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: 141
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- Date
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12 Oct 2006
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Introduced with the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Collection of Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees) Bill 2006, the bill imposes annual licence fees on channel A datacasting transmitter licence holders based on their revenue.
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- Date
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22 Oct 2018
- 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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Provides for the posthumous promotion of the late General Sir John Monash to rank of Australian Field Marshal in the Australian Regular Army on 1 January 1931, the date of his return to the Active Duty List.
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- Date
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18 Oct 1999
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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30 Nov 2005
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Defence
- Summary
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Clarifies the extent of the ADF’s exemption from the operation of particular State and Territory road transport laws in certain circumstances, to enable the operation of the Australian Defence Force Road Transport Exemption Framework recently negotiated between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and State and Territory road transport authorities by.
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- Date
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04 Jun 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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28 Jun 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Implements certain recommendations of the Review of Defence Support to National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements by amending the
Defence Act 1903
to: permit states and territories to request that the Commonwealth call out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in a wider range of circumstances; enable call out orders to authorise the ADF to operate in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the offshore area; authorise the ADF to respond to incidents that cross a border into a jurisdiction that has not been specified in an order in certain circumstances; allow the ADF to be pre-authorised to respond to land and maritime threats, in addition to aviation threats; increase the requirements for the ADF to consult with state and territory police where it is operating in their jurisdictions; simplify, expand and clarify the power of the ADF to search and seize, and to control movement during an incident; remove the distinction between general security areas and designated areas; for the purposes of expedited call out, clarify that acting ministers are to be treated as substantive ministers and add the Minister for Home Affairs as an alternative authorising minister; and make technical amendments. Also makes a consequential amendment to the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001
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- Date
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28 Aug 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Defence
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to amend the arrangements for review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal of decisions relating to defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to link annual wage increases for members of the Australian Defence Force to whichever is the higher of increases in parliamentary allowance or the consumer price index.
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- Date
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16 Aug 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to link annual wage increases for members of the Australian Defence Force to whichever is the higher of increases in parliamentary allowance or the consumer price index.
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- Date
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27 Mar 2003
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to provide for parliamentary approval of overseas service by members of the Defence Force, subject to exceptions covering the movement of personnel in the normal course of their peacetime activities and the need to take emergency action.
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