A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
TOTAL RESULTS: 141
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11 Feb 2016
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture and Water Resources
- Summary
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Amends the
Dairy Produce Act 1986
to remove the requirement for the dairy industry to hold a dairy levy poll every five years; and enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to require the industry services body to establish a levy poll advisory committee to consider the levy rate every five years, require the industry services body to hold a levy poll if a variation to the rate is recommended by the advisory committee, and include a mechanism for dairy farmer members of Dairy Australia Limited to request a poll if they disagree with the advisory committee’s decision not to convene a levy poll.
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- Date
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24 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Dairy Produce Act 1986
to finalise the Dairy Industry Adjustment Program by terminating the dairy adjustment levy, winding-up the Dairy Structural Adjustment Fund and terminating the Dairy Adjustment Authority. Also makes consequential amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973
and Social Security Act 1991
to remove references to the Dairy Industry Adjustment Program; repeals the Dairy Adjustment Levy (Customs) Act 2000
, Dairy Adjustment Levy (Excise) Act 2000
and Dairy Adjustment Levy (General) Act 2000
which set the dairy adjustment levy rate; and includes a regulation-making power to make transitional arrangements.
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- Date
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03 Dec 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Further to the
Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003
, the bill amends the Dairy Produce Act 1986
to provide for the industry services body, Dairy Australia, to: be fully indemnified (out of the assets of the Dairy Structural Adjustment Fund) for any liabilities incurred by it in managing and administering the Fund; and have the power to enter into financial and other arrangements and perform contracts associated with risk management in the administration of the Fund. Also contains application provisions.
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- Date
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12 Feb 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Dairy) Bill 2003, the bill provides for: the privatisation of the Australian Dairy Corporation (ADC) and its subsequent conversion into a company under the
Corporations Act 2001
, to be known as Dairy Australia Limited; and the transfer of assets, liabilities and staff of the Dairy Research and Development Corporation to the new company. Also: provides for an industry services body which will take over ADC’s role in relation to the Dairy Structural Adjustment Fund; simplifies the export control arrangements for dairy produce, retaining the function with the Commonwealth; makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts; repeals the Dairy Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 and contains transitional provisions.
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- Date
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28 Aug 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the:
Dairy Produce Act 1986
to incorporate planning, facilitation and participation in the reform or privatisation of the Australian Dairy Corporation (ADC) and the Dairy Research and Development Corporation as an additional function of the ADC; and Dairy Produce Act 1986
and Farm Household Support Act 1992
to enable holders of Dairy Structural Adjustment Program scheme and Supplementary Dairy Assistance scheme entitlements to access a farm exit payment under the Farm Help Re-establishment Grant scheme.
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- Date
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24 May 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
- Summary
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Amends the
Dairy Produce Act 1986
and Farm Household Support Act 1992
to provide for additional targeted funding for dairy farmers and their communities which are experiencing greater than anticipated adjustment pressure following deregulation of the dairy industry.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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29 Mar 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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16 Feb 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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16 Feb 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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16 Feb 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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16 Feb 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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28 Jun 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Implements certain recommendations of the Review of Defence Support to National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements by amending the
Defence Act 1903
to: permit states and territories to request that the Commonwealth call out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in a wider range of circumstances; enable call out orders to authorise the ADF to operate in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the offshore area; authorise the ADF to respond to incidents that cross a border into a jurisdiction that has not been specified in an order in certain circumstances; allow the ADF to be pre-authorised to respond to land and maritime threats, in addition to aviation threats; increase the requirements for the ADF to consult with state and territory police where it is operating in their jurisdictions; simplify, expand and clarify the power of the ADF to search and seize, and to control movement during an incident; remove the distinction between general security areas and designated areas; for the purposes of expedited call out, clarify that acting ministers are to be treated as substantive ministers and add the Minister for Home Affairs as an alternative authorising minister; and make technical amendments. Also makes a consequential amendment to the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001
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- Date
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03 Dec 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends: the
Age Discrimination Act 2004
to remove the 'dominant reason' test; the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
and Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
to: provide an explicit and positive duty to make reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities (which responds to the 2003 High Court decision of Purvis); respond to the Full Federal Court case of Forest in relation to carers, assistants and aids; clarify the defence of unjustifiable hardship; and replace the 'proportionality test' in the definition of indirect discrimination; 24 Acts to reflect the name change of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to the Australian Human Rights Commission; and the Racial Discrimination Act 1975
and Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to make technical amendments.
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- Date
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17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
to support the draft Disability Standards for Education which will be formulated and tabled following passage of this bill and which will clarify and elaborate the obligations under the Act of education and training providers in relation to students with disabilities.
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- Date
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12 Aug 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
to support the draft Disability Standards for Education which will be formulated and tabled following passage of this bill and which will clarify and elaborate the obligations under the Act of education and training providers in relation to students with disabilities.
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- Date
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03 Dec 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
to remove the prohibition on disability discrimination on the ground of a person’s addiction to a prohibited drug; and Workplace Relations Act 1996
to include a cross-reference to the new provision.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
to allow the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, in consultation with the National Transport Secretariat, to grant exemptions from disability standards dealing with public transportation services and facilities.
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- Date
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27 Sep 2001
- 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 portfolio
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- Date
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26 Nov 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Summary
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Amends the:
Do Not Call Register Act 2006
to: provide that individuals can register their preference not to receive telemarketing calls or marketing faxes; and enable the minister to specify a longer period of time for which numbers remain in force on the register and to reinstate numbers that have lapsed on the register at the end of the current three-year registration period; and Telecommunications Act 1997
to make consequential amendments, including enabling the Australian Communications and Media Authority to develop an industry standard for the fax marketing industry.
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12 Oct 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Introduced with the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Collection of Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees) Bill 2006, the bill imposes annual licence fees on channel A datacasting transmitter licence holders based on their revenue.
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- Date
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25 May 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Introduced with the Do Not Call Register Bill 2006, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Telecommunications Act 1997
, Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
and Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997
to: provide for a regulatory framework for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to investigate complaints and enforce the civil penalties regime which will apply to the making of unsolicited telemarketing calls; and enable the development of relevant industry codes and ACMA standards relating to telemarketing calls.
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- Date
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25 May 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Introduced with the Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006, the bill establishes a framework to regulate and minimise unsolicited telemarketing calls, including: establishing a Do Not Call Register which will allow individuals to register their home and mobile numbers on the register for a period of 3 years; establishing a complaints mechanism; and providing for a civil penalties regime.
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02 Dec 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Part of a package of 10 bills in relation to the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the bill amends the
Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998
to replace existing references to the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) with references to the ACMA. Also contains transitional provisions providing for the continuing effect of certain determinations made by the ACA.
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10 May 2000
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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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