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TOTAL RESULTS: 164
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18 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Agriculture, Water and the Environment
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Amends the:
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
to: implement Australia's obligations under the Basel Convention on the Control or Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal; apply the standard provisions of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
and insert new audit powers; update existing criminal offences and introduce new strict liability offences and civil penalties to cover non-compliance relating to the export, import and transit of hazardous waste; increase penalties for offences relating to the export, import and transit of hazardous waste and introduce new aggravated offences where the non-compliance results in injury or damage to human beings or the environment; authorise information sharing between Commonwealth, state and territory governments; introduce recordkeeping requirements and information gathering powers to protect, use and disclose information; and replace the Hazardous Waste Technical Group with a requirement to consult with persons with appropriate expertise; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to make a consequential amendment.
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- Date
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18 Mar 2021
- 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
Mutual Recognition Act 1992
to: introduce a uniform scheme of automatic mutual recognition (AMR) by enabling an individual who is registered for an occupation in their home state to carry on those activities in other states and territories; enable a state minister to exempt a registration in their state from being subject to AMR for a renewable period of up to five years because of a significant risk to consumer protection, the environment, animal welfare or the health or safety of workers or the public; and enable a state minister to exempt a registration in their state for a temporary period of six months after commencement of the Act, with an option to extend for a further period to 30 June 2022 if needed.
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18 Mar 2021
- 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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Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Summary
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Amends the
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
to: implement certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Sydney Harbour Federal Trust
by enabling the Harbour Trust to operate as an ongoing entity, amending processes relating to the appointment of members, increasing the threshold for ministerial approval of contracts to $5 million and providing for indexation of the threshold amount, and amending the processes for entering into long-term leases or licences; extend the existing regulation-making powers; establish compliance and enforcement powers; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
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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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17 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Royal Commissions Act 1902
to: apply limitations on the use and disclosure of certain information provided by individuals to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability outside of a private session, where the commission indicated that it would be treated as confidential; enable certain members of a Royal Commission to make non-publication directions; and enable a Commonwealth Royal Commission, during the course of inquiring into a matter, to communicate information and evidence to a Royal Commission, or commission of inquiry, of a state or territory; and Freedom of Information Act 1982
to exempt certain information given to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability from the operation of the Act.
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- Date
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17 Mar 2021
- 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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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to require a fund, authority or institution to be a registered charity or an Australian government agency, or be operated by a registered charity or an Australian government agency, to be entitled to a deductible gift recipient endorsement; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to remove the concessional tax treatment for offshore banking units (OBU); and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to: remove the ability of the minister to issue determinations or declarations that a person or entity is an OBU; and remove the withholding tax exemption for OBUs for interest (including interesting consisting of gold) paid on or after 1 January 2024.
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- Date
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15 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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STEGGALL, Zali, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to provide a general prohibition on sexual harassment, such that it will be unlawful for a person to sexually harass another person in any setting or circumstance.
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25 Feb 2021
- 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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Environment
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: establish a framework for the making, varying, revoking and application of National Environmental Standards; and establish an Environment Assurance Commissioner to undertake monitoring or auditing of the operation of bilateral agreements with states and territories and Commonwealth processes for making and enforcing approval decisions.
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25 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
to: change the maximum allowable age for people to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent from up to 24 years of age to up to 31 years of age; and enable people with a disability, regardless of their age, to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent; Age Discrimination Act 2004
to enable private health insurers to cover older dependent people; and Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
to substitute the term of dependent persons for dependent children.
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25 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019
to extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023.
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