A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
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25 Nov 2024
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024, the bill amends the
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
and 3 legislative instruments to make consequential amendments. Also repeals 3 legislative instruments and retrospectively applies the authority to charge and collect payment surcharges to payments made on or after 1 January 2003.
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25 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024, the bill authorises Commonwealth entities to charge and collect payment surcharges.
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25 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024, the bill imposes a tax equivalent to the amount of the payment surcharge that has already been collected by a Commonwealth entity, where the authorisation of the past collection of a payment surcharge is beyond the other powers of the Commonwealth to some extent.
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11 Feb 2026
- 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
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982
, Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985
, Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987
and Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970
to update the statutory framework for the appointment, suspension and termination of certain statutory office holders in the Foreign Affairs and Trade and Attorney-General’s portfolios.
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22 Mar 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and Water Act 2007
to make consequential amendments.
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27 Jun 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911
to facilitate trading of beneficial interests in Commonwealth Government Securities (CGS) on financial markets in Australia that are accessible to retail investors; and Corporations Act 2001
to: require financial advisers to provide a prescribed information statement to retail clients when they give them personal advice about investing in CGS; and make technical amendments.
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13 Oct 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WANG, Sen Zhenya
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
to require the Commonwealth Grants Commission, when considering the capacity of a state or territory to raise mining revenue in preparing its annual recommendation on the distribution of goods and services tax revenue, to take into account only the most recent financial year for which mining revenue data is available.
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- Date
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30 Mar 1999
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Administration portfolio
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- Date
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06 Feb 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BERNARDI, Sen Cory
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Amends the
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911
to limit the face value of stock and securities that can be on issue under the Treasurer’s standing borrowing authority to $600 billion.
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25 Jun 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911
to limit the amount the government can borrow, by providing that the Australian Office of Financial Management cannot issue further stock if it would result in the value of stock and securities on issue to be an amount greater than 35% of Australia’s gross domestic product.
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