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After legislation due by Christmas, Australia will at last start taking action in 2012 to lower carbon emissions.
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While there is no broad legislation around travellers' rights in Australia, new consumer laws could be headed in that direction.
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Some states in Canada, the US and Australia, as well as the whole of South Africa, have introduced legislation, but in each case it has been focused on stopping smoking where children are present.
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Under current legislation, the department of fish and game is required to track Australia's kangaroo harvest and provide details to the government.
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The legislation was agreed in principle at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Perth, Australia in October 2011.
BBC: Royal succession bill published
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In Australia, bugging and phone tapping are regulated separately but priority is given in both sets of legislation to individual privacy.
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