Legislation keeps moving as Australia's Federal Parliament
enters Autumn Sitting
Despite all the controversy regarding governing of the country
in the last few weeks, the Federal Parliament has continued to work
moving various Bills of interest through stages of the approval
process. The next (Autumn) Sitting starting this week should see
more movement on those Bills.
Movement on some Bills of interest to industry is summarised
below:
Second Tranche of Anti Dumping Legislation
Readers will recall that in June 2011 the Federal Government
announced significant reforms to Australia's Anti Dumping and
Countervailing regime. While some of the reforms entailed
administrative change (such as funding for additional staff in the
Trade Remedies Division of Customs and a new compliance focus on
those trying to circumvent measures) the others required
legislative change.
