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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Tobacco Industry Donations) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to create offences to prohibit political parties or candidates from receiving donations from manufacturers or wholesalers of tobacco products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Service Amendment (Payments in Special Circumstances) Bill 2011 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Service Act 1999

  to enable agencies to make a discretionary payment in special circumstances (for example, for compensation) in excess of $100 000. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  in relation to: the application of the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to decision-making; heritage protection; the application of the non-extinguishment principle to the compulsory acquisition of land; the right to negotiate to apply to offshore areas; good faith negotiations; profit sharing and royalties in arbitration; enabling extinguishment to be disregarded; reversal of the burden of proof; the definition of ‘traditional’; and commercial rights and interests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends Part XVB of the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide that the importer of goods which are subject to anti-dumping applications bears the onus of proof to prove that the goods have not been dumped or subsidised for export into Australia; provide a presumption that where dumping and material injury have been proven, the material injury is the result of the dumping; enable new or updated information to be provided at various stages; allow supporting evidence for an application for dumping to be provided 90 days prior; enable preliminary affirmative decisions to be initiated once an investigation is started; allow consultation with industry experts as part of the investigation and review processes; and enable decisions to be referred to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for appeal. Also provides for an independent review of the first two years of the operation of the amended Part. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLBECK, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to provide that bioregional plans are disallowable instruments which are subject to the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Abolition of Age Limit on Payment of the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to abolish the current age limit of 70 years for the payment of the superannuation guarantee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SCULLION, Sen Nigel 

  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 written agreement of the land owner. 

  Bill

• Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Senator Nick
  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to: implement a national interest test to be applied against proposed foreign acquisitions of agricultural land; require any interest in agricultural land greater than five hectares to be notified to the Treasurer; require online publication of information about foreign acquisitions of interest in agricultural land; and impose penalties for not notifying the Treasurer of a proposed acquisition. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COONAN, Sen Helen
  HEFFERNAN, Sen Bill
  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
  XENOPHON, Senator Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to provide that a notice to amend the anti-siphoning list does not come into effect until the expiration of six sitting days of each House of Parliament after the notice is tabled in that House; and Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice (No. 1) 2004 to remove the expiry date from the current anti-siphoning list. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum