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22 Nov 2022
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STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to prohibit the importation into Australia of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced labour.
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28 Sep 2022
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CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
ANTIC, Sen Alex
CADELL, Sen Ross
COLBECK, Sen Richard
FAWCETT, Sen David
PRICE, Sen Jacinta Nampijinpa
O'SULLIVAN, Sen Matt
RENNICK, Sen Gerard
VAN, Sen David
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Amends the:
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
to remove the prohibition on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to remove the prohibition on the Minister for Environment and Water declaring, approving or considering actions relating to the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations.
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27 Sep 2022
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ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny
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Establishes the National Energy Transition Authority as a statutory authority to plan, coordinate and provide advice on the transition to renewable energy, focusing on the facilitation of new economic opportunities for workers and communities who are currently involved in fossil fuel production and associated industries.
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07 Sep 2022
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LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
TYRRELL, Sen Tammy
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Amends the
Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
to implement a recommendation of the interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to allow a royal commission, whose terms of reference require an examination of government, to analyse and draw inferences or conclusions from evidence that is subject to parliamentary privilege.
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05 Sep 2022
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: require actions that would emit between 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions in any one year to be assessed for approval under Part 9 of the Act; require the minister, when approving any such action or when considering whether to enter into a conservation agreement, to consider Australia’s national carbon budget and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; require the minister to reject the approval of actions that would emit over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions; require the Climate Change Authority to develop a national carbon budget to 2050 and to annually assess the budget; prohibit the minister, subject to certain exceptions, from using alternative approval processes for certain emissions intensive actions; and introduce penalties for undertaking certain emissions intensive actions without approval if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment.
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04 Aug 2022
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WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter
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Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, and Petroleum Exploration Permit/T/49P (King Island, Tasmania); prevent any petroleum exploration leases for the Otway Basin/12 Apostles being granted; and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the three areas.
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03 Aug 2022
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SMITH, Sen Dean
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Amends the:
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and increase to $600 the amount of income age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients can earn each fortnight while still receiving maximum pension payments and provide for a review, and sunsetting, of these amendments.
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10 Feb 2022
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ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to require that labour hire workers covered by certain modern awards receive at least the same rate of pay as other employees performing the same work.
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01 Sep 2021
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
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Amends the
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
and Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes.
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31 Aug 2021
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment and undertake certain functions relating to communities; establish an Office of Monitoring, Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance within the EPA; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and Water Act 2007
to make consequential amendments.
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