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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