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.
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TOTAL RESULTS: 473
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- Date
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11 Feb 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to provide that Fair Work Australia may deal with disputes by arbitration, mediation or conciliation, or by making a recommendation or expressing an opinion.
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- Date
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09 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to provide that, unless employers and employees have expressly agreed otherwise, employer-funded paid parental leave must not be cancelled because a child is stillborn or dies.
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- Date
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27 Nov 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide for an additional approval requirement for enterprise agreements that are not greenfields agreements; require the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to have regard to a range of non-exhaustive factors to guide its assessment of whether an applicant for a protected action ballot order is genuinely trying to reach an agreement; and provide that the FWC must not make a protected action ballot order when it is satisfied that the claims of an applicant are manifestly excessive or would have a significant adverse impact on workplace productivity.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to extend the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees.
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- Date
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26 Mar 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide employees with enforceable rights to request flexible working arrangements; and provide the Fair Work Commission with the power to make flexible working arrangements orders.
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- Date
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22 Mar 2017
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: introduce a criminal offence for giving a registered organisation, or person associated with a registered organisation, a corrupting benefit; introduce a criminal offence for receiving or soliciting a corrupting benefit; introduce a criminal offence for certain national system employers to provide, offer or promise to provide cash or in kind payments, other than certain legitimate payments, to employee organisations or prohibited beneficiaries; introduce a criminal offence for soliciting, receiving, obtaining or agreeing to obtain any such prohibited payment; and require bargaining representatives for a proposed enterprise agreement to disclose certain financial benefits.
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- Date
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12 May 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide for 14 days paid COVID-19 leave for all workers, including part-time, casual and gig economy workers; and enable the Fair Work Commission to make COVID-19 leave orders to extend provisions in the Act to all workers, such as gig economy workers.
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- Date
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10 Feb 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to require that labour hire workers covered by certain modern awards receive at least the same rate of pay as other employees performing the same work.
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- Date
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26 Mar 2026
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: allow the minister to determine that an application relating to a road transport contractual chain order (RTCCO) is an emergency application in the event of time-sensitive circumstances or circumstances that negatively impact the road transport industry nationally; and enable the Fair Work Commission to make RTCCOs in an expedited manner.
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- Date
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13 Sep 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Jobs and Innovation
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to insert an entitlement in the National Employment Standards to five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-month period.
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