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Appendix 5
PRIVATE SENATORS’ BILLS PASSED INTO LAW
SINCE 1901
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill 1908
| Purpose: |
To extend the
protection against dismissal provided by the principal Act to members of
organisations. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Needham 24.9.08; bill
lapsed at prorogation; Senate agreed to proceed with bill at stage reached in
previous session 27.5.09; read a third time 2.9.09. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
3.9.09; agreed to with amendments and read a third time 8.12.09.
Senate agreed to amendments made by the HoR 8.12.09. |
| Assent: |
13.12.09;
Act no. 28 of 1909 (Act cited as Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration
Act 1909). |
Commonwealth Electoral Bill 1924
| Purpose: |
To make provision for compulsory voting. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Payne 16.7.24; read a
third time 23.7.24. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
23.7.24; read a third time 24.7.24. |
| Assent: |
31.7.24; Act no. 10 of 1924. |
Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Bill 1971
| Purpose: |
To make
temporary provision for the law of evidence in the Australian
Capital Territory after the disallowance of an Ordinance. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Murphy 25.8.71; read a
third time 26.8.71 a.m. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
and read a third time 26.8.71. |
| Assent: |
26.8.71; Act
no. 66 of 1971. |
Wireless Telegraphy Amendment Bill 1980
| Purpose: |
To give the
minister a discretion to direct the return to the owner of otherwise forfeited
equipment. |
| Senate: |
Introduced by
Senator
Rae 29.4.80; read a
third time 16.5.80. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
20.5.80; read a third time 22.5.80. |
| Assent: |
3.6.80; Act
no. 91 of 1980. |
Senate Elections (Queensland) Bill 1981
| Purpose: |
To make
provision for Queensland senators to be chosen by the people of Queensland voting as one
electorate — section 7 of the
Constitution. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Colston 26.3.81; read a
third time 29.4.82. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
29.4.82; read a third time 5.5.82. |
| Assent: |
21.5.82; Act
no. 31 of 1982 (Act cited as Senate Elections (Queensland) Act 1982). |
Income Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 1984 (No.2)
| Purpose: |
To prevent
taxes being evaded under s23F provisions for superannuation benefits
‘cherrypicking scheme’ to date from Treasurer’s announcement. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Jack Evans 2.5.84; read a
third time 4.5.84. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
7.5.84; read a third time 10.10.84. |
| Assent: |
17.10.84;
Act no. 115 of 1984 (Act cited as Income Tax Assessment Amendment Act (No.5)
1984). |
Parliamentary Privileges Bill 1986
| Purpose: |
To clarify,
and make certain changes to, the law of parliamentary privilege. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Douglas McClelland 7.10.86; passed
with amendments and read a third time 17.3.87. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
19.3.87; read a third time 6.5.87. |
| Assent: |
20.5.87; Act
no. 21 of 1987. |
Smoking and Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) Bill 1989
| Purpose: |
To prohibit
certain advertisements relating to smoking and tobacco products in the print
media. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Powell 31.8.89; read a
third time 7.12.89. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
21.12.89; read a third time 22.12.89. |
| Assent: |
28.12.89;
Act no. 181 of 1989. |
Parliamentary Presiding Officers Amendment Bill 1992
| Purpose: |
To amend the
Principal Act in relation to the Deputy Presiding Officer of each House of the
Parliament. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator
Colston 25.6.92; read a
third time 8.10.92. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
12.10.92; agreed to with amendments and read a third time 25.11.92.
Senate agreed to HoR amendments 26.11.92. |
| Assent: |
11.12.92;
Act no. 163 of 1992. |
Parliamentary Service
Amendment Bill 2005
| Purpose: |
To amend the Principal Act to provide for the statutory position
of Parliamentary Librarian and to give statutory status to the Parliamentary
Library and the Security Management Board. |
| Senate: |
Introduced by Senator
Calvert 9.3.05; read a third time 10.3.05. |
| HoR: |
Introduced 14.3.05; read a third time
16.3.05. |
| Assent: |
1.4.05; Act no. 39 of 2005. |
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial
Responsibility for Approval of RU486) Bill 2005
| Purpose: |
To repeal a provision requiring ministerial approval for use of
the drug RU486. |
| Senate: |
Introduced by Senators Allison, Moore, Nash and Troeth
8.12.05; read a third time 9.2.06. |
| HoR: |
Introduced 13.2.06; read a third time
16.2.06. |
| Assent: |
3.3.06; Act no. 5 of 2006. |
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the
Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006
| Purpose: |
To
amend the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and Research
Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 to retain existing prohibitions on certain
human reproductive cloning and other assisted reproductive technology
activities, and permit certain human embryo research under licence. |
| Senate: |
Introduced
by Senator Patterson 19.10.06; read a third time 7.11.06. |
| HoR: |
Introduced
27.11.06; read a third time 6.12.06. |
| Assent: |
12.12.06;
Act no. 172 of 2006. |
PRIVATE SENATORS’ BILLS WHICH HAVE PASSED
THE SENATE SINCE 1901
Parliamentary
Witnesses 1905 [previously Parliamentary Evidence 1904 [1905]]
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Nield |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
13 October 1905 |
Papua 1906
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Stewart |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
14 September 1906 |
Commonwealth
Conciliation and Arbitration 1908 [1909]
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Needham |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
2 September 1909 |
Commonwealth Banking Companies Reserve Liabilities 1910
| Introduced by: |
Senator Gould
on behalf of Senator Walker |
| Date passed by Senate: |
15
September 1910 |
Constitution
Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Corporations) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Trusts) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Railway Disputes) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1913
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 December 1913 |
Constitution
Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Constitution
Alteration (Corporations) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Constitution
Alteration (Trusts) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Constitution
Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Constitution
Alteration (Railway Disputes) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Constitution
Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1914
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGregor |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
11 June 1914 |
Commonwealth
Electoral 1924
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Payne |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
23 July 1924 |
Life
Insurance 1930
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McLachlan |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
10 July 1930 |
National
Security 1943
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McLeay |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
18 February 1943 |
Constitution
Alteration (Prices) 1950
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McKenna |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
1 November 1950 |
Death Penalty
Abolition 1968
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Murphy |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
4 June 1968 |
Australian
Capital Territory
Evidence (Temporary Provisions) 1971
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Murphy |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
26 August 1971 a.m. |
Death Penalty
Abolition 1970
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Murphy |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
9 March 1972 |
Parliament
1973 [1974]
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Wright |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
29 November 1973 |
Wireless
Telegraphy Amendment 1980
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Rae |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
16 May 1980 |
Insurance
(Agents and Brokers) 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Evans |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
29 October 1981 |
Repatriation Acts (Tuberculosis Pensions) Amendment 1981
| Introduced by: |
Senator
Macklin |
| Date passed by Senate: |
26
November 1981 |
Industrial
Democracy 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Siddons |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
26 November 1981 |
Institute of
Freshwater Studies 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McLaren |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
25 February 1982 |
Queensland Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders (Self-Management and Land
Rights) 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Ryan |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
18 March 1982 |
Senate
Elections (Queensland) 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Colston |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
29 April 1982 |
Constitution
Alteration (Fixed Term Parliaments) 1981
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Evans |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
17 November 1982 |
World Heritage Properties Protection 1982
| Introduced by: |
Senator Mason |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
14 December 1982 |
Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1983
| Introduced by: |
Senator
Macklin |
| Date passed by Senate: |
13
October 1983 |
Income Tax
Assessment Amendment 1984 (No. 2)
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Jack Evans |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
4 May 1984 |
Flags
Amendment 1984 [1985]
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Durack |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
28 February 1985 |
Parliamentary
Privileges 1986
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Douglas
McClelland |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
17 March 1987 |
Family Law
Amendment 1985
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Durack |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
14 May 1987 |
Referendum
(Machinery Provisions) (Informal Ballot-papers) Amendment 1988
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Short |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
24 August 1988 |
Australian
Bureau of Statistics Amendment 1988
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Sheil |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
6 April 1989 |
Income Tax Assessment (Tax Agents’ Fees) Amendment 1989
| Introduced by: |
Senator Watson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
25 May 1989 |
National
Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Determination Revocation) Amendment 1989 [previously National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits
Determination Revocation and Tribunal Membership) Amendment 1989]
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Puplick |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
7 September 1989 |
End of War
List 1989
| Introduced
by: |
Senator McGauran |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
2 November 1989 |
Smoking and
Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) 1989
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Powell |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
7 December 1989 |
End of War
List 1990
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Boswell |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
18 September 1990 |
Income Tax
Assessment (Substantiation Requirements) Amendment 1990
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Watson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
8 November 1990 |
Australian
Bureau of Statistics (Parliamentary Supervision of Proposals) Amendment 1990
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Walters |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
15 November 1990 |
Income Tax Assessment (Valueless Shares) Amendment 1991
| Introduced by: |
Senator Watson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
17 October 1991 |
Flags Amendment 1990
| Introduced by: |
Senator
Parer |
| Date passed by Senate: |
30
April 1992 |
Parliamentary
Presiding Officers Amendment 1992
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Colston |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
8 October 1992 |
Australian National
University Amendment (Autonomy) 1992
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Tierney |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
8 October 1992 |
Income Tax
Assessment (Isolated Area Zone Extension) Amendment 1992
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Panizza |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
5 November 1992 |
Social
Security Amendment (Listed Securities) 1993
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Patterson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
12 May 1993 |
Audit
(Auditor-General an Officer of the Parliament) Amendment 1993
| Introduced
by: |
Senator
Watson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
28
October 1993 |
Superannuation
Guarantee (Administration) (Exemption of Council Allowances) Amendment 1993
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Ian Macdonald |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
28 October 1993 |
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) (Two Wheel Drive
Vehicles with Jeep, Platform, Pick-Up or Utility Body Type) Amendment 1994
| Introduced by: |
Senator Watson |
| Date passed by Senate: |
2
June 1994 |
Public
Service (Abolition of Compulsory Retirement Age) Amendment 1995
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Patterson |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
30 June 1995 |
Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders)
1999
| Introduced by: |
Senators
Brown, Bolkus and Greig |
| Date passed by Senate: |
15
March 2000 |
Kyoto Protocol Ratification Bill 2003 [No. 2]
| Introduced
by: |
Senators
Lundy and Brown |
| Date passed
by Senate: |
1 April 2004 |
Parliamentary Service Amendment 2005
| Introduced by: |
Senator Calvert |
| Date passed by Senate: |
10 March 2005 |
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial
Responsibility for Approval of RU486) Bill 2005
| Introduced by: |
Senators Allison,
Moore, Nash and Troeth |
| Date passed by Senate: |
9 February 2006 |
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the
Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006
| Introduced
by: |
Senator Patterson |
| Date passed by Senate: |
7 November 2006 |
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