Search all bills

TOTAL RESULTS: 129

• Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Amendment (Review) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013

  to provide for an independent review of the operation of Part 2.4 of the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  , the Classification Principles 2014 and the Aged Care Funding Instrument. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture and Water Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Levies Legislation Amendment (Honey) Bill 2016, the bill amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to cease the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) Advisory Board;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: amend the information that the APVMA is required to provide to Food Standards Australia New Zealand; and amend an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: remove the requirements for an export licence to export meat by-products and for certain documents to be tabled; and repeal obsolete provisions;

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to make minor technical amendments;

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the requirements for certain documents to be tabled;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to remove the ability of the secretary to delegate their general rule-making power;

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  to cease the Fishing Industry Policy Council;

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to renew an existing permit without existing permit holders needing to re-apply; transfer the functions of the Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and cease the panel; and remove the text of the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America;

  Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012

  to enable the secretary to delegate certain powers;

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for the chairs of the statutory research and development corporations; and

  Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2016

  to clarify dates for water-related reviews and change a commencement date. Also repeals the

  Rural Adjustment Act 1992

  to cease the National Rural Advisory Council, makes consequential amendments to the

  Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997

  and repeals 12 redundant Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Air Services Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Air Services Act 1995

  to: include in the functions of Airservices Australia (AA) the protection of community amenity and residential areas from the effects of the operation and use of aircraft; require AA to consult and cooperate with government, sectors of the aviation industry and communities when modifying or creating flight paths; require AA to provide a complaints mechanism during the consultation process; provide that AA publish details of consultations; provide that AA must request the minister to appoint a Community Aviation Advocate to represent communities possibly affected by changed flight paths; provide for the composition of the AA Board; require AA to include details of any complaints in the annual report; and provide for the establishment of an Aircraft Noise Ombudsman; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to require the minister to appoint a Community Aviation Advocate in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Airports Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2016-2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2016-2017

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2016-2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2016-2017

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Restoring Shortwave Radio) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to: require the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain three domestic shortwave transmission services for the Northern Territory that were operating up until 31 January 2017; and maintain an international shortwave radio transmission service for Papua New Guinea and parts of the Pacific. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Advocacy) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to: amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Charter in relation to the delivery of services to rural and regional Australia in each state and territory; impose certain requirements on the ABC and the ABC Board; and provide for the establishment, functions and membership of the Rural and Regional Advisory Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for Social Cohesion Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Centre for Social Cohesion and provides for: the director to develop and implement programs to improve social cohesion and prevent violent extremism; the director’s powers, appointment and terms and conditions of employment; and deputy directors, staff, consultants and delegations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Merges the functions of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) by amending the

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to enable the ACIC to perform the AIC’s functions, including carrying out criminology research, sharing and publishing that research and carrying out commissioned research; and repealing the

  Criminology Research Act 1971

  to abolish the AIC as a statutory agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum