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23 Mar 2011
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
to: provide a consistent meaning of foreign intelligence and consistent approach to foreign intelligence with the Intelligence Services Act 2001
and the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
; clarify that a computer access warrant authorises access to data held in the target computer at any time while the warrant is in force; and exclude the communication of information relating to employment within the Australian intelligence community from the operation of security assessment provisions; Criminal Code Act 1995
to clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to: provide a specific function for the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to assist the defence force; provide a new ground for granting a ministerial authorisation for producing intelligence on a person; clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and move existing exemptions from the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004 into the Act.
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25 Nov 2009
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
International Arbitration Act 1974
to: apply most of the amendments made by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in 2006 to the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration to international commercial arbitration in Australia; confine the circumstances in which courts can set aside an award made under the Model Law or refuse to enforce foreign awards under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the Model Law; include additional optional provisions to be made available to the parties to an arbitration agreement; include a regulation making power; and make general amendments in relation to the operation of the Act.
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14 Jun 2007
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Charter of the United Nations Act 1945
and Customs Act 1901
to: strengthen the enforcement of United Nations Security Council sanctions and introduce an offence regime; and the Criminal Code Act 1995
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
in relation to bribery of foreign officials.
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19 Feb 2004
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
to facilitate the transfer of Australian citizens, convicted by a United States (US) military commission, to Australia for the purpose of serving any penal sentence in accordance with Australian and US law. Also contains an application provision.
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25 Jun 2002
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Introduced with the International Criminal Court Bill 2002, the bill amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to enact the crimes punishable by the International Criminal Court as crimes in Australian law (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes). Also makes consequential amendments to 6 other Acts.
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25 Jun 2002
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002, the bill enables Australia to comply with its international obligations on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
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25 Jun 2009
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Senate
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Act
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Cabinet Secretary
- Summary
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Appoints an Independent National Security Legislation Monitor to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of counter-terrorism and national security legislation and provides for: the functions and powers of the position; annual reporting requirements; and protection from legal action. Also contains a regulation making power.
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05 Apr 2001
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
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Regulates interactive gambling services by creating an offence of providing interactive gambling services to Australian customers; and establishes a complaints scheme to enable Australians to make complaints about interactive gambling services on the Internet which are available to Australians.
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30 Aug 2001
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio
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17 Aug 2000
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Senate
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Act
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio
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