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  • Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment Bill 2006

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    Date
    19 Jun 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HULL, Kay, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
    in the event that the Snowy Hydro Company is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in relation to: limits on individual, corporate and foreign ownership; and corporate and operational provisions to be included in the company constitution. 

    Bill

  • Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

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    Date
    10 Oct 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Bill 2012, the bill amends the
    COAG Reform Fund Act 2008
    to make an amendment consequential on the creation of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Bill 2012

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    Date
    10 Oct 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill creates a special account under the
    Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
    to administer the social and community services award funding adjustments for providers of certain Commonwealth programs that have been identified as having social and community services workers covered by the Fair Work Australia equal remuneration order granted on 1 February 2012. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

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    Date
    10 Feb 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework relating to potentially defamatory content posted on social media by: deeming a person who administers or maintains a social media page not to be a publisher of third-party material; deeming a social media service provider to be the publisher of material that is published on their service if it is posted in Australia; creating a conditional defence for social media service providers in defamation proceedings relating to material on their service that is posted in Australia if the provider meets certain conditions; empowering courts to issue end-user information disclosure orders to require providers of social media services to give the applicant relevant contact details and country location data in certain circumstances; requiring social media companies to have a nominated entity incorporated in Australia able to discharge certain key obligations; and enabling the Attorney-General to intervene in defamation proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth and authorise a grant of legal assistance. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Media (Basic Expectations and Defamation) Bill 2021

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    Date
    25 Oct 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    WEBSTER, Anne, MP 
    Summary
    Enables the minister to set basic expectations of social media service providers regarding the hosting of defamatory material on social media platforms, and ensures that service providers are liable for defamatory material hosted on their platforms which is not removed within a reasonable timeframe. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Media (Protecting Australians from Censorship) Bill 2022

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    Date
    14 Feb 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 
    Summary
    The bill: prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from de-platforming, or censoring the posts of, members of Parliament, candidates in elections, registered political parties or Australian journalistic enterprises; and prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from censoring philosophical discourse on their social media services. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Media Minimum Age Repeal Bill 2025

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    Date
    25 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    BABET, Sen Ralph
    ANTIC, Sen Alex
    CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
    HANSON, Sen Pauline
    ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
    BELL, Sen Sean
    WHITTEN, Sen Tyron 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Online Safety Act 2021
    to remove minimum age requirements for social media use and the obligation on providers of an age-restricted social media platform to take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users from having an account with the platform; and
    Age Discrimination Act 2004
    to make a consequential amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Security (Administration and International Agreements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1999

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    Date
    03 Jun 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Family and Community Services portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019

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    Date
    25 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to: provide that the Secretary of the Department of Social Services is the decision maker for all cashless debit card exit applications; broaden the criteria for the exit provisions to enable the secretary to take into account a person’s ability to manage their affairs generally, including their financial affairs; clarify that exit applications need to be made in a form that is approved by the secretary; and expand the wellbeing exemption provisions so that they apply more broadly across all regions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Consumer Lease Exclusion) Bill 2015

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    Date
    24 Jun 2015 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CAMERON, Sen Doug 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide that consumer leases are excluded goods for the purposes of the income management regime. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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