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TOTAL RESULTS: 142
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16 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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RICE, Sen Janet
- Summary
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The bill: requires the Minister for Energy and Emission Reduction to table in each House of Parliament an annual statement outlining Australia's strategy on electric vehicles; and provides for the reference of matters to the Productivity Commission, including Australia’s support for the manufacture, purchase and use of electric vehicles.
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13 May 2021
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Senate
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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Amends the
]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity.
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- Date
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04 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: prevent the minister from approving an action which involves the clearing of koala habitat; and remove the exemption of regional forest agreements from requirements of the Act where there is, may, or is likely to have significant impacts on koalas.
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09 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
to provide that forestry operations covered by a regional forest agreement are exempted from Part 3 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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- Date
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10 Feb 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Amends the:
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008
to require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to ensure that school education provides a balanced presentation of opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues; and Australian Education Act 2013
to make financial assistance to a state or territory conditional on the state or territory having certain laws in force.
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12 Feb 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: require national broadcasters, commercial television broadcasting licensees and subscription television licensees to provide a minimum number of hours of television audio description per week; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirement.
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04 Mar 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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The bill: provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and provides for civil penalties.
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- Date
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11 Sep 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Implements the
Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
by amending the Customs Tariff Act 1995
to provide a free rate of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom that will incrementally reduce to free; and provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate that applied before the commencement of the protocol for certain products.
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27 Mar 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
, and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to clarify certain aspects of the framework relating to the seizure of digital assets; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to provide that information gathering powers and freezing orders apply to digital currency exchanges; Crimes Act 1914
to increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $313 to $330; Telecommunications Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to clarify the functions of the Communications Access Coordinator in the Attorney-General’s Department and create the position of Communications Security Coordinator in the Department of Home Affairs; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to information sharing between integrity agencies and oversight bodies.
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16 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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Defence
- Summary
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Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023, the bill enables certain licences issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to be treated as Australian naval nuclear power safety licences for the purposes of the
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2023
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