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TOTAL RESULTS: 112
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29 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Gives effect to the National Strategic Framework for Information Sharing between the Family Law and Family Violence and Child Protection Systems by amending the
Family Law Act 1975
to expand the information sharing framework for information relating to family violence, child abuse and neglect risks in parenting proceedings before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and the Family Court of Western Australia.
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29 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Family Law Act 1975
to: amend the parenting order framework by refining the list of ‘best interests’ factors, removing the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility and related equal time and substantial and significant time provision, and clarifying the circumstances in which a court can vary an existing parenting order; redraft provisions relating to compliance with, and enforcement of, parenting orders; amend definitions relating to the concept of ‘family’ to be more inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and traditions; permit the appointment of independent children’s lawyers (ICLs) in matters brought under the Hague Convention and require ICLs to meet with a child and give them an opportunity to express a view; clarify restrictions on communicating identifiable information arising in family proceedings; and enable standards and requirements to be prescribed for professionals who prepare family reports; Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
to make consequential amendments; Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
to: allow registrars of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) to be delegated the power to impose a make-up time parent order in contravention proceedings; bring forward the review of the Act by 2 years; and provide that a judge of the Family Court of Western Australia can be dually appointed as a judge of Division 1 of the FCFCOA; and Family Law Act 1975
and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
to introduce ‘harmful proceedings orders’ and extend the ‘overarching purpose of family law practice and procedure’ and the accompanying duty to all proceedings instituted under the Family Law Act 1975
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- Date
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22 Jun 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Gives effect to Australia’s obligations arising out of the 2009 and 2013 amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 by amending the
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
to: enable a permit to be granted for the export of carbon dioxide streams from carbon dioxide capture processes for the purpose of sequestration into a sub-seabed geological formation; enable a permit to be granted for the placement of wastes or other matter for a marine geoengineering activity for the purpose of scientific research; and make minor consequential and technical amendments.
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29 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Introduced with the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 to create a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market, the bill amends the:
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011
to: provide for the use and disclosure of protected information; provide for the minister to consult with the biodiversity minister before giving a direction about the Clean Energy Regulator’s powers and functions; amend the functions of the regulator to include functions conferred on it by a biodiversity law; include additional requirements for a person to be appointed as a member of the regulator; and provide for the delegation of the regulator’s functions and powers; and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
to: provide that the minister may determine requirements for the conduct of audits by registered greenhouse and energy auditors; and provide for a register of greenhouse and energy auditors.
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29 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Introduced with the Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, the bill creates a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market.
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14 Sep 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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Defence
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- Date
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03 Aug 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Education
- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: expand eligibility for places in demand driven higher education courses to First Nations students; and remove the current requirement that students must pass 50 per cent of the units they study to remain eligible for a Commonwealth supported place and FEE-HELP assistance and instead require higher education providers to support students to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled.
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04 Sep 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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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the:
Fair Work Act 2009
in relation to: casual employment; small business redundancy exemptions in insolvency contexts; enabling multiple franchisees to access the single-enterprise stream; transitioning from multi-enterprise agreements; model terms; regulated labour hire arrangement orders; workplace delegates’ rights; discrimination against employees subjected to family and domestic violence; sham contracting; exemptions to waive entry requirements for suspected underpayment and increasing maximum penalties for underpayments; compliance notices; introduction of a criminal offence for wage theft; the definition of employment; minimum standards and increased dispute resolution for employee-like workers performing digital platform work and regulated road transport industry contractors; and removal of a sunsetted clause relating to applications to vary modern awards; Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to remove provisions relating to the withdrawal of parts of amalgamated organisations; Independent Contractors Act 2006
to provide that the Act applies to independent contractors performing work remunerated at an amount exceeding the new contractor high income threshold; Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013
to expand the functions of the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency in relation to silica safety and silica-related diseases; Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
to implement presumptive liability provisions for first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder; and Work Health and Safety Act 2011
to: introduce an offence of industrial manslaughter; and amend the offences and penalties framework.
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03 Aug 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: ensure that certain provisions which provide legislative authority for expenditure on employment programs operate as intended; and make other minor technical amendments.
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- Date
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06 Sep 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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Environment and Water
- Summary
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Amends the
Water Act 2007
and Basin Plan 2012
to: expand the type of projects that can deliver the Basin Plan target of 450 gigalitres (GL) of additional environmental water; repeal the statutory 1,500 GL cap on Commonwealth water purchases; enable funds from the Water for the Environment Special Account to be used to enhance environmental outcomes in the Basin; provide additional time for Basin States to deliver Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Adjustment Mechanism projects; enable the Inspector-General of Water Compliance to determine SDL compliance and require action plans; provide for a roadmap for the delivery of constraints relaxation projects across the Southern Basin; delay the review of the Act from 2024 until 2027; and implement recommendations of the Water market reform: final roadmap report
in relation to water markets and water management in the Basin. Also amends the Water Act 2007
to make technical amendments in relation to First Ministers’ Council; and makes consequential amendments to the Water Act 2007
and Competition and Consumer Act 2010
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