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• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to provide for: specific authorisation requirements for how-to-vote cards; and penalties for contravening the requirements; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to misleading or deceptive electronic advertising publications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  ,

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999

  ,

  Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment and voting processes, including proof of identity and address arrangements, and closure of electoral rolls; prisoners’ rights to vote; financial disclosure thresholds; provision of certain voting information to political parties and independent members of parliament; removal of the requirement for broadcasters and publishers to lodge returns on electoral advertising during an election period; multiple voting and enrolment offences; restriction of scrutineers’ activities in relation to assisted votes; reinstatement on the electoral roll; and registration of party names. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: provide that the electoral roll closes seven days after the date of the writ for a federal election (

  Rowe v Electoral Commissioner

  [2010] HCA 46); prevent certain prisoners from voting at federal elections (

  Roach v Electoral Commissioner

  (2007) 233 CLR 162); and provide that certain prisoners may remain on, or be added to, the electoral roll;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to provide that certain references still apply when a half Senate election is held independently from an election of the House of Representatives; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to certified lists of voters for referenda. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  ,

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: closure of the electoral rolls; proof of identity for enrolment and provisional voting; financial disclosure requirements in non-election periods; access to the electoral roll and its use; political party registration; paid electoral advertising on the Internet; candidate nomination deposits; prisoner voting entitlements; location of Divisional Offices; abolition of broadcasters and publishers returns; and the disclosure of political donations; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase the tax deductibility value of contributions and gifts to political parties, independent candidates and members; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . Also provides for the automatic de-registration and requirement for re-registration of certain political parties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Access to Electoral Roll and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment issues; access to the electoral roll and its use; the lead-up to election day including preparations undertaken by the Australian Electoral Commission, political parties, candidates and others, including procedures for nomination of candidates; processes for voting; operation of polling booths on election day; and technical amendments. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Implements the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ report The 2016 Federal Election: Interim Report on the authorisation of voter communication by amending the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: apply the electoral authorisation requirements to modern communication channels; require all paid electoral advertising to be authorised; require entities subject to the electoral funding and financial disclosure regime to include this information in their political communications; ensure the obligation to authorise electoral and referendum matter primarily rests with those responsible for the decision to communicate it; and replace the current criminal non-compliance regime with a civil penalty regime to be administered by the Australian Electoral Commission;

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  ,

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1993

  ,

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to harmonise authorisation requirements across broadcasting, electoral and referendum legislation;

  Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to introduce an offence which criminalises false representations in relation to a Commonwealth body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral 1918

  to change the method for determining the number of House of Representatives members for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002, the bill establishes Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) which will be limited by guarantee under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and will be responsible for providing industry services to the egg industry, including generic promotion and research and development functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002, the bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities associated with the egg sub-programme of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to the newly created Australian Egg Corporation Limited. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education, Training and Youth Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum