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TOTAL RESULTS: 83
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- Date
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26 Mar 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Crimes Act 1914
to remove mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences.
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- Date
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28 Jul 2025
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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CHANEY, Kate, MP
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to create new offences for generating child abuse material using a carriage service.
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01 Sep 2021
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Senate
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
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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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- Date
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08 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to pause the indexation of customs duty rates on draught beer for two years, from 1 August 2025
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- Date
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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- Date
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28 Aug 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Defence
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to amend the arrangements for review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal of decisions relating to defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards.
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- Date
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08 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Defence
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to have general oversight of Australian defence agencies, other than the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
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- Date
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26 Jun 2024
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Senate
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ANTIC, Sen Alex
BABET, Sen Ralph
CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
HANSON, Sen Pauline
RENNICK, Sen Gerard
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
- Summary
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Repeals the
Digital ID Act 2024
and Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2024
. Also makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts.
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- Date
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09 Oct 2025
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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:
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions; Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
; Higher Education Support Act 2003
to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations Students; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system.
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28 Jul 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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STEGGALL, Zali, MP
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to prohibit the authorisation of certain electoral and referendum matter that is inaccurate and misleading to a material extent, including material that has been modified using digital technology, such as ‘deepfakes’; and require electoral and referendum matter that has been created or modified using digital technology (including AI) to carry a statement to that effect; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to establish an Electoral Communications Panel; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992
and Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to remove the ‘media blackout’ period that prohibits electoral or referendum advertising in the last 3 days of voting in an election or referendum.
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