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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Fisheries and the Environment ...................................................................................................... 4 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 9 Policy position of non-government parties/independents .............................................................. 12 Position of major interest groups ..................................................................................................... 13 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................. 14 Main issues............................................................................................................................................. 14 Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services These two Bills will be debated in cognate Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Definitions ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Anti-dumping ............................................................................................................................ 4 Ad valorem duty ....................................................................................................................... 4 Combination duty ..................................................................................................................... 4 Continuation inquiry ................................................................................................................. 5 Countervailable subsidy ........................................................................................................... 5 Countervailing duty .................................................................................................................. 6

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Main Issues ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 6 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Concluding comments ............................................................................................................................. 6 BILLS DIGEST NO. 50, 2011-12 16 September 2011 Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011 Dr John Gardiner-Garden

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 44, 2010-11  17 November 2010 Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010  Angus Martyn  Law and Bills Digest Section  Contents  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2  Basis of policy commitment â€ Coexistence of ‘class licences’ and ‘spectrum licences’ on the  same radiofrequency spectrum band .............................................................................................. 2  Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4  Policy position of non‐government parties/independents ................................................................ 4  Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 4  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 5  Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 5      2  Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010    Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010  Date introduced:  30 September 2010   House:  House of Representatives  Portfolio:  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy  Commencement:  The day after Royal Assent  Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech  can be found  on the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills. When bills have been passed they  can be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.   Purpose  To amend the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (the Act) to  • enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to issue both ‘class licences’  and ‘spectrum licences’ on the same radiofrequency spectrum band  • give ACMA more flexibility for parts of the statutory timeframe within which the reissue of  expiring spectrum licences is done and  • restrict Parliamentary disallowance under the Legislative Instruments Act  2003 for certain  existing Ministerial determinations.   Background 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 7 May 2009, no. 125 , 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2009 Paula Pyburne Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose . . . . . . .

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 27 November 2006, no. 57, 2005-06, ISSN 1328-8091 Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2006 Moira Coombs Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose . . . . . . . . .

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 31 January 2006, no. 83, 2005-06, ISSN 1328-8091 Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2005 Jennifer Norberry and Greg McIntosh Law and Bills Digest Section and Social Policy Section Contents Purpose . .

86/57 LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OF PROPOSALS) AMENDMENT BILL 1986 C) Date introduced: House: Presented by: Purpose 17 April 1986 House of Representatives Hon. Barry Cohen, M.P., Minister for Arts, Heritage and Envi ronment DIGEST OF BILL C) To amend the Environment Protection