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• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 [1998]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 1996 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013

  ,

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to enable the Commonwealth to recover the cost of membership fees to international commodity organisations and regional fisheries management organisations from the matching amounts paid to rural research and development corporations (RDCs);

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the tabling requirements for certain documents; and

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for RDC chairs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996

  to: facilitate the funding of emergency responses under emergency biosecurity response deeds other than the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement, including the proposed Emergency Response Deed for Aquatic Animal Diseases; provide for the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing certain matters; and remove redundant provisions that relate to honey, as honey-related levies are no longer paid to Animal Health Australia;

  Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002

  to: broaden the scope of permissible uses for Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levies to include the promotion or maintenance of the health of an EPPR plant; provide for the secretary to determine by notifiable instrument a body in relation to a specified EPPR plant product; and remove redundant provisions that provide for the redirection of excess levies to research and development purposes; and

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  and

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Amendment (Indigenous Authority Member) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Act 2007

  to provide for a standing Indigenous member position on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  in relation to: approval and registration for prescribed active constituents, chemical products or labels; information to be taken into account by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) in determining applications; limits on use of information; computerised decision-making by the APVMA; notification and publication of voluntary recalls; obligations on holders and applicants to inform the APVMA of new information where it relates to the safety criteria; the definition of ‘registered chemical product’; suspension or cancellation of approval or registration for provision of false or misleading information; supply of registered chemical products with unapproved label; variation of approval of registration during suspension; safety, efficacy, trade and labelling criteria; notice requirements for notices provided to Food Standards Australia New Zealand by the APVMA; and amendment of an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: enable the APVMA to prescribe an accreditation scheme for third party assessment providers; and make minor and machinery changes including the removal of unnecessary and redundant provisions;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to remove the requirement for the APVMA to prepare an annual operational plan; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013

  to align the timing of reviews of agvet legislation. Also repeals the

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Legislation Amendment (Live-stock) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  and

  Export Control Act 1982

  to increase criminal penalties and introduce new criminal offences and civil penalties for individuals and companies in relation to live-stock export standards and requirements and conduct that poses a risk to trade. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Control Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Streamlines and consolidates existing legislation to create a framework for regulating the export of goods, including agricultural products and food, from Australian territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Operational Efficiency) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to simplify reporting requirements for annual returns;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: enable the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to manage errors in an application at the preliminary assessment stage, grant part of a variation application, and vary a label approval where that approval is suspended; enable the APVMA and Food Standards Australia New Zealand to agree on appropriate timeframes for notifications about variations to the Maximum Residue Limits Standard; and clarify that the ‘expiry date’ is the date after which a chemical product must not be used; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: establish civil pecuniary penalties for providing false or misleading information; and make minor and technical amendments, including the removal of redundant provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum