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: 85
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- Date
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07 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Act 1997
and Export Control Act 1982
to: permanently ban from 1 July 2023 the export of live animals for slaughter; and establish interim requirements to ensure that animals are treated humanely after being exported.
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- Date
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13 May 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the
Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998
to: increase the statutory upper limit on the life insurance supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years.
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- Date
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24 Feb 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Provides that fossil fuel companies are liable for climate change damage in proportion to their greenhouse gas emissions; and enables certain persons, including those impacted by climate change, to bring legal actions against major greenhouse gas emitters for damage caused by climate change.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Act 1997
and Export Control Act 1982
to: permanently ban from 1 July 2022 the export of live animals for slaughter; and establish interim requirements to ensure that animals are treated humanely after being exported.
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- Date
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22 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
and Export Control Act 1982
to restrict the long haul export of live sheep and lambs during the northern hemisphere summer months of June, July, August or September in a five year transitional period, or at any time after that period, where the voyage is by ship and of duration exceeding 10 days, and where a place in that voyage is either the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (regardless of whether it is the final destination).
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- Date
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Export Control Act 1982
to prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter.
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- Date
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03 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Act 1997
and Export Control Act 1982
to: permanently ban from 1 July 2021 the export of live animals for slaughter; and establish interim requirements to ensure that live animals are treated humanely after being exported.
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- Date
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03 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
, Export Control Act 1982
and proposed Export Control Act 2018
to restrict the long haul export of live sheep and lambs during the northern hemisphere summer months of July, August or September in a five year transitional period, or at any time after that period, where the voyage is by ship and of duration exceeding 10 days, and where a place in that voyage is either the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (regardless of whether it is the final destination)
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- Date
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29 Nov 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LEYONHJELM, Sen David
- Summary
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Repeals 22 Acts and amends five Acts to abolish various taxes and reduce the rates of other taxes.
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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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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends: the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
to: provide a definition of ‘sitting day’; clarify the circumstances in which a House is taken to have adjourned (in addition to the ordinary concept of adjournment); clarify that certain provisions relating to amended or re-enacted Acts apply to a provision that is re-enacted as a differently numbered provision; and clarify that an instrument may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating a matter contained in a version of a document that is no longer current at the time of its incorporation; the Acts Interpretation Act 1901
and Legislation Act 2003
to clarify that an instrument may apply, adopt or incorporate the provisions of rules of court as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; the Family Law Act 1975
, Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999
, Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
and Judiciary Act 1903
to ensure that rules of the federal courts are not subject to the sunsetting framework; the Legislation Act 2003
to: clarify that legislative instruments that have not been laid before Parliament are repealed (and therefore removed from the statute book) rather than simply ceasing to have effect; clarify when a 15 sitting day period commences after an instrument is laid before a House; clarify that references to ‘intergovernmental bodies or schemes’ include those involving the Commonwealth and one or more territories; clarify the interaction between the disallowance, tabling and automatic repeal provisions; broaden the scope of the Attorney-General’s discretion to issue certificates of deferral of sunsetting and declarations of alignment of sunsetting, and provide for greater parliamentary scrutiny of the exercise of these discretions; remove the time restriction on Parliament’s power to roll over the sunsetting date of a legislative instrument; provide that a review of the sunsetting framework will be conducted in 2027; clarify that a legislative or notifiable instrument can commence before the instrument is registered despite any rule or principle of common law; and clarify the limits of the First Parliamentary Counsel’s power to rectify an error on the Federal Register of Legislation and the application of the parliamentary scrutiny mechanisms to instruments that have been rectified under this power; and six Acts to make consequential and contingent amendments.
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