Summary
Amends the:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
to remove the requirement for the Indigenous Business Australia’s corporate plan to be tabled;
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005
to enable the appropriate consenting authority to waive the exercise of its statutory consent power by providing written notice;
Auditor-General Act 1997
to align the annual reporting requirements of the Auditor-General with his or her responsibility to the Parliament; and
Royal Commissions Act 1902
to: enable commissioners to compel the provision of a written statement; increase the penalty for failure to comply with a summons or notice to produce; replace references to penalties expressed as a number of dollars with penalties expressed as a number of penalty units; and enable the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to be given custody of Royal Commission records by regulation. Also repeals the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978
and
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991
; and amends the
Age Discrimination Act 2004
and
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1983
to make amendments consequential on the repeal of those Acts.