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• National Integrity Commission Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Establishes a National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency which will consist of the National Integrity Commissioner, the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner and the Independent Parliamentary Advisor and provide for: the investigation and prevention of misconduct and corruption in all Commonwealth departments and agencies, and federal parliamentarians and their staff; the investigation and prevention of corruption in the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission; and independent advice to ministers and parliamentarians on conduct, ethics and matters of proprietary. Also provides for the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Integrity Commission; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Privacy Act 1988

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill provides for a transitional exemption from the carbon charge component of the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases imported between 1 April and 30 June 2014 if certain conditions are met. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

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

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995

  to remove the applicable charge rate from the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment imported after 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

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

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

  to remove the applicable charge rate from the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment manufactured after 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946

  to prohibit the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings from preventing the re broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings for the purposes of satire or ridicule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920

  to amend the short title to the

  Protection of Word ‘Anzac’ Act 1920

  ; and remove redundant provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Go for Fair Use) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to: provide that digital locks or technical protection measures that restrict accessibility for the visually impaired and disabled are removed; provide legal protection to universities, libraries, schools, cultural institutions, content service providers and internet service providers from being sued when other persons have accessed certain online content; remove geocodes from the use of overseas content; and provide for a fair use exception. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Trade (Australian Standards) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MADIGAN, Sen John 

  Summary

  Requires trade agreements to include a binding requirement that goods sold comply with all applicable product standards that apply in the purchaser’s country or that the selling company or entity selling the products ensures that the goods are improved to Australian product standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum