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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 What is intellectual property? ............................................................................................................ 4 Australia’s IP rights system ................................................................................................................. 4 IP reviews ............................................................................................................................................ 4 ACIP reviews .................................................................................................................................. 5 Patentable subject matter ........................................................................................................ 5 Enforcement of trade marks .................................................................................................... 6 Patents and experimental use

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Constitutional framework ................................................................................................................... 2 Crude oil excise ................................................................................................................................... 3 Condensate excise .............................................................................................................................. 4 Rankin Trend area ............................................................................................................................... 4 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 5 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Schedule 1—Amendments ................................................................................................................. 5 Part

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 3 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Schedule 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Amendments to the Medicare Levy Act 1986 ............................................................................... 4 Concluding comments ............................................................................................................................. 4 BILLS DIGEST NO. 22, 2011-12 22 August 2011 Fairer Private

AUGUST 16, 2011 Caring for Older Australians report: a sector in need of reform Image source: Aged Care Australia Last week, the Government released the Productivity Commission’s (PC) report, Caring for Older Australians. Most stakeholders have broadly welcomed the recommendations although concerns have been raised in relation to the capacity

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 3 Schedule 1—Better Start for Children with Disability initiative .............................................................. 3 Background ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Main provisions ................................................................................................................................... 3 Schedule 2—Fly-in fly-out arrangements for Australians working overseas ........................................... 4 Background ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Main provisions ................................................................................................................................... 5 Schedule

    JULY 15, 2011 Carbon Pricing Mechanism—CPRS and Carbon Pricing Mechanism: comparison of selected features Image source: Treasury Image source: Clean Energy Future website To assist comparison of the previous Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the proposed Carbon Pricing Mechanism, the Parliamentary Library has prepared a table of selected

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 3 Provisions ................................................................................................................................................. 4 BILLS DIGEST NO. 9, 2011-12 5 July 2011 Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011 Moira Coombs Law and Bills Digest Section 2 Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011 Warning:

    JUNE 30, 2011 If switching health insurance funds can save money, why don't more Australians do so? A recent report by Choice, the publication of the Australian Consumers' Association, found that if some people switched health insurers they could make substantial savings to their health insurance costs. Reviewing