Reports on the consideration of bills / Senate Legislation Committees, Australian Senate

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Australia. Parliament. Senate. Legislation Committees
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Nq 328.94 AUS
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Canberra : Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2010-2016
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Vol. 2 (Jul/Dec 2009), PP no. 426 of 2009
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Senate Legislation Committees Reports on the Consideration of Bills July - December 2009 Volume 2 February 2010 1
Senate Legislation Committees Reports on the consideration of bills July-December 2009 Volume 2 3 , 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 , 7
Economics Legislation Committee Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a related bill [Provisions] August 2009 9 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 15
Chapter 1 Introduction and conduct of the inquiry 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21
Chapter 2 Structure of the renewable energy target 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37
Chapter 3 Employment Impacts and Costs of Delay 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45
Chapter 4 The renewable energy target as a complement to emissions trading 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60
Chapter 5 Modelling the impact of the RET 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66
Chapter 6 Assistance for electricity users 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73
Additional comments by Coalition Senators 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95
Minority report by Senator Xenophon 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101
Minority Report from the Australian Greens 103 , 104
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 105 , 106 , 107 , 108
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 109 , 110 , 111 , 112
Economics Legislation Committee Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 [Provisions] & Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Bill 2009 November 2009 113 , 114 , 115 , 117 , 118
Chapter 1 Introduction 119 , 120
Chapter 2 Objects of the bill 121 , 122 , 123
Chapter 3 Views on the bill 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COALITION SENATORS 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 141
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearing and Witnesses 143
Economics Legislation Committee Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 [Provisions] September 2009 145 , 146 , 147 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152
Chapter 1 Introduction 153 , 154 , 155 , 156
Chapter 2 The consultative process 157 , 158 , 159 , 160
Chapter 3 The need for a national consumer law 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166
Chapter 4 Defining 'unfair' contract terms 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177
Chapter 5 The scope of the bill: business-to-consumer unfair contract terms 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184
Chapter 6 The issues of 'detriment' and 'transparency' 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191
Chapter 7 Prohibited contract terms and contract terms exempt from the bill's provisions 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198
Chapter 8 The exclusion of insurance contracts 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205
Chapter 9 Enforcement provisions and remedies 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217
Chapter 10 Committee's view and recommendations 219 , 220 , 221 , 222
Coalition Senators’ Additional Comments 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228
Senator Bushby's Additional Comments 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234
Minority Report by Senator Xenophon 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 241 , 242
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 243 , 244 , 245
Economics Legislation Committee Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices - Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009 247 , 248 , 249 , 251 , 252 , 253
Chapter 1 Introduction 255 , 256
Chapter 2 The bill: provisions and rationale 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262
Chapter 3 Geographic price discrimination in Australia 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271
Chapter 4 Predatory pricing, geographic price discrimination and the Trade Practices Act 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279
Chapter 5 Practical concerns with the bill 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287
Minority Report by Senators Joyce and Xenophon 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 299
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 301
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 [Provisions] September 2009 303 , 304 , 305 , 307 , 308
Preface 309 , 310 , 311 , 312
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background 313 , 314 , 315
Chapter 2 Issues 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344
Coalition Senators’ Dissenting Report 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 384
Minority Report The Australian Greens 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 393
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 395 , 396
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 October 2009 397 , 398 , 399 , 401
Chapter 1 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416
Chapter 2 Issues 417 , 418 , 419 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 428 , 429 , 430
Additional Comments from Senator Hanson-Young 431 , 432 , 433 , 434 , 435
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 437
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] November 2009 439 , 440 , 441 , 443 , 444
Committee Majority Report 445 , 446 , 447 , 448 , 449 , 450 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468
Coalition Senators' Minority Report 469 , 470 , 471 , 472 , 473 , 474 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478
APPENDIX 1 Submissions Received 479
APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 481
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 August 2009 483 , 484 , 485 , 487
Report 489 , 490 , 491 , 492
Coalition Senators’ Minority Report 493 , 494
Appendix 1 List of submissions 495 , 498

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