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- Date
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15 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
to insert a modified ‘equal access’ cost protection provision in relation to federal unlawful discrimination court proceedings; and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
and Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
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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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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 Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data.
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- Date
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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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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Australia) Bill 2024, the bill provides for transitional provisions and amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and 8 other Acts to support the establishment of Environment Protection Australia (EPA) and the Head of Environment Information Australia. Also amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: confer compliance powers on the EPA; introduce protection orders and audit powers; and provide for the minister and secretary to delegate powers to the Chief Executive Officer of the EPA.
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- Date
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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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 Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes Environment Protection Australia as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws.
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- Date
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26 Jun 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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Communications
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications Act 1997
to require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to establish and maintain an SMS Sender ID Register.
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- Date
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16 Nov 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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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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- Date
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16 Nov 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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Defence
- Summary
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Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a framework to regulate the nuclear safety aspects of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine enterprise.
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- Date
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15 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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