A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
TOTAL RESULTS: 126
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- Date
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13 Mar 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Summary
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Introduced with the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 2013, the bill amends the
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
to enable fees to be collected and administered by the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme Regulator.
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- Date
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23 May 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
to: allow the minister to determine by legislative instrument details of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme, particularly in relation to registration of products; introduce civil penalties to mirror existing and amended criminal offences; make administrative changes, including removal of the requirement for gazettal of registration decisions and providing for further five-year reviews of the operation of the scheme; and remove voluntary registration of products.
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- Date
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16 Jun 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
to provide that a Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) standard may require a product to comply with certain requirements relating to plumbing before the product can be registered as a WELS product.
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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
to provide that a Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS) standard may require a product to comply with certain requirements relating to plumbing before the product can be registered as a WELS product.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Environment and Heritage
- Summary
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Provides for the establishment and operation of a scheme to apply national water efficiency labelling and minimum performance standards to certain water-use products. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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- Date
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01 Dec 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Environment and Heritage
- Summary
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Provides for the establishment and operation of a scheme to apply national water efficiency labelling and minimum performance standards to certain water-use products.
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- Date
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26 May 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources, Water and Northern Australia
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Act 2007
to: establish the role of an independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance to monitor, and provide independent oversight of, water compliance; provide for the Inspector-General's powers and functions; introduce new offence and civil penalty provisions for unlawful conduct relating to the taking of water and new civil penalties for conduct relating to trading of water rights; and make minor amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to the Basin Plan 2012
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- Date
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15 Sep 2016
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture and Water Resources
- Summary
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Amends the Basin Plan 2012 to provide for a second notification of sustainable diversion limit adjustment measures by 30 June 2017 to enable basin jurisdictions to develop and notify new projects to augment the first package of measures notified on 5 May 2016 by the Basin Officials Committee to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
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- Date
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26 Mar 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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COX, Sen Dorinda
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to establish a class of controlled action relating to emissions which damage the surfaces of national and world heritage monuments.
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- Date
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10 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SCAMPS, Sophie, MP
- Summary
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The bill: requires public bodies to act in pursuit of the economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing of current and future generations of Australians; and establishes an independent statutory Commissioner for Future Generations.
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