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TOTAL RESULTS: 124
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27 Aug 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill 2020, the bill amends the:
Freedom of Information Act 1982
to exclude the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide, and the Attorney-General's Department to the extent they hold documents related to the performance and exercise of functions or powers of the commissioner, from the application of the Act; and Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
to allow the commissioner to be prescribed under the regulations to enable the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security to voluntarily disclose information to the commissioner.
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27 Aug 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020, the bill establishes the National Commissioner for Defence and Veterans Suicide Prevention, as an independent statutory office holder, to examine defence and veteran deaths by suicide through a broad range of functions and powers, in order to support the prevention of future deaths by suicide.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny
- Summary
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Amends the
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: impose a cap on the total payments that can be made under a consumer lease (known as rent-to-buy schemes); require small amount credit contracts (SACCs) (known as payday loans) to have equal repayment and payment intervals; remove the ability for SACC providers to charge monthly fees in respect of the residual term of a loan where a consumer fully repays the loan early; prevent lessors and credit assistance providers from undertaking door-to-door selling of leases at residential homes; introduce anti-avoidance protections; and increase penalties.
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09 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: provide that responsible lending obligations apply only to small amount credit contracts, small amount credit contract-equivalent loans provided by authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and consumer leases; provide the minister with the power to determine standards specifying requirements for a credit licensee's systems, policies and processes in relation to certain non-ADI credit conduct; impose a cap on the total payments that can be made by a lessee in connection with a consumer lease; extend the protected earnings requirement for small amount credit contracts to cover all consumers and introduce a similar protected earnings requirements for consumer leases for household goods; restrict the use and disclosure of account statements; amend requirements for licensees to disclose information to consumers; introduce broad anti-avoidance protections to prohibit schemes that are designed to avoid the application of the Act in relation to small amount credit contracts and consumer leases; and make consequential amendments; and Age Discrimination Act 2004
to exempt the reverse mortgage scheme from the application of the Act.
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- Date
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03 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Summary
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Implements certain recommendations of the
Independent review of the adequacy of the regulation of the supports and services provided to Ms Ann-Marie Smith, an NDIS participant, who died on 6 April 2020
by amending the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
to: expand the compliance and enforcement powers of the Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission; clarify provider registration provisions; and enable information sharing between the National Disability Insurance Agency and the commission and the disclosure of information to relevant state and territory bodies.
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- Date
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17 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Health
- Summary
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to: establish the statutory authority for the publication of information in relation to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, including meeting agendas, meeting outcomes, public summary documents and information published on the Medicine Status Website; and provide for cost recovery arrangements, including specifying fees for services and costs incurred to be set out in a disallowable legislative instrument, replacing the existing regulations; and make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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17 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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The bill: provides for statutory codes of conduct for the members of each house of parliament and their staff; creates a statutory basis for parliamentarians’ registers of interests; establishes a Parliamentary Integrity Advisor to provide independent, confidential advice and guidance to parliamentarians and their staff in relation to the applicable codes of conduct; and establishes a Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to assist in the assessment, investigation and resolution of alleged breaches of the applicable codes of conduct.
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- Date
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31 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
- Summary
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Consequential on the
Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulation 2019
, which created two provisional skilled regional visas, the bill amends seven Acts to provide that holders of these provisional skilled regional visas will have the same access to welfare payments and government services as permanent visa holders where eligible.
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- Date
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14 Nov 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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BERNARDI, Sen Cory
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to remove prohibitions on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations.
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08 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to broaden the objects clause of the Act to require the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to take into account the benefit to the Australian community when granting new leases or renewing existing leases.
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