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TOTAL RESULTS: 69
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15 Dec 2022
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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- Date
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27 Oct 2022
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House of Representatives
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: provide for applications for renewals of an existing community broadcasting licence to be considered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as a current service and not a proposed new service; enable the ACMA to grant community broadcasting licences and temporary community broadcasting licences with effect from a specified future date; amend the criteria for new temporary community broadcasting licences; enable the ACMA to limit the number of temporary community broadcasting licences that can share a particular frequency; provide for deadlines for late applications for the renewal of a community licence; and provide for expedited timelines for the ACMA to commence a process to allocate new community broadcasting licences.
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28 Sep 2022
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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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 that is a relevant plant industry member; 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.
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28 Sep 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the
Biosecurity Act 2015
to: enable the minister to determine certain biosecurity measures and requirements for individuals or classes of individuals who are entering Australian territory for the purposes of preventing a disease or pest that is considered to pose an unacceptable biosecurity threat, and establish civil penalty provisions for noncompliance; expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; provide for the use and disclosure of certain information, including protected information; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods and conveyances; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities and provide for additional annual reporting; and amend provisions relating to approved arrangements, administration, auditing and consideration of compensation claims.
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28 Sep 2022
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Senate
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
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Implements Australia's obligations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships by amending the:
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
to: introduce controls for discharges of residues of noxious liquid substances known as 'persistent floaters' in northern European waters; and ban the use of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters; Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006
to extend controls on ship harmful anti-fouling systems to include the chemical biocide, cybutryne; and Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
and Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006
to make minor technical and consequential amendments.
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28 Sep 2022
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995
to: remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations; remove the levy on the import of equipment that operates using ozone depleting substances; enable the minister to delegate the power to exempt a person from paying the levy; and make other minor amendments, including to update the drafting style.
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28 Sep 2022
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995
to: remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations; enable the minister to delegate the power to exempt a person from paying the levy; and make other minor amendments, including to update the drafting style.
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28 Sep 2022
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
in relation to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program by: imposing controls that are currently imposed through licence conditions, such as the ban on import of bulk gas in non-refillable containers; clarifying licence and exemptions requirements; increasing the time allowed for submitting reports and payment levies; adopting the standard provisions of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
, including certain minor modifications; updating the offence and civil penalty provisions; introducing information gathering powers including the ability to issue a notice to produce; providing the option of licence suspension as an alternative to immediate cancellation of financial penalties; providing for an internal review mechanism for reviewable decisions; and allowing the use or disclosure of certain information.
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03 Aug 2022
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Senate
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Assent
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Health and Aged Care
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Amends the:
Health Insurance Act 1973
to: broaden the remit of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to make agreements with any person under review who acknowledges inappropriate practice (including bodies corporate); and introduce new sanctions for persons who fail to respond to a notice to produce documents to the Director of the PSR or to a PSR Committee, or fail to appear at hearings; Health Insurance Act 1973
, National Health Act 1953
and Dental Benefits Act 2008
to provide for: the recovery of interest payable on certain debts; the application of administrative penalties to Shared Debt Recovery Scheme debts; the use of financial information gathering powers in debt recovery; Administrative Appeal Tribunal reviews where one or more garnishee notices are issued in relation to certain debts; and clarification of the Commonwealth's ability to recover debts from a person or the estate of a person.
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01 Aug 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Sponsor
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GOSLING, Luke, MP
PAYNE, Alicia, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
and Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
to remove the prohibition on legalising euthanasia.
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