and renamed

  Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013

  to make contingent amendments in relation to the proposed Australian Grape and Wine Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: require the Australian Electoral Commission to send a Yes/No referendum pamphlet to each residential address on the electoral roll rather than to each elector; and temporarily suspend the limit on Commonwealth spending on referendum proposals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: enable the President or Chair of a multi-member Royal Commission to authorise one or more members to hold a hearing; and permit the Chair of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to authorise members of the commission to hold private sessions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to: make a consequential amendment; and enable transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2012, the bill establishes the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal which will: inquire into sectors, issues and practices within the road transport industry and, where appropriate, determine mandatory minimum rates of pay and related conditions for employed and self-employed drivers; approve collective agreements between a hirer and all self-employed drivers; enable certain contractor drivers and their hirers to collectively bargain and enter into approved collective agreements; resolve disputes between drivers, their hirers or employers and participants in the road transport industry supply chain; and deal with disputes arising from the termination of a road transport contract. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to: determine a classification structure for departmental secretaries; enable the Remuneration Tribunal to determine the remuneration of the secretaries of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Treasury; enable these secretaries, in consultation with the President of the tribunal and the Public Service Commissioner, to determine the level of remuneration for all other departmental secretaries; and enable the tribunal to determine the remuneration and recreation leave entitlements of the Public Service Commissioner, Merit Protection Commissioner and heads of executive agencies;

  Public Service Act 1999

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  ,

  Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004

  ,

  Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to: restore the tribunal’s ability to determine parliamentary base salary; require the tribunal to publish reasons for decisions relating to parliamentary remuneration; and remove the Parliament’s ability to disallow parliamentary remuneration determinations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum