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TOTAL RESULTS: 118
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22 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to: remove the age limit on eligibility for Medicare benefits for treatment of cleft and craniofacial conditions; enable Services Australia to use a computerised system to manage the Register of Approved Placements; and require bonded participants of the Bonded Medical Program to complete their return of service obligations in an amount of weeks rather than years and make related amendments.
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22 Mar 2023
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023, the bill amends the:
Aged Care Act 1997
and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
to facilitate the disclosure of protected information to the Inspector-General of Aged Care; and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to require the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner to meet an additional public interest test before a corruption investigation can commence in relation to a matter that has previously been investigated by the Inspector-General of Aged Care.
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22 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes an independent Inspector-General of Aged Care to monitor, investigate and report on the Commonwealth’s administration of the aged care system, including by identifying system issues through independent reviews and making recommendations for improvement.
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24 May 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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29 Mar 2023
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Security Intelligence Organisations Act 1979
to: provide the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) with additional security vetting and security clearance functions, including to make security clearance decisions for ASIO and non-ASIO personnel and conduct security vetting and assessment on an ongoing basis, to communicate with a sponsoring agency in relation to the ongoing suitability of a person to hold a security clearance, to furnish security clearance suitability assessments (SCSAs), and to assume responsibility for a security clearance granted to a person by another security vetting agency; enable ASIO and security clearance sponsors to share certain information; and provide for internal, independent and external merits review of ASIO’s SCSAs and security clearance decisions; Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
to enable the Office of National Intelligence to provide quality assurance, reporting, advice and assistance in relation to the highest-level of security clearances issued by the Commonwealth; Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
to enable security clearance decisions and SCSAs to be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
to update a cross reference.
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22 Mar 2023
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to: provide for an increase in customs duties for goods that are the produce or manufacture of Russia or Belarus imported into Australian between 25 April 2022 and 24 October 2023; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine imported between 4 July 2022 and 3 July 2023; permanently extend the free rate of customs duty for certain prescribed medical products and hygiene products; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain electric and low emission vehicles with a customs value less than the luxury car tax threshold imported into Australia on or after 1 July 2022; and correct tariff references for blood-grouping reagents and herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators following their reclassification.
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16 Feb 2023
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a charge on a person registering to participate in a visa pre-application process.
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16 Feb 2023
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023, the bill amends the
Migration Act 1958
to enable the minister to implement a visa pre-application process to enable the random selection of eligible persons who would then be permitted to apply for a relevant visa.
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30 Nov 2022
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Customs Act 1901
to establish a framework to facilitate time-limited trials of trade and customs practices and technologies, with approved entities, in a controlled regulatory environment; Australian Border Force Act 2015
to provide that the Comptroller-General of Customs' powers to make rules in relation to controlled trials cannot be delegated; and Customs Act 1901
, Customs Regulations 2015
and Customs Tariff Act 1995
to make technical amendments to customs legislation, including to provide that Notices of Intention to Propose Customs Tariff Alterations will not be subject to disallowance under the Legislation Act 2003
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26 Oct 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Indigenous Australians
- Summary
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Amends: the
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986
to: amend the title of the Act to the Aboriginal Land and Waters (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986
; exempt certain leases granted by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council from the application of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997
(ACT); increase the payment amount at which the council is required to seek approval from the minister before entering into a contract; amend the council's governance structure and decision making powers to align more closely with other corporate Commonwealth entities; remove the requirement for the council to enter into an agreement to lease with the Director of National Parks before land in the Booderee National Park can be declared as Aboriginal land; clarify that the functions of the council relate only to registered members and eligible children; and update the wording of the term 'physical or mental incapacity'; and eight Acts to make consequential amendments.
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