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• Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  in relation to: duty of utmost good faith; ‘bundled’ workers’ compensation contracts; ‘bundled contracts’; enabling the use of electronic communication for statutory notices and documents; extending the Australian Securities and Investments Commission powers under the Act; disclosure and misrepresentations; remedies for bundled contracts of life insurance; the rights and obligations of third parties; and the division of proceeds from a recovery action. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  to: modify the operation of the Crown use provisions; implement the Protocol amending the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property to enable Australian pharmaceutical manufacturers to supply developing countries with generic versions of patented medicines; and make technical amendments;

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  to enable the owners of plant breeder’s rights in a plant variety with the option to take action in the Federal Circuit Court against alleged infringers;

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide for a single trans-Tasman patent attorney regime and single patent application and examination processes for Australia and New Zealand; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to remove document retention requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence and Security Legislation Amendment (Implementing Independent Intelligence Review) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to expand the oversight role of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to the Australian Federal Police, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Office of National Intelligence (ONI);

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to enable the PJCIS to request briefings and reports from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Office of National Intelligence Act 2018

  to require regular briefings to be given to the PJCIS by the IGIS and ONI. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: extend the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's (IGIS) jurisdiction to the intelligence functions of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); streamline the IGIS's reporting procedures; make technical amendments to clarify the operation of the Act, modernise drafting expressions and remove redundant provisions; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020

  ; the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to extend the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's jurisdiction to the intelligence functions of AUSTRAC; 17 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020

  ; and nine Acts to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Services Amendment (Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight of Intelligence Agencies) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to expand the functions of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to include reviewing the activities of Australia’s national security and intelligence agencies, subject to certain exclusions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ban on Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to ban the broadcast, datacast and publication of licensed interactive wagering services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Banning Social Casinos and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: restrict the provision of prohibited interactive gambling and social casino services to Australian customers; create a criminal offence and civil liability for any persons who provides these services; and enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to apply to the Federal Court of Australia for injunctions against carriage service providers to block domain names, URLs and IP addresses of online locations which provide prohibited interactive gambling and social casino services to Australian customers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit Card Ban and Acknowledgement of Losses) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: prohibit the use of credit cards for online gambling using regulated interactive gambling services; and require customers of licensed interactive wagering services to provide an acknowledgement of losses before being allowed to participate in licensed wagering services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Prohibition on Credit Card Use) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: prevent interactive gambling service providers from accepting payments by credit card (either directly or indirectly); create a criminal offence and civil penalty provision for a person who accepts, facilitates or promotes credit card payments for interactive gambling services; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Sports Betting Reform) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: require gambling services to provide prescribed training to certain employees; enable the Federal Circuit Court of Australia to grant injunctions for the purposes of transaction blocking; place restrictions on the conduct of restricted wagering services in relation to sports betting and provide for offences and civil penalties if they are contravened; place restrictions on the broadcasting of restricted wagering service advertisements and provide for offences and civil penalties if they are contravened; provide for the compliance and enforcement of the new offences and civil penalty provisions; require the Interactive Gambling Regulator to keep a register of individuals who wish to self-exclude from restricted wagering services and provide for the administration of, and the protection of information in, the register; and provide for the appointment of the Interactive Gambling Regulator and the functions of the position; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to provide that Australian Privacy Principle 7 (direct marketing) does not apply to the extent that restricted wagering services provisions of the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  apply. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum