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TOTAL RESULTS: 91
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06 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David
- Summary
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Amends the
Governor-General Act 1974
to cease the payment of allowances to a former Governor-General, or a spouse of a former Governor-General, where they have engaged in serious misconduct.
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11 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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The bill: prohibits mining operations in the Great Australian Bight area; and requires the minister to submit the Great Australian Bight for consideration as a World Heritage Site.
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20 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Removes fees imposed on the pathology sector for the approval of certain categories of pathology accreditation applications by repealing the
Health Insurance (Pathology (Fees) Act 1991
and Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015
. Also makes consequential amendments to the Health Insurance Act 1973
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- Date
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28 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Aged Care
- Summary
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Amends the:
Dental Benefits Act 2008
and Health Insurance Act 1973
to change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year; Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
to update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences; National Health Act 1953
to streamline pharmacy approval processes; Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
to: enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages; and support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods; and Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
to clarify the intended operation of certain provisions.
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13 Feb 2025
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Senate
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- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: require higher education providers who receive Commonwealth funding to disclose existing partnerships with, or investments in, defined prohibited entities and divest from these partnerships and investments within a 6-month period; and prohibit higher education providers from appointing to their governing bodies any individual that has investments in a prohibited entity or is a member of the board of a prohibited entity.
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21 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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BRAGG, Sen Andrew
- Summary
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Amends the
Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund.
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30 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
ANTIC, Sen Alex
BABET, Sen Ralph
- Summary
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The bill: clarifies that children born alive are persons; requires health practitioners to provide medical care, treatment and statistics on children born alive as a result of terminations; and provides that the mother of a child born alive is not liable to prosecution for an offence in respect of that child.
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09 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—February 2023) Instrument 2023
to amend the regulatory framework for medicinal cannabis by: re-scheduling medicinal cannabis, thereby allowing prescription by any medical practitioner; adopting a definition for cannabis as a regulated product that allows a higher level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); and allowing whole plant cannabis products with certain limits of THC and cannabidiol to be sold over the counter at a chemist or veterinary clinic to persons over 18 years of age.
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09 Oct 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Amends the
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
to provide for a staged implementation of a prohibition on the advertising of licensed interactive wagering services.
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04 Mar 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
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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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