Chacon (2013, p. 90) has argued in relation to the 1996 amendments and those after September 11 that: The breadth of the resulting provisions raises serious questions as to whether the law is tailored to address an appropriately narrow class of security threats.
These cover, e.g., amendments in relation to the powers of the Senate and the method of selecting Senators.
The latter statement leads to a discussion regarding the efficiency of biosurfactant-amendment in relation to the behavior of microorganisms participating in the treatment process.
Our experience of the ethics stage was very positive, noting an efficient process of application and a speedy decision, both in relation to the initial application and to subsequent substantial amendments.
A further crossbench amendment requires the secretary of state, in exercising functions in relation to the health service to have regard to the NHS constitution.
The second objective of these amendments is to provide more information to inform public debate about tax policy, particularly in relation to the corporate tax system".
After a public outcry and a series of debates, minor amendments were made to the bill, but the changes have failed to satisfy critics' concerns, especially in relation to the potential to suppress free speech and the media.
It is a perfectly normal part of the Parliamentary process for amendments to be made in the House of Lords and the Government will look carefully at what the Lords said in relation to the reforms to ESA.
"New amendments to the Asio Act will establish two separate offence regimes for 'insiders' and 'outsiders' in recognition that Asio employees and its affiliates should be held to a higher standard in relation to the disclosure of sensitive information".
But the government has proposed amendments to its original bill to retain the current prohibition on the accreditation of states and territories "in relation to the water trigger under approval bilateral agreements".
