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.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
TOTAL RESULTS: 121
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24 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Summary
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Appropriates money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet certain Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations in relation to the World Bank’s International Development Association and debt relief schemes, including the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund; the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund; and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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25 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003
to: enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to recover the costs of its oversight of well operations under greenhouse gas titles by imposing a well investigation levy, an annual well levy and a well activity levy in relation to greenhouse gas wells; impose the well activity levy on submission of a five-yearly revision of a well operations management plan and remove the levy imposed on applications for approval to commence well activities; clarify that it is a compliance investigation under the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
in relation to which a safety investigation levy or well investigation levy may be imposed; remove certain spent provisions; and remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act.
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25 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: transfer regulatory responsibility for offshore greenhouse gas wells and environmental management from the minister to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA); strengthen and clarify the powers of NOPSEMA inspectors to monitor and enforce compliance by regulated entities with their obligations under the Act and associated regulations; ensure valid designation of certain areas as 'frontier areas' for the purposes of the Designated Frontier Area tax incentive; make minor policy and technical amendments in relation to the operation of the Act; and remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act.
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18 Feb 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP
- Summary
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Establishes the Office for Regional Australia as a statutory agency to support regional policy development and provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the office; requires the minister to table a statement at least once every five years in relation to the government's regional policy; and provides for the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation to provide parliamentary oversight of the office.
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- Date
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05 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003
to remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act.
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- Date
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05 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act.
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28 Jun 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister
- Summary
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Introduced with the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 to implement the recommendation of the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review to establish an Office of National Intelligence (ONI), the bill: repeals the
Office of National Assessments Act 1977
; amends 18 Acts to make consequential amendments; amends the Criminal Code Act 1995
to make amendments contingent on the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018
; and provides for transitional arrangements.
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- Date
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28 Jun 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister
- Summary
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Introduced with the Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 to implement the recommendation of the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review to establish an Office of National Intelligence (ONI), the bill establishes the ONI as an independent statutory agency within the Prime Minister’s portfolio reporting directly to the Prime Minister, and subsuming the role, functions and staff of the Office of National Assessments (ONA).
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- Date
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28 Mar 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2018, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003
to: enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to recover the costs of its oversight of well operations under greenhouse gas titles by imposing a well investigation levy, an annual well levy and a well activity levy in relation to greenhouse gas wells; impose the well activity levy on submission of a five-yearly revision of a well operations management plan and remove the levy imposed on applications for approval to commence well activities; clarify that it is a compliance investigation under the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
in relation to which a safety investigation levy or well investigation levy may be imposed; and remove certain spent provisions.
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- Date
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28 Mar 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industry, Innovation and Science
- Summary
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Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2018, the bill amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: transfer regulatory responsibility for offshore greenhouse gas wells and environmental management from the minister to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA); strengthen and clarify the powers of NOPSEMA inspectors to monitor and enforce compliance by regulated entities with their obligations under the Act and associated regulations; ensure valid designation of certain areas as ‘frontier areas’ for the purposes of the Designated Frontier Area tax incentive; and make minor policy and technical amendments in relation to the operation of the Act.
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