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• Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: requires civil litigants to file a genuine steps statement before legal proceedings are instituted in the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court; sets out the powers of court in relation to the genuine steps requirements and awarding costs; and provides that certain categories of legal proceedings are excluded proceedings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Service and Execution of Process Amendment (Interstate Fine Enforcement) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

  to enable states and territories to enforce interstate fines according to the laws of their own jurisdiction; and

  Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

  and

  Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010, the bill amends the:

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to: include the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as an ex officio member of the Administrative Review Council (ARC); and increase the quorum of the ARC from four to five members; and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to require explanatory statements for disallowable legislative instruments to contain a statement of compatibility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010, the bill: establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; provides for the powers, proceedings and functions of the committee; introduces a requirement for statements of compatibility to be prepared for all bills and disallowable legislative instruments; and contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010, the bill amends: the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to treason and sedition (urging violence) offences; the

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: clarify when an organisation advocates the doing of a terrorist act; extend to three years the period of a regulation that lists a terrorist organisation; and update the terrorist organisation listing; the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to update definitions; the

  Crimes Act 1914

  in relation to: investigation of Commonwealth offences; powers to search premises in relation to terrorism offences; re-entry of premises in emergency situations; and bail for terrorism and national security offences; the

  Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

  in relation to: the standard for listing a person, entity, assets or class of assets; and listing reviews; the

  National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004

  in relation to the protection and disclosure of national security information in criminal and civil proceedings; the

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to enable the Prime Minister to request the Inspector-General to inquire into an intelligence or security matter relating to any Commonwealth department or agency; and five Acts to make amendments consequent on the establishment of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, the bill: establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement (by renaming and extending the functions of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission); provides for the powers, proceedings and functions of the committee; and gives the committee responsibility for oversighting the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: provide that representative Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander bodies and certain native title claimants may comment or request to be consulted about proposed housing and other services for indigenous communities which may effect native title; apply the principle of non-extinguishment to the proposals; provide for compensation for any acquisition of property; and provide for a 10 year sunset period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to amend the professional confidential relationship privilege provisions available to protect confidential communications between journalists and their sources in certain circumstances by: providing that courts observe public interest considerations; requiring courts to consider any likely harm to a journalist if certain evidence were given; repealing provisions for automatic loss of privilege in cases of misconduct; and removing the requirement for courts to give the greatest weight to any risk of prejudice to national security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Advertising and Other Matters) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  by establishing industry based self-assessment schemes in relation to: advertising unclassified films and computer games; and television series compilations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to permit the provision of teaching scholarships to persons of one sex, in order to address the imbalance in the number of male and female teachers in schools. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum