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25 Oct 2022
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Finance
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Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government.
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25 Oct 2022
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Finance
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Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure.
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26 Oct 2022
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Indigenous Australians
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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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26 Oct 2022
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
to: amend the drafting process and relevant definitions for determinations made by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) board to authorise special ACIC operations and special ACIC investigations; and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to make consequential amendments.
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26 Oct 2022
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to disclose information to a non-corporate Commonwealth entity that is responsible for enforcing one or more laws of the Commonwealth; Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
to allow the Australian information Commissioner to delegate certain functions or powers; and Privacy Act 1988
to: expand the Australian Information Commissioner's enforcement and information sharing powers; and increase penalties for serious or repeated interferences with privacy.
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26 Oct 2022
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Veterans' Affairs
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Amends the
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to provide a one-off increase to the pension payable to totally and permanently incapacitated veterans (known as the TPI payment).
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27 Oct 2022
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House of Representatives
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: provide for applications for renewals of an existing community broadcasting licence to be considered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as a current service and not a proposed new service; enable the ACMA to grant community broadcasting licences and temporary community broadcasting licences with effect from a specified future date; amend the criteria for new temporary community broadcasting licences; enable the ACMA to limit the number of temporary community broadcasting licences that can share a particular frequency; provide for deadlines for late applications for the renewal of a community licence; and provide for expedited timelines for the ACMA to commence a process to allocate new community broadcasting licences.
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27 Oct 2022
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022, to implement Australia's obligations under the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the bill amends the
Customs Act 1901
to: implement rules of origin to determine goods eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters that export goods to the United Kingdom and who make a claim that goods exported are originating goods in accordance with the agreement, and producers of such goods; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information.
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27 Oct 2022
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022 to implement Australia's obligations under the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
Customs Act 1901
to: introduce rules of origin to determine if goods entering Australia from India are 'Indian originating goods'; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters and producers that export goods to India; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information.
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27 Oct 2022
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022 to implement Australia's obligations under the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to: provide a free rate of customs duty for goods that are United Kingdom (UK) originating goods; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain UK originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products; provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate applied before the commencement of the agreement for certain products; and maintain custom duty rates for certain UK originating goods.
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