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- Date
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11 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Special Minister of State
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to provide that: rolls are closed seven days after the issue of the writ for an election; provisional voters are not required to provide evidence of identity; electors can update their enrolment details electronically; the Australian Electoral Commission may process enrolment transactions outside the division for which the person is enrolling; and pre-poll votes cast in an elector’s home division can be cast and counted as ordinary votes; and Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to restrict the number of candidates that can be endorsed by a political party in each division.
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- Date
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04 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
ABETZ, Sen Eric
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to create an offence of providing any service, support or resources to organisations engaged in whaling.
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- Date
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02 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to reduce fuel tax to 35.688 cents per litre from 1 July 2011.
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- Date
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22 Oct 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre.
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- Date
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19 Aug 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
and Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997
to: require all institutions currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students to re-register by 31 December 2010; introduce two new registration criteria; require providers to maintain and publish a list of persons/agents who represent them; provide the minister with a discretion to enable a suspended provider to accept monies in certain circumstances; enable national alignment of regulatory actions; and provide for regulations to be made in relation to: providers’ agents, and criteria to be applied when consideration is given to whether a course is a suitable alternative course.
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- Date
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22 Jun 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2], the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to: increase the excise duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages ('alcopops') from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content; and alter the taxation definition of 'beer'.
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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The bill: establishes the national Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme; enforces and imposes civil penalties on persons or body corporates for breaches of the scheme; provides for an annual report on the operation of the Act; and contains a regulation making power.
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- Date
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14 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Excise Tariff Act 1921
to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre.
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- Date
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12 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Validation Bill 2009, the bill validates all excise duties demanded or collected before 14 May 2009 to ensure the duties have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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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.
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