A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
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28 Oct 2021
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Special Minister of State
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: implement certain recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' Report of the inquiry on the future conduct of elections operating during times of emergency situations
by enabling the Electoral Commissioner to make limited operational modifications by legislative instrument where an emergency declaration has been issued under a Commonwealth law and moving the existing power to adjourn or suspend polling at a polling place or pre-poll voting office from local polling booth presiding officers to the Electoral Commissioner; delay the commencement of the scrutiny for a House of Representatives election for a Division where polling has been adjourned or temporarily suspended; prevent scrutineers and Australian Electoral Commission officers from disclosing the results of a Senate election in a Division where polling has been adjourned; and make minor amendments in relation to the cut-off date for postal vote applications and the format of postal vote certificates.
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28 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Special Minister of State
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Responds to recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' reports into the conduct of the 2013, 2016 and 2019 elections by amending the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to require voters to provide an acceptable form of identification, or alternatively an attestation from another enrolled person who does have an acceptable form of identification, in order to cast an ordinary pre-poll or polling day vote in federal elections and referendums.
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12 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: insert a vote-saving provision for postal votes that are not received inside a sealed envelope bearing a postal vote certificate; enable postal voters outside Australia to complete certain procedural steps electronically if they are unable to comply with authorised witness requirements; amend how records of paper-based postal vote applications are managed; remove the requirements for pre-poll declaration envelopes to carry a distinguishing number; provide for a fixed pre-poll period commencing no earlier than 12 days before polling day; enable the early opening and sorting of pre-poll ballot papers, and the early extraction of declaration votes; allow ‘spoilt’ or ‘discarded’ ballot papers to be bundled; increase the number of scrutineers permitted to observe the computerised scrutiny of Senate elections; and remove the requirement for the authorisation of printed electoral material to include details of the printer.
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12 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: enable the Electoral Commissioner to declare an elector to be a ‘designated elector’ on the basis of a reasonable suspicion that the elector has voted more than once in an election; provide for decisions regarding declarations of designated electors to be subject to review by the Electoral Commissioner or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and provide examples of the types of conduct and behaviours that may constitute the offence of interference with political liberty, and increase the penalty for this offence.
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12 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: increase the minimum membership requirements for non-parliamentary parties from 500 to 1500 unique members; and require the Electoral Commission to refuse an application by a political party to register a name, abbreviation or logo that replicates a key word or words in the registered name or abbreviation of a registered policy party without consent.
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- Date
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12 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to reduce from $500 000 to $100 000 the threshold for electoral expenditure that can be incurred by an individual or organisation before they are required to register as a political campaigner.
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04 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MCMAHON, Sen Sam
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Amends the
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
to remove limits on the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly's powers to make laws in relation to the acquisition of property other than on just terms, voluntary assisted dying and the conferring of powers relating to the hearing and determining of employment disputes. Also repeals the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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04 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Summary
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Amends the
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
to: enable Export Finance Australia to make equity investments, including to support infrastructure investments in the Indo-Pacific or export-linked projects in Australia; and provide Export Finance Australia with the ability to offer guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions without also needing to provide a loan to the same transaction.
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education and Youth
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Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997
to: replace the annual registration and entry to market charges by imposing an annual charge payable by providers who are registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS); and impose a charge for applications by schools for initial registration and renewal of registration on CRICOS.
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education and Youth
- Summary
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Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012
to include a definition of 'total enrolments' for the purposes of calculating the tuition protection service levies.
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