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- Date
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27 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Implements the government's response to the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry by amending the
Corporations Act 2001
to: establish a new kind of managed investment scheme called a class action litigation funding scheme; and introduce additional requirements for the constitutions of managed investment schemes that are class action litigation funding schemes.
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21 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Prohibits discrimination based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises.
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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The bill: establishes the Australian Federal Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the Federal Integrity Commissioner, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner, Whistleblower Protection Commissioner and Assistant Federal Integrity Commissioners; establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; establishes the Parliamentary Inspector of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission and the Whistleblower Protection Special Account; and makes consequential amendments to the
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
, Ombudsman Act 1976
and Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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MCKIM, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to enable uniform and automatic extensions to time-limited temporary visa subclasses, where the visa holder has been unable to enter Australia due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and Spam Act 2003
to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content.
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 41 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms.
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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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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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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Summary
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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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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
- Summary
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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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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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