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• Electoral Amendment (Banning Foreign Political Donations) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit the receipt of a gift which exceeds $1000 by a political party or candidate from a foreign person or a person who has not provided a statutory declaration stating that they are not a foreign person; provide that a gift received in these circumstances is a debt owing to the Commonwealth and may be recovered by the Commonwealth; and provide that a gift received in these circumstances is not unlawful if it is returned within 30 days after its receipt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment and Infrastructure Legislation Amendment (Stop Adani) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to impose additional obligations on the minister in making decisions on approvals and conditions; and

  Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016

  to: require the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to assess whether an entity is a suitable person for the purposes of providing financial assistance for Northern Australia economic infrastructure; and provide that, in undertaking an assessment, the facility consults with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Crime Commission. Also provides for a review of certain existing approvals under the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  in relation to the Adani group. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ethical Cosmetics Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  O'NEIL, Clare, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to introduce four new offences in relation to the testing of cosmetics on live animals in Australia, and the importation and manufacture in Australia of cosmetics tested on live animals overseas; and makes consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to prohibit the import of live primates for research purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  (EPBC Act) to provide that only aggrieved persons (as defined by section 5 of the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ) may make an application for judicial review of decisions made under the EPBC Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuel Indexation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to index the rate of excise applying to domestic fuels, including gaseous fuels, in line with Consumer Price Index movements; and the

  Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in relation to bilateral agreements by providing that: states and territories can be accredited for approval decisions on large coal mining and coal seam gas developments likely to have a significant impact on a water resource; all states and territories can be declared for the purposes of requesting advice from the Independent Expert Scientific Committee; an approval process can be completed when an approval bilateral agreement is suspended, cancelled or ceases to apply to a particular action; state and territory processes that meet the appropriate standards can be accredited for bilateral agreements; a relevant bilateral agreement continues to apply to an accredited state or territory management arrangement or authorisation process despite minor amendments to the arrangement or authorisation process; and proponents do not need to make referrals to the Commonwealth for actions that are covered by an approval bilateral agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Alpine Grazing) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to deem that the minister has: received from the Victorian Government a referral of its proposal to trial cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park; and decided that the trial of alpine grazing is unacceptable. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDWIG, Sen Joe 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: enable commercial fishing activities to be declared commercial fishing activities on an interim basis or for a period of no longer than 24 months; require written submissions of declaration affected persons to be considered before making final declarations; create penalties and offences for engaging in declared commercial fishing activities; provide for an expert panel to be established to conduct an assessment of the potential environmental impacts of declared commercial fishing activities; and require the expert panel to publish its assessments and table them in Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum