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TOTAL RESULTS: 280
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- Date
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17 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BERNARDI, Sen Cory
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
, Crimes Act 1914
and Criminal Code Act 1995
in relation to child sex tourism offences by: relocating existing offences (currently in the Crimes Act) to the Criminal Code; creating new grooming, procuring and preparatory offences; making penalties consistent with like offences in the Criminal Code; introducing new offences relating to Australians overseas accessing child pornography or child abuse material; and providing for forfeiture of such material. Also makes consequential amendments to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
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- Date
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15 May 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Special Minister of State
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1,000; require certain persons making gifts above the threshold to furnish a return within eight weeks after polling day; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to the lesser amount of either the actual electoral expenditure or the amount awarded per vote where the four percent threshold is satisfied; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences.
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- Date
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14 May 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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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 repeal provisions relating to group voting tickets and provide for preferential above-the-line voting for Senate elections.
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- Date
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20 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to expand the ‘black list’ of internet addresses maintained by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to include terrorism and cyber crime websites hosted domestically and overseas.
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- Date
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20 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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The bill implements the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law by: establishing access to local courts by persons administering a foreign insolvency proceeding; establishing conditions for recognition of a foreign insolvency proceeding and granting relief to its participants; permitting participation by foreign creditors in such proceedings; enabling cooperation between courts and practitioners from different countries; enabling coordination of proceedings to take place concurrently in different countries; and empowering the Governor-General to make regulations under the Act.
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- Date
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to give the Australian Communications and Media Authority the discretion to consider late applications for renewals of community broadcasting licences up to the expiry date of the licence; and makes technical corrections to the Broadcasting Amendment (Digital Radio) Act 2007
and Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Act 2006
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- Date
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Justice and Customs
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
, Crimes Act 1914
and Criminal Code Act 1995
in relation to child sex tourism offences, by: relocating existing offences (currently in the Crimes Act) to the Criminal Code; creating new grooming, procuring and preparatory offences; making penalties consistent with like offences in the Criminal Code; introducing new offences relating to Australians overseas accessing child pornography or child abuse material; and providing for forfeiture of such material. Also makes consequential amendments to the Surveillance Devices Act 2004
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
.
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- Date
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22 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
by establishing industry based self-assessment schemes in relation to: advertising unclassified films and computer games; and television series compilations.
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- Date
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21 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDWIG, Sen Joe
- Summary
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to create new offences in relation to the transmission of child abuse and pornographic materials by postal or like services; and increase the penalties for a range of similar crimes from 10 years imprisonment to 10 years imprisonment and 2,500 penalty units.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Justice and Customs
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
and Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001
in relation to: conduct of personal searches and seizure; Customs brokers’ licensing provision; duty recovery and payments of duty under protest; and false and misleading declarations made under the new SmartGate automated passenger processing system.
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