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• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABBOTT, Tony, MP 

  Bill

• Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, the bill: repeals the

  Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991

  ; makes arrangements for transition to the new occupational health and safety laws; and amends the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Work Health and Safety Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill implements the Model Work Health and Safety Bill (the model bill) within the Commonwealth jurisdiction to form part of a system of nationally harmonised occupational health and safety laws which will apply to businesses and undertakings conducted by the Commonwealth, public authorities, and transitionally, non-Commonwealth licensees. State and territory governments, together with the Commonwealth, signed the Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety which commits the jurisdictions to implement the model laws by December 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABBOTT, Tony, MP 

  Summary

  Provides that the development or use of Aboriginal land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the

  Wild Rivers Act 2005

  (Qld) without the agreement of the land owner. 

  Bill

• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

  to provide that a Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) standard may require a product to comply with certain requirements relating to plumbing before the product can be registered as a WELS product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

  to provide that a Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) standard may require a product to comply with certain requirements relating to plumbing before the product can be registered as a WELS product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick
  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Enables the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to manage the water resources of the Basin as a single system during periods of extreme crisis. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SCULLION, Sen Nigel 

  Summary

  Provides that the development or use of native title land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the

  Wild Rivers Act 2005

  (Qld) without the agreement of the Indigenous traditional owners of that land. 

  Bill

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ABBOTT, Tony, MP 

  Summary

  Provides that the development or use of native title land in a wild river area cannot be regulated under the

  Wild Rivers Act 2005

  (Qld) without the agreement of the Indigenous traditional owners of that land. 

  Bill

• Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BIRMINGHAM, Sen Simon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Act 2007

  to: prohibit the unauthorised extraction of water from the Murray-Darling Basin; prevent the construction of water infrastructure or river flow control work; ensure that Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales comply with their obligations to allocate audited, saved water to the Living Murray Initiative and Water for Rivers; and ensure water is not used for any other purpose other than the Living Murray Initiative and Water for Rivers. 

  Bill