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13 Mar 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: insert new offences in relation to treason and terrorism related activities, all of which carry a penalty of life imprisonment; provide for ministerial declaration of proscribed organisations and insert offences in relation to membership or links with such an organisation; Crimes Act 1914
to repeal the existing treason offence; Migration Act 1958
to update treason offence cross-references; and Australian Protective Service Act 1987
and Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991
to ensure that the Australian Protective Service has power to deal with terrorist related offences and to perform the aircraft security officer function on intra-state flights. Also contains savings and application provisions.
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07 Dec 2017
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Senate
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure Bill 2017 to provide for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
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07 Dec 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, the bill provides for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure by: establishing a Register of Critical Infrastructure Assets; providing the minister with a power to direct a reporting entity or operator of a critical infrastructure asset to do, or refrain from doing, an act or thing within a specified period of time; empowering the secretary to request certain information from reporting entities and operators of critical infrastructure assets; and providing that the minister can privately declare an asset to be a critical infrastructure asset in certain circumstances.
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- Date
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09 Dec 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to enable voters at Senate elections to determine the order of their party preferences in above-the-line voting.
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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
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Senate
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
to enable states and territories to enforce interstate fines according to the laws of their own jurisdiction; and Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
and Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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16 Jun 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
to enable states and territories to enforce interstate fines according to the laws of their own jurisdiction; and Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
and Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
to make consequential amendments.
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13 May 2020
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends: 17 Acts to make consequential amendments as a result of the establishment of Services Australia as an executive agency under the
Public Service Act 1999
on 1 February 2020; and the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
, Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997
and Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
to make governance changes in relation to Services Australia.
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- Date
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30 Sep 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
in response to recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs 2008 report Effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality
, to: extend protections from discrimination on the grounds of family responsibilities to both women and men in all areas of work; provide improved protection from sexual harassment for students and workers; ensure protections from sex discrimination apply equally to women and men; and establish breastfeeding as a separate ground of discrimination; Age Discrimination Act 2004
to establish an Age Discrimination Commissioner in the Human Rights Commission; and Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999
and Fair Work Act 2009
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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12 Sep 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to remove references to ‘gender identity’.
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- Date
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01 Dec 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to provide that discrimination by an employer against a female employee is not unlawful if the discrimination involves the employer making a superannuation contribution that is more than otherwise required by law.
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