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TOTAL RESULTS: 89
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22 Mar 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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Employment and Workplace Relations
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- Date
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04 Mar 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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The bill: provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and provides for civil penalties.
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25 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Requires the Treasurer to establish a Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund to underwrite insurance for the live performance industry to enable future live performance events.
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16 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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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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- Date
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16 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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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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- Date
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13 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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TEHAN, Dan, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; provide that, for an offence involving violence against a person, a person's conviction for an offence of common assault, or equivalent, will not be taken to be a conviction for a designated offence unless the act constituting the offence causes or substantially contributes to bodily harm to another person, or harm to another person's mental health, or involves family violence; and make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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01 Dec 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends the
Ministers of State Act 1952
to require the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to publish a notifiable instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation to advise that the Governor-General has chosen, summoned and sworn an Executive Councillor to the Federal Executive Council, appointed an officer to administer a Department of State of the Commonwealth, directed a Minister of State to hold an office, or has revoked any of these positions.
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- Date
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27 Sep 2022
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny
- Summary
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Establishes the National Energy Transition Authority as a statutory authority to plan, coordinate and provide advice on the transition to renewable energy, focusing on the facilitation of new economic opportunities for workers and communities who are currently involved in fossil fuel production and associated industries.
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- Date
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09 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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- Date
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09 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council as an independent advisory body to the Commonwealth Government on matters relating to housing supply and affordability.
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