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: 866
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27 Nov 2024
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Attorney-General
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Establishes a scheme for courts to make Commonwealth workplace protection orders to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces.
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12 Sep 2024
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: strengthen existing offences for urging force or violence and create new offences for threatening force or violence against targeted groups and members of groups; and expand the list of groups protected by the public display of prohibited hate symbols offences.
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05 Jun 2024
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to strengthen offences targeting the creation and non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material online, including material that has been created or altered using AI technology (commonly referred to as ‘deepfakes’).
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27 Mar 2024
- 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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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024.
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27 Mar 2024
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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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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
, and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to clarify certain aspects of the framework relating to the seizure of digital assets; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to provide that information gathering powers and freezing orders apply to digital currency exchanges; Crimes Act 1914
to increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $313 to $330; Telecommunications Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to clarify the functions of the Communications Access Coordinator in the Attorney-General’s Department and create the position of Communications Security Coordinator in the Department of Home Affairs; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to information sharing between integrity agencies and oversight bodies.
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27 Mar 2024
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to increase penalties for causing harm, or threatening to cause harm, to a Commonwealth public official who is also a Commonwealth frontline worker.
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07 Feb 2024
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Crimes Act 1914
to implement certain recommendations of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to protections for vulnerable persons involved in Commonwealth criminal proceedings.
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14 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
to clarify the Attorney-General’s duty to make, or refuse to make, a parole order after the non-parole period has ended; Criminal Code Act 1995
, Customs Act 1901
and Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
to enhance import controls on substances that are commonly used as illicit drugs and precursors but which also have legitimate uses in industry (dual-use substances). Also validates things done in reliance on certain authorisations or determinations by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Board.
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10 Aug 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
to: extend the sunset date for certain police powers in relation to terrorism; impose certain requirements on the minister and the Australian Federal Police Commissioner in relation to prescribed security zones; and require a police officer exercising certain powers to inform a person of their right to make a complaint; and Criminal Code Act 1995
to: extend the sunset date for the control order and preventative detention order (PDO) regimes; limit the power to issues control orders to the Federal Court of Australia; align control order conditions with extended supervision conditions; enable the variation of a control order by consent; limit the classes of persons who may be appointed as an issuing authority for PDOs to superior court judges; provide for annual report requirements; and extend the operation of provisions in relation to unauthorised disclosure of information by Commonwealth officers. Also makes consequential amendments to 3 Acts.
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22 Jun 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: extend the foreign bribery offence to include the bribery of candidates for public office and bribery conducted to obtain a personal advantage; remove the requirement that a benefit or business advantage be ‘not legitimately due’ and replace it with the concept of ‘improperly influencing’ a foreign public official; remove the requirement that the foreign public official be influenced in the exercise of their official duties; clarify that the foreign bribery offence does not require the prosecution to prove that the accused had a specific business, or business or personal advantage, in mind, and that the business, or business or personal advantage, can be obtained for someone else; and create an offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to preserve the existing rule which prohibits a person from claiming as a deduction for a loss or outgoing a bribe to a foreign public official.
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