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TOTAL RESULTS: 149
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- Date
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29 Nov 2023
- 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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Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the
Reserve Bank Act 1959
to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments.
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- Date
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16 Nov 2023
- 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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Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation.
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- Date
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18 Oct 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Summary
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Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign.
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- Date
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02 Aug 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2] and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund to make grants, and enable Housing Australia to make grants and loans, in relation to acute housing needs, social housing or affordable housing.
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- Date
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02 Aug 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2] and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill establishes the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council as an independent advisory body to the Commonwealth Government on matters relating to housing supply and affordability.
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- Date
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02 Aug 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2] and National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill amends: the
National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018
to rename the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation to Housing Australia; the renamed Housing Australia Act 2018
to: streamline the functions of Housing Australia; establish an annual review mechanism for the National Housing Infrastructure Facility; and extend the Commonwealth guarantee of the liabilities of Housing Australia to apply to contracts entered into until 30 June 2028; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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22 Jun 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments; Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
and Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee; Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; and Criminal Code Act 1995
to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts.
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- Date
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30 Mar 2023
- 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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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Proposes an alteration to the Constitution to recognise First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. [
The bill was passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament. The proposal was not approved at the subsequent referendum on 14 October 2023
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- Date
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26 Jul 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to remove a duplicate definition.
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