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• 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

• Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: vary the way the Commonwealth makes GST payments to states participating in the National Health and Hospitals Network (NHHN) Agreement; replace the National Healthcare Specific Purpose Payment with a special payment for participating states; provide for additional top-up payments from the 2014-15 financial year to be paid to participating states; create a NHHN Fund; specify conditions for payments made through the Fund; and impose additional conditions on the minister when making determinations which relate to the Agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Requires: NBN Co to prepare a business case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and publish it by 19 November 2010; and the Productivity Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the NBN proposal and publish it by 31 May 2011. 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1000; require certain persons making gifts at or above the threshold to furnish returns within specified time periods; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and certain anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to the lesser amount of either the actual electoral expenditure or the amount awarded per vote where the four per cent threshold is satisfied; include five additional categories of electoral expenditure in relation to the rental of premises, payment of additional staff, purchase and hire of office equipment, consumables and running costs for equipment and travel and accommodation; prevent sitting members of Parliament from claiming electoral expenditure if allowances, entitlements or benefits received are used to meet that expenditure; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PYNE, Christopher, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes the Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program and provides for: the functions and powers of the commission; offences relating to the giving of evidence before the commission; matters relating to the operation of the commission; and the commission to present its findings and any recommendations by 1 November 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Claims for Travel Expenses) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the time period for lodging a claim for non-treatment related travel expenses to 12 months and enable further extensions of time in exceptional circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Access to Justice (Family Court Restructure and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to restructure the Family Court of Australia by creating the Appellate and Superior Division and the General Division; the

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to: remove family law from the jurisdiction of the court; and transfer a number of procedural processes from the court to the General Division of the Family Court; 16 Acts consequent on the restructure of the Family Court; and the

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to enable regulations to be made to impose fees on certain agencies to be imposed at any stage in proceedings. Also makes transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Airports Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Airports Act 1996

  to: require additional criteria to be included in airport master plans; require any proposed significant development to follow certain processes; prohibit certain developments which are incompatible with the operation of an airport site as an airport; include airport environment strategies in airport master plans; and make technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to permit the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to apply for a search warrant without issuing a notice to produce the material sought;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require persons to state the purpose for which they require a copy of a register of members of a company or registered scheme; provide that a register maintained on a computer should be inspected on a computer; enable the regulations to prescribe the formats in which a copy of a register should be provided; provide that an unsolicited offer made to purchase financial products off-market must remain open for at least one month from the date of offer; and increase the maximum penalties for insider trading and market manipulation offences; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to enable an interception agency to apply for telecommunications interception warrants when investigating insider trading and market manipulation offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Court of Australia Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes the Military Court of Australia and provides for the court’s: management; jurisdiction; administration within the infrastructure of the Federal Court of Australia; and general practices and procedures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum