Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Summary

Amends the: Crimes Act 1914 and Criminal Code Act 1995 to: establish criminal offences for the public display of prohibited Nazi and Islamic State symbols and the trading of goods that bear a prohibited Nazi or Islamic State symbol; establish criminal offences for using a carriage service for violent extremist material and possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage service; Criminal Code Act 1995 to: expand the offence of advocating terrorism to include instructing on the doing of a terrorist act and praising the doing of a terrorist act in specified circumstances; and increase the maximum penalty for the offence of advocating terrorism from 5 to 7 years imprisonment; and Criminal Code Act 1995 and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 to remove the sunsetting requirement for instruments which list terrorist organisations and bolster safeguards.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	14 Jun 2023
Second reading moved	14 Jun 2023
Second reading debate	28 Nov 2023
Referred to Federation Chamber	28 Nov 2023
Second reading debate	28 Nov 2023
Second reading debate	29 Nov 2023
Returned to House for further consideration	29 Nov 2023
Second reading debate	29 Nov 2023
Second reading agreed to	29 Nov 2023
Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 34 Government agreed to	29 Nov 2023
Consideration in detail debate	30 Nov 2023
Third reading agreed to	30 Nov 2023

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	04 Dec 2023
Second reading moved	04 Dec 2023
Second reading agreed to	06 Dec 2023
Committee of the Whole debate	06 Dec 2023
Third reading agreed to	06 Dec 2023


Finally passed both Houses	06 Dec 2023
Assent Act no: 113 Year: 2023	11 Dec 2023

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Addendum to explanatory memorandum

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Detail - Government [sheet ZC241]

Detail - Opposition
FLETCHER, Paul, MP

Senate

2R - Australian Greens [sheet 2324]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

2R - Independent [sheet 2329]
POCOCK, Sen David

2R - Independent [sheet 2330]
THORPE, Sen Lidia

CW - Australian Greens [sheet 2313]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

CW - Australian Greens [sheet 2280]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

CW - Australian Greens [sheet 2251]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

CW - Opposition [sheet 2286]
CASH, Sen Michaelia

CW - Pauline Hanson's One Nation [sheet 2307]
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (21/06/2023): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Committee report (15/11/2023)
Considered by scrutiny committee (02/08/2023): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 9 of 2023
Considered by scrutiny committee (09/08/2023): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2023
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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