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TOTAL RESULTS: 188
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- Date
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17 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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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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09 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
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The bill: establishes the Australian National Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the National Integrity Commissioner and commissioners; and makes consequential amendments to the
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
, Ombudsman Act 1976
and Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
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- Date
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families and Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the
National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008
to: expand and clarify the object of the National Rental Affordability Scheme; expressly identify the constitutional powers being relied upon and giving the Act operation within the scope of those constitutional powers; and expand and clarify the power to make regulations under the Act.
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- Date
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27 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
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Introduced with the Interactive Gambling Amendment (National Self-exclusion Register) Bill 2019, the bill imposes a levy on persons who provide licensed interactive wagering services to allow the Australian Communications and Media Authority to recover the costs associated with the regulation of the National Self-exclusion Register.
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24 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Youth and Sport
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Sports Tribunal Bill 2019 to implement certain recommendations of the
Report of the Review of Australia's Sports Integrity Arrangements
(the Wood review), the bill makes consequential amendments to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
and Freedom of Information Act 1982
to support the establishment of the National Sports Tribunal.
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- Date
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24 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Youth and Sport
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019 to implement certain recommendations of the
Report of the Review of Australia's Sports Integrity Arrangements
(the Wood review), the bill provides for the establishment and operation of the National Sports Tribunal as an independent specialist tribunal for the hearing and resolution of sporting disputes.
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- Date
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04 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
- Summary
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Amends the:
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
in relation to: registration requirements, conditions and decision timings relating to National VET Regulator (NVR) registered training organisations (NVR RTOs); notification requirements for NVR RTOs in relation to changes to the operation of an NVR RTO or events likely to significantly affect an NVR RTO's ability to comply with the VET Quality Framework; reviewable decisions made by the delegate of the NVR; compliance standards and conditions for accredited courses; preparation and publication of audit reports by the NVR; electronic sharing and publication of information authorised by the NVR; information that the NVR is required to enter on the National Register; the NVR's powers to request documents in electronic form, use of enforceable undertakings and to allow for regulatory decisions to be stayed while under reconsideration; cancellation of VET qualifications and statements of attainment; the minister’s powers to issue directions to, and determine certain fees charged by, the NVR; certain offence provisions relating to the delivery of a VET course; processes for the appointment of acting Commissioners, the Deputy Chief Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner of the NVR; and the NVR's annual operational and corporate plans; and to make a number of technical amendments; and National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011
to provide for transitional arrangements.
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- Date
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17 Oct 2019
- 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:
Native Title Act 1993
to: allow a native title claim or compensation group to impose conditions on the authority of its authorised applicant and require public notification of any such conditions; clarify the duties of the applicant to the claim group; allow the applicant to act by majority as the default position; allow the composition of the applicant to be changed without further authorisation in certain circumstances; allow the claim group to put in place succession-planning arrangements for individual members of the applicant; allow body corporate Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) to cover areas where native title has been extinguished; remove the requirement for the Native Title Registrar to notify an area ILUA unless satisfied it meets the ILUA requirements; allow minor amendments to be made to an ILUA without a new registration process; specify that the removal of an ILUA from the register does not invalidate future acts subject to that ILUA; extend the circumstances in which historical extinguishment can be disregarded to areas of national, state or territory parks, and certain pastoral leases; allow a registered native title body corporate to bring a compensation application over an area where native title has been extinguished; require the registrar to create and maintain a public record of section 31 agreements; and make a number of technical amendments; and Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
(CATSI Act) to: require registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBC) constitutions to include dispute resolution pathways for persons who are or who claim to be common law holders, and provide for all the common law holders to be directly or indirectly represented in the RNTBC; limit the grounds for cancelling the membership of a member of a RNTBC to certain grounds; remove the discretion of directors of RNTBCs to refuse certain membership applications; specify that the registrar may place a RNTBC under special administration in certain circumstances; and ensure that proceedings in respect of a civil matter arising under the Act that relate to a RNTBC are to be instituted and determined exclusively in the Federal Court, unless transferred to another court with jurisdiction; confirm the validity of certain section 31 agreements; and provide that a person would be entitled to compensation if the bill effects the acquisition of property of a person other than on just terms (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution).
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- Date
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31 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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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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24 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Summary
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Appropriates money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet certain Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations in relation to the World Bank’s International Development Association and debt relief schemes, including the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund; the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund; and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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