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.
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TOTAL RESULTS: 473
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15 Jun 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to enable the Fair Work Commission to deal with disputes between employers and employees regarding the eligibility of an employee to receive the JobKeeper payment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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15 Jun 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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PERRETT, Graham, MP
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Implements certain recommendations of the 2009 Family Law Council's report
Improving responses to family violence in the family law system: An advice on the intersection of family violence and family law issues
, the 2017 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs' report A better family law system to support and protect those affected by family violence
, and the 2019 Australian Law Reform Commission's report Family Law for the Future - An Inquiry into the Family Law System
by amending the Family Law Act 1975
to remove provisions relating to the: presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting orders; and requirement that the courts consider, in certain circumstances, the child spending equal time, or substantial and significant time with each parent.
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12 May 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide for 14 days paid COVID-19 leave for all workers, including part-time, casual and gig economy workers; and enable the Fair Work Commission to make COVID-19 leave orders to extend provisions in the Act to all workers, such as gig economy workers.
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24 Feb 2020
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP
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Amends the
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
to: prevent foreign persons or entities from acquiring more than 10 per cent or greater interest in Australian land, water or other assets that are of 'strategic economic importance' or 'strategic defensive importance' to Australia; and establish the Foreign Ownership Assessment Board.
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04 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of 'prescribed offence' for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime for registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation and make alternative orders on a range of grounds; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations where the Fair Work Commissioner has determined the test should apply; provide that the commissioner must prioritise matters that raise serious or systemic concerns in carrying out his or her functions; provide that the minister must cause an independent review of the amendments made by the bill as soon as practicable after the end of two years after the amendments commence; and make minor and technical amendments.
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16 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BANDT, Adam, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: introduce a new category of ‘protected climate change industrial action’ to provide workers with an express right to take such action; allow employees and employers to include matters relating to climate change in their enterprise agreements; and permit employees to take ‘protected industrial action’ being action taken in support of securing an enterprise agreement, about such matters.
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12 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Requires separating couples to self-assess and narrow their family law disputes promptly within a defined statutory time frame.
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the:
Fair Work Act 2009
to: prohibit terms of a modern award or an enterprise agreement requiring or permitting contributions for the benefit of an employee to be made to any fund other than a superannuation fund, a registered worker entitlement fund or a registered charity; require any term of a modern award or enterprise agreement that names a worker entitlement fund or insurance product to provide for an employee to choose another fund or insurance product; prohibit any term of a modern award, enterprise agreement or contract of employment permitting or requiring employee contributions to an election fund for an industrial association; and prohibit any action with the intent to coerce an employer to pay amounts to a particular worker entitlement fund, superannuation fund, training fund, welfare fund or employee insurance scheme; Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: require registered organisations to have written financial management policies that have been approved by the committee of management; require registered organisations to report certain loans, grants and donations; require specific disclosure by registered organisations of the financial benefits obtained by them and persons linked to them in connection with employee insurance products, welfare fund arrangements and training fund arrangements; introduce a range of new penalties relating to compliance by registered organisations with financial management, disclosure and reporting requirements; and make minor technical amendments; and Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Jobs and Small Business
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to insert into the National Employment Standards a new right for eligible employees to request to convert to full-time or part-time employment.
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