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• Rural Adjustment Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Rural Adjustment Act 1992

  to allow for the re-appointment of National Rural Advisory Council members for two subsequent terms after their initial term. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment, Heritage and the Arts 

  Summary

  Establishes a resale royalty right for visual artists and an accompanying statutory scheme. The resale royalty right will entitle visual artists to a royalty payment on the sale price of any commercial resale of their original works of art valued over $1,000, be inalienable and endure for the life of the artist plus 70 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008, the bill repeals the

  Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993

  and repeals provisions of the

  Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997

  to allow the Australian Capital Territory Government to introduce the new heavy vehicle registration charges. Also amends the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to: increase the road user charge rate to 21 cents per litre from 1 January 2009; and establish a mechanism to allow for regulations to be made to adjust the charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Radio Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Radio Licence Fees Act 1964

  to ensure that all revenue earned from analogue and digital radio broadcasting services by a broadcaster is used to calculate the broadcaster’s radio broadcasting licence fee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Research Involving Human Embryos Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Research Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972

  and

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

  to: allow greater commercialisation of technology developed by the Australian Institution of Marine Science and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; and minimise administrative demands on these agencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983

  to correct an anomaly in the Act by clarifying the power to impose a tax on the issue of a transmitter licence where there has been no application for that licence. Also validates the imposition of the tax on licences that have been affected by the anomaly. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993

  to provide for automatic annual adjustments to the level of heavy vehicle registration charges in the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regional Forest Agreements Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Forestry and Conservation 

  Summary

  The bill: gives effect to certain Commonwealth obligations under Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs); provides legislative support to the National Forest Policy Statement and Forest and Wood Products Action Agenda; and provides for the continuation of the Forest and Wood Products Council. Also amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to ensure that it contains identical provisions to the proposed

  Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002

  in relation to its application to RFA forestry operations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum