Search all bills
TOTAL RESULTS: 280
-
- Date
-
14 May 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Climate Change and Water
- Summary
-
Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, the bill: amends 11 Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 consequent on the introduction of the scheme; and makes transitional arrangements to transfer the functions of the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer and the Renewable Energy Regulator to the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority.
-
- Date
-
14 May 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Fuel Tax Act 2006
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
consequent on the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Act 2009
.
-
- Date
-
14 May 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) fuel credits, the bill establishes a CPRS fuel credits program to provide transitional assistance to eligible businesses and gaseous fuels suppliers to offset the impact of the scheme emissions unit charge.
-
- Date
-
14 May 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Climate Change and Water
- Summary
-
Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, the bill gives effect to Australia's obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol by outlining: entities and emissions covered by the scheme; liable entities' obligation to surrender emission units corresponding to their emissions; limits on the number of emissions units that will be used; the nature and allocation of Australian emissions units; mechanisms to contain costs; linking to other emissions trading schemes; assistance in relation to emissions-intensive trade-exposed activities and coal-fired electricity generators; voluntary inclusion of reforestation activities under the scheme; the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; and monitoring and enforcement. Also contains a regulation making power.
-
- Date
-
14 May 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Home Affairs
- Summary
-
Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to ensure reductions made to excise rates on fuels also apply to relevant imported products.
-
- Date
-
12 Mar 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Special Minister of State
- Summary
-
Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1,000; require certain persons making gifts above the threshold to furnish a return within eight weeks after polling day; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to the lesser amount of either the actual electoral expenditure or the amount awarded per vote where the four percent threshold is satisfied; include five additional categories of electoral expenditure in relation to the rental of premises, payment of additional staff, purchase and hire of office equipment, consumables and running costs for equipment and travel and accommodation; prevent sitting members of Parliament from claiming electoral expenditure if allowances, entitlements or benefits received are used to meet that expenditure; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences.
-
- Date
-
11 Feb 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Home Affairs
- Summary
-
Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to increase the customs duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages ('alcopops') from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content.
-
- Date
-
04 Feb 2009
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911
to authorise the Treasurer to increase the cap on the face value of Commonwealth Government Securities on issue by $125 billion in special circumstances.
-
- Date
-
10 Nov 2008
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
WINDSOR, Tony, MP
- Summary
-
Provides for: a mandatory national target and strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions which require public consultation and an annual report on the strategy; a scheme to be established to coordinate energy efficiency; government agencies to purchase accredited renewable energy; the preparation of Greenhouse Impact Statements and annual reporting; recycling companies to be credited for emissions under any carbon pollution reduction scheme. Also amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
.
-
- Date
-
25 Sep 2008
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
-
Repeals the
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005
and makes a consequential amendment to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
.
Browse bills
- Browse all bills by title
-
- Latest updates to bill homepages
-
-
- Bills lists
-
These publications provide a complete list of all bills before Parliament for the current calendar year and details of their progress through both houses of Parliament.
More on bills
Passage of legislation
One of the main roles of the Australian Parliament is to make laws for the people of Australia. Learn more about each step of the law-making process with our passage of legislation website.
Bills and committees
The House of Representatives Selection Committee and the Senate Selection of Bills Committee routinely consider whether bills should be referred to committees for inquiry and report. The House Committee reports its determinations to the chamber, while the Senate Committee makes recommendations which the Senate may then adopt. Bills may also be referred to committees by either chamber or by the relevant minister to House and joint committees.
Acts and Australian Law
Senate statistics