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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit political donations from the fossil fuel industry, property developers, the tobacco industry, the banking industry, liquor and gambling businesses, pharmaceutical companies and representative organisations for these industries; impose a cumulative limit on political donations from any source of $3,000 per election term; and extend the definition of 'gift' to include subscription and membership fees, as well as attendance at fundraising events. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit the importation into Australia of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced labour. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Voter Choice Through Optional Preferential Voting and the Robson Rotation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGRATH, Sen James 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: replace compulsory preferential voting with optional preferential voting for House of Representatives elections; enable voters to allocate preferences to candidates of their choosing only; provide vote saving provisions for voters who do not preference each and every candidate; provide for the position of candidates listed on House of Representatives ballots papers to be re-ordered between ballot papers (the Robson Rotation); and distribute batches of ballot papers which list each candidate in favourable positions equally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Prohibits discrimination based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: provide for the routine independent auditing of authorised electronic technology used at federal elections; and require voter identification for electors to vote in federal elections; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958

  and

  Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

  to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Remissions of Sentences) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1918

  to: repeal section 19AA which applies remissions or reductions under state or territory laws to federal sentences; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of the declared areas provisions for a further 3 years and the control order regime and the preventative detention orders (PDO) regime for a further 15 months;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may review the operation, effectiveness and proportionality of the declared areas provisions prior to their sunset date;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to extend the operation of the stop, search and seizure powers for a further 15 months; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to extend the reporting date for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of continuing detention orders for high risk terrorist offenders to as soon as practicable after 7 December 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit the importation into Australia of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced labour. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to standardise, across all divisions, the powers of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to issue summonses to require persons to give evidence or produce documents;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: procedural fairness; alternative dispute resolution processes; constitution and reconstitution of the AAT; dismissal powers; correction of errors; appointments, authorisations and assignments; taxation of costs; and protection and immunity of reviewers in the Immigration Assessment Authority;

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to applications for review of child support decisions;

  Admiralty Act 1988

  to align the Admiralty Rules with the rules of federal courts;

  Foreign Judgments Act 1991

  ,

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  and

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to provide certain procedural protections to foreign States;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Judiciary Act 1903

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to clarify that hearings conducted remotely using videoconferencing technology are exercised in 'open court';

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to allow for short form reasons in the court's appellate jurisdiction in civil proceedings; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential and technical amendments. Also repeals the

  Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum