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• Parliamentary Privileges Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KERR, Duncan 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

  to permit the testing of a witness’ credibility in court or other proceedings when that witness has previously given evidence to a House or committee which is inconsistent with the evidence given to the court or tribunal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Act of Compassion) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob
  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide for: independent review of asylum seekers currently in detention, with the aim of releasing all long-term detainees who do not pose a risk to the community or who are not likely to abscond; and the release of all children and their parents currently being held in immigration detention. 

  Bill

• Migration Amendment (Mandatory Detention) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob
  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: abolish temporary protection visas; ensure that detention of children is a last resort; provide for judicial review of immigration detention; limit the period of time that asylum seekers are detained; and provide for the Federal Court to impose on detainees certain conditions of release. 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Preventing Smoking Related Deaths) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KERR, Duncan 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to deny public election funding to political parties or candidates accepting donations from the tobacco industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Quality Standards (Ethanol content) Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WINDSOR, Tony, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to provide for the inclusion of ethanol in fuel supplied for use in motor vehicles. 

  Bill

• Flags Amendment (Flying the Australian National Flag in a Heritage Place) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FERGUSON, Martin, (former Member) 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Flags Act 1953

  to enable a person to fly the Australian national flag on heritage-listed land which is owned or leased by the person. 

  Bill

• Spyware Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GREIG, Brian 

  Summary

  Regulates the unauthorised installation of computer software; and provides for disclosure to computer users of software features that may pose a threat to user privacy. 

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• Higher Education Support Amendment (Melbourne University Private) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to add Melbourne University Private to the list of Table B higher education providers (which will allow the university to access Commonwealth funding for research and FEE-HELP assistance). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Responds to recommendations of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry Report of 2002 by amending the:

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to provide a framework for future, regular independent reviews and reports of the adequacy of regional telecommunications services;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to clarify that any licence condition requiring Telstra to maintain a local presence in regional, rural or remote parts of Australia may empower the minister or the Australian Communications Authority to make decisions of an administrative character; and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to require at least two directors of Telstra to have knowledge of or experience of rural or remote as well as regional areas of Australia. Also makes amendments to the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  consequential on the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to exclude Commonwealth employers and employees from the application of the ACT industrial manslaughter laws and any other similar industrial manslaughter law enacted by a State or Territory in the future. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum