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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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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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18 Sep 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
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Introduced with the Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes a civil penalties regime regulating the sending of commercial electronic messages, including a prohibition on sending unsolicited commercial electronic messages (“spam”) and regulation of general commercial electronic messages. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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27 Feb 2012
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to phase out by 2016 advertising within television programs on SBS.
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- Date
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12 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ALLISON, Lyn
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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- Date
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07 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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- Date
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30 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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25 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019
to extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023.
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- Date
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22 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019
to extend the sunset date from 30 June 2023 to 30 June 2025 to enable foreign special recreational vessels (also known as superyachts) to continue to opt into the coastal trading regulatory regime and obtain temporary licenses to operate charters in Australia.
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27 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
- Summary
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Allows the owner, charterer, master or agent of a special recreational vessel to apply for a temporary licence for a special recreational vessel under the
Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012
; and applies the Act to the extent necessary to regulate voyages conducted by special recreational vessels under such licences.
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- Date
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26 Aug 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Youth and Sport
- Summary
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Amends the:
Sports Integrity Australia Act 2020
to implement revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code by: introducing a new category of person (non-participant) who may be subject to the National Anti-Doping Scheme; broadening the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sport Integrity Australia to not publish details of violations committed by athletes who compete for recreational purposes, or if the CEO believes an athlete does not have the mental capacity to understand the anti-doping rules; broadening the situations where the CEO may respond to public comment on unfinalised matters; and amending the definition of athlete to include persons who competed in sport within the last six months; and National Sports Tribunal Act 2019
to make consequential amendments.
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