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TOTAL RESULTS: 473
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12 Aug 2024
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to place the Construction and General Division (and its branches) of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration.
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- Date
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04 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of 'prescribed offence' for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime for registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation and make alternative orders on a range of grounds; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations where the Fair Work Commissioner has determined the test should apply; provide that the commissioner must prioritise matters that raise serious or systemic concerns in carrying out his or her functions; provide that the minister must cause an independent review of the amendments made by the bill as soon as practicable after the end of two years after the amendments commence; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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16 Aug 2017
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to prohibit officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; allow applications to be made to the Federal Court for a range of other orders; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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27 Feb 2024
- 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
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.
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- Date
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19 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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DUTTON, Peter, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: expand the circumstances in which a person may be automatically disqualified from office and make it a criminal offence for a person who is disqualified from holding office in a registered organisation to continue to hold office or act in a manner that would significantly influence the organisation; provide for a disqualification scheme that allows the Federal Court to disqualify an official from holding office in certain circumstances; expand the grounds for the cancellation of registration of organisations by the Federal Court; and enable the Federal Court to make orders instead of cancellation of registration.
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- Date
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21 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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CASH, Sen Michaelia
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: expand the circumstances in which a person may be automatically disqualified from office and make it a criminal offence for a person who is disqualified from holding office in a registered organisation to continue to hold office or act in a manner that would significantly influence the organisation; provide for a disqualification scheme that allows the Federal Court to disqualify an official from holding office in certain circumstances; expand the grounds for the cancellation of registration of organisations by the Federal Court; and enable the Federal Court to make orders instead of cancellation of registration.
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- Date
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27 Nov 2012
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ABETZ, Sen Eric
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: make it a civil offence for a reporting unit not to lodge a compliant full or concise report with Fair Work Australia; impose penalties on officers of registered organisations who do not act in good faith, or misuse their position or information obtained; increase pecuniary penalty orders that the Federal Court may make; and make it a criminal offence for a registered organisation, or officers of a registered organisation, to not comply with applicable orders of a state or Federal Court.
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- Date
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11 Feb 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ABBOTT, Tony, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: make it a civil offence for a reporting unit not to lodge a compliant full or concise report with Fair Work Australia; impose penalties on officers of registered organisations who do not act in good faith, or misuse their position or information obtained; increase pecuniary penalty orders that the Federal Court may make; and make it a criminal offence for a registered organisation, or officers of a registered organisation, not to comply with applicable orders of a state or Federal Court.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, if supported by a ballot of relevant members.
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