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TOTAL RESULTS: 124
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01 Sep 2021
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Senate
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
to require all approved aged care facilities to have at least one registered nurse on duty at all times to provide care and supervise the provision of care to residents of approved aged care facilities.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Agriculture, Water and the Environment
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Amends the
Biosecurity Act 2015
to: expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; create a mechanism to make a human biosecurity group direction; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; and provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities, such as surveillance programs for pests and diseases.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: provide for the routine independent auditing of authorised electronic technology used at federal elections; and require voter identification for electors to vote in federal elections; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to make consequential amendments.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the
Customs Act 1901
to: implement rules of origin to determine goods eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters and producers of eligible goods to a party to the agreement for which a preferential rate of customs duty is claimed; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
and Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to: provide a free rate of customs duty for goods that are Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) originating goods; specify the phasing rates of customs duty for certain RCEP originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain goods; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2021
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31 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 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 undertake certain functions relating to communities; establish an Office of Monitoring, Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance within the EPA; 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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25 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Indigenous Australians
- Summary
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Amends the:
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
in relation to: review of the operation of the Act every 7 years; powers and functions of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations; membership information, including applications, member contact details and electronic communication; subsidiaries and joint ventures; size classification criteria for corporations; meeting and reporting requirements; constitutions for, and officers of, corporations; related party transactions; power to exempt corporations from employee-director requirement; the appointment of independent directors; publication requirements; storage of information requirements; alignment of the Act with the Corporations Act; finalising processes; dealing with unclaimed property; external administration and deregistration; minor technical amendments; and review of financial reports; and Native Title Act 1993
to make minor technical amendments in relation to the Native Title Register.
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25 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends: the
Future Fund Act 2006
to establish a new employment framework for the Future Fund Management Agency; five Acts to make consequential amendments; the Freedom of Information Act 1982
to provide a partial exemption for documents handled by the Future Fund Board of Guardians and the agency in relation to the board's investment activities; the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015
to: provide for a new disbursements framework for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF); and make minor amendments in relation to the administration of MRFF grants programs; and the Emergency Response Fund Act 2019
to: transfer responsibility for expenditure from the Emergency Response Fund to the National Recovery and Resilience Agency; and amend administrative arrangements for transfers from the Emergency Response Fund Special Account.
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25 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Requires the Treasurer to establish a Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund to underwrite insurance for the live performance industry to enable future live performance events.
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