North Coast Voices: And the Commonwealth 2008 Bills roll on

Sunday 17 February 2008

And the Commonwealth 2008 Bills roll on

The 42nd Parliament is powering ahead with its bill schedule, including bills put forward by private members.

Although many of these bills will wither on the vine due to the lack of government sponsorship, the sheer number is becoming both impressive and somewhat disturbing when looking at those affecting the Australian Constitution.

This is last Friday's ComLaw list of published bills.

Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00019
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card
Fees) Amendment Bill 2008
C2008B00020
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00021
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Constitution Alteration (Appropriations for the Ordinary Annual Services of
the Government) 2001 [2008]
C2008B00022
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Constitution Alteration (Electors' Initiative, Fixed Term Parliaments and
Qualifications of Members) 2000 [2008]
C2008B00023
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Electoral (Greater Fairness of Electoral Processes) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00025
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Electoral Amendment (Political Honesty) Bill 2003 [2008]
C2008B00024
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Euthanasia Laws (Repeal) Bill 2004 [2008]
C2008B00026
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Genetic Privacy and Non-discrimination Bill 1998 [2008]
C2008B00027
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1)
Bill 2008
C2008B00029
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Marriage (Relationships Equality) Amendment Bill 2008
C2008B00030
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Ministers of State (Post-Retirement Employment Restrictions) Bill 2002
[2008]
C2008B00031
Date Published: 15/02/2008

National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00032
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Parliamentary Charter of Rights and Freedoms Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00034
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Patents Amendment Bill 1996 [2008]
C2008B00035
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Peace and Non-Violence Commission Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00036
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008
C2008B00038
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Privacy (Data Security Breach Notification) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00040
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Privacy (Extension to Political Acts and Practices) Amendment Bill 2006
[2008]
C2008B00041
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00043
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Public Interest Disclosures Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00045
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00046
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power Perecentage) Bill
2008
C2008B00047
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00048
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Republic (Consultation of the People) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00049
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
C2008B00050
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00051
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00052
Date Published: 15/02/2008

State Elections (One Vote, One Value) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00053
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008
C2008B00054
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Taxation Laws Amendment (Scholarships) Bill 2005 [2008]
C2008B00028
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Textbook Subsidy Bill 2003 [2008]
C2008B00033
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008
C2008B00037
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00039
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Uranium Mining in or near Australian World Heritage Properties
(Prohibition) Bill 1998 [2008]
C2008B00042
Date Published: 15/02/2008

Workplace Relations (Guaranteeing Paid Maternity Leave) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00044
Date Published: 15/02/2008

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A false flag musing: I have noticed one particular voice on Facebook which is Pollyanna-positive on the subject of the Port of Yamba becoming a designated cruise ship destination. What this gentleman doesn’t disclose is that, as a principal of Middle Star Pty Ltd, he could be thought to have a potential pecuniary interest due to the fact that this corporation (which has had an office in Grafton since 2012) provides consultancy services and tourism business development services.

A religion & local government musing: On 11 October 2017 Clarence Valley Council has the Church of Jesus Christ Development Fund Inc in Sutherland Local Court No. 6 for a small claims hearing. It would appear that there may be a little issue in rendering unto Caesar. On 19 September 2017 an ordained minister of a religion (which was named by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to 40 instances of historical child sexual abuse on the NSW North Coast) read the Opening Prayer at Council’s ordinary monthly meeting. Earlier in the year an ordained minister (from a church network alleged to have supported an overseas orphanage closed because of child abuse claims in 2013) read the Opening Prayer and an ordained minister (belonging to yet another church network accused of ignoring child sexual abuse in the US and racism in South Africa) read the Opening Prayer at yet another ordinary monthly meeting. Nice one councillors - you are covering yourselves with glory!

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A Nationals musing: Word around the traps is that NSW Nats MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has been talking up the notion of cruise ships visiting the Clarence River estuary. Fair dinkum! That man can be guaranteed to run with any bad idea put to him. I'm sure one or more cruise ships moored in the main navigation channel on a regular basis for one, two or three days is something other regular river users will really welcome. *pause for appreciation of irony* The draft of the smallest of the smaller cruise vessels is 3 metres and it would only stay safely afloat in that channel. Even the Yamba-Iluka ferry has been known to get momentarily stuck in silt/sand from time to time in Yamba Bay and even a very small cruise ship wouldn't be able to safely enter and exit Iluka Bay. You can bet your bottom dollar operators of cruise lines would soon be calling for dredging at the approach to the river mouth - and you know how well that goes down with the local residents.

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A which bank? musing: Despite a net profit last year of $9,227 million the Commonwealth Bank still insists on paying below Centrelink deeming rates interest on money held in Pensioner Security Accounts. One local wag says he’s waiting for the first bill from the bank charging him for the privilege of keeping his pension dollars at that bank.

A Daily Examiner musing: Just when you thought this newspaper could sink no lower under News Corp management, it continues to give column space to Andrew Bolt.

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Sunday 17 February 2008

And the Commonwealth 2008 Bills roll on

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