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  • Date
    06 Sep 2000 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BROWN, Sen Bob 
    Summary
    Seeks to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child by providing that a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory must not require a court to sentence a person (including a person who is under 18 years of age) to imprisonment or detention for a property offence. Also contains certain application and transitional provisions. 

    Bill

  • Date
    30 Nov 2022 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
    ANTIC, Sen Alex
    BABET, Sen Ralph 
    Summary
    The bill: clarifies that children born alive are persons; requires health practitioners to provide medical care, treatment and statistics on children born alive as a result of terminations; and provides that the mother of a child born alive is not liable to prosecution for an offence in respect of that child. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Aug 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 
    Summary
    Creates duties for health practitioners to provide medical care or treatment to children born alive as a result of terminations and to report births of children born alive as a result of terminations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Repeal Bill 2006, the bill provides the framework to enable the Commonwealth to divest ownership of the remaining mortgage insurance contracts (known as the pre-transfer contracts) written by the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation prior to its abolition in 1997. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Pre-transfer Contracts) Bill 2006, the bill repeals the
    Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Act 1996
    if the Commonwealth divests its ownership of the pre-transfer contracts written by the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    18 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HAINES, Helen, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    and
    Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
    to: ensure that financial assistance provided by Housing Australia, including through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), can be distributed to regional, rural and remote Australia and to local governing bodies and government-owned utility providers for critical enabling infrastructure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BRAGG, Sen Andrew 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
    to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2] and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund to make grants, and enable Housing Australia to make grants and loans, in relation to acute housing needs, social housing or affordable housing. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Feb 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund to make grants, and enable Housing Australia to make grants and loans, in relation to acute housing needs, social housing or affordable housing. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    BRAGG, Sen Andrew 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum