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  • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Prevention of Exploitation of Indigenous Cultural Expressions) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    12 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to make it an offence to supply or offer commercial goods to a consumer that include Indigenous cultural expression unless supplied by, or in accordance with a transparent arrangement with, an Indigenous artist or relevant Indigenous community. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    05 Dec 2018 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
    to: make a number of changes in relation to corporations recognised under the Act (CATSI corporations) regarding: classification of CATSI corporations; the making of constitutions; review of financial reports; subsidiaries and other entities; meeting and reporting obligations; members and membership; key management personnel; related party transactions; special administration; voluntary deregistration; investigation and enforcement; publication of notices; independent directors; qualified privilege for auditors; resolutions; unanimous requests for special administration; insolvency; and conflicting duties under state or territory legislation; and make minor technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Coal-Fired Power Funding Prohibition Bill 2018

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    Date
    03 Dec 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BANDT, Adam, MP 
    Summary
    Prohibits the Commonwealth government or its agencies from funding the refurbishment, building or purchase of, or providing indirect assistance to, a coal-fired power station. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018

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    Date
    18 Oct 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications and the Arts 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Copyright Act 1968
    to amend the scope of the online copyright infringement scheme by: amending the threshold for capturing overseas online locations to those with the primary purpose or effect of infringing copyright; including a rebuttable presumption that the online location is outside Australia, to reduce the evidentiary burden on copyright owners; enabling copyright owners to seek injunctions requiring online search engine providers to take such steps as the Federal Court considers reasonable so as not to provide search results that refer users to online locations blocked under the scheme; clarifying that the Federal Court may make blocking orders which follow copyright infringing activity where operators of an overseas online location attempt to avoid the application of an injunction by creating new pathways to online locations; and enabling the minister to declare that particular online search engine providers be exempt from the scheme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Bill 2018

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    Date
    20 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    to: strengthen enforcement and recovery options to deter and penalise company directors and other persons who engage in, or facilitate, transactions that are aimed at preventing, avoiding or significantly reducing employer liability for employee entitlements in insolvency; enable the recovery of unpaid employee entitlements of an insolvent company from certain entities in limited circumstances; and enable the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to disqualify company directors and other officers (either directly or on application to the Court), where they have a track record of corporate contraventions and inappropriately using the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme to pay outstanding employee entitlements; and
    Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
    to make a consequential amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Criminal Code Amendment (Food Contamination) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: increase the maximum penalties available for the offences of contaminating goods, threatening to contaminate goods and making false statements about the contamination of good from 10 to 15 years’ imprisonment; introduce new offences with a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment that apply where a person contaminates goods, threatens to contaminate goods or makes false statements about the contamination of goods and is reckless as to whether their actions cause public alarm or anxiety, economic loss or harm to public health; and expand the meaning of public infrastructure to include foods and services and utilities related to food for the purpose of sabotage offences. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Collecting Tobacco Duties at the Border) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    19 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to require tobacco importers to pay import duty on tobacco products upon importation into Australia from 1 July 2019, thereby removing the option to enter imported tobacco products into a licensed warehouse without the payment of import duties. Also includes transitional arrangements for the treatment of tobacco products that are still in warehouses on 1 July 2019. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2018

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    Date
    19 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2018 to implement Australia's obligations under the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: provide preferential rates of duty for certain Peruvian originating goods; and impose certain obligations on exporters and producers of eligible goods to Peru for which a preferential rate of customs duty is claimed. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    19 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: streamline the way in which product specific rules of origin of the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement and the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement are given effect domestically; and align the Act with certain free trade agreement provisions which have not yet been given force in domestic legislation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    19 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2018 to implement Australia's obligations under the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: provide preferential rates of customs duty for all goods, excluding excise-equivalent goods, that are Peruvian originating goods; provide for excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco, fuel and petroleum products; and maintain customs duty rates for certain Peruvian originating goods. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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