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Senate Order May 2018

Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Portfolio – Senate Order 15 – Government Appointments (6 February 2018 to 30 April 2018)

Shipping Business Unit Industry Bulletin 3

Coastal Trading Licensing System (CTLS) Routine Maintenance

The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development will be commencing regular routine maintenance of our application servers for two hours, from 9.00pm to 11.00pm on the last Friday of every month. The Coastal Trading Licensing System (CTLS) will be unavailable during this maintenance. The first scheduled maintenance is due to take place on Friday 27 March 2015 from 9.00pm to 11:00pm EST.

The outage will not affect application processing times.

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia report

Cancer of the bush or salvation for our cities? Fly-in, fly-out and drive-in, drive-out workforce practices in Regional Australia—June 2015

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Australian Government response to the report by the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories—Same country: different world—The future of Norfolk Island

February 2015

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The Australian Government welcomes the opportunity to respond to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories (Committee), titled Same country: different world—The future of Norfolk Island (the Report), published in October 2014.

Shipping Business Unit Industry Bulletin 4

New Matters Applications

Section 51 of the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 (the Act) requires an application to vary a temporary licence to add new matters to specify the number of voyages, which must be five or more, to be authorised by the licence (section 51(2)(a)).

Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories report

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Commonwealth approvals for ACT light rail: Commonwealth and Parliamentary approvals for the proposed Stage 2 of the Australian Capital Territory light rail project.

Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Report

March 2015

The Role of Public Transport in Delivering Productivity Outcomes

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The Australian Government welcomes the Committee's report and its continued focus on the productivity of Australia's transport systems.

Committee Report into Aviation Accident Investigations

March 2014

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On 13 September 2012, the Senate agreed that the following matters be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee (the Committee) for inquiry and report by 29 November 2012:

Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories

Report on the visit to the Indian Ocean Territories 21–25 October 2012

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August 2014

Australian Government response to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works report

Public works on Christmas Island—October 2011

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August 2014

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