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- Date
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11 Nov 1998
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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This bill has been registered under the wrong bill number. The correct bill no. for this bill is 98159 (159/98)
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09 Aug 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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30 Mar 1999
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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07 Sep 2000
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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- Date
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06 Jul 2011
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Introduced with the Work Health and Safety Bill 2011, the bill: repeals the
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
; makes arrangements for transition to the new occupational health and safety laws; and amends the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
and Social Security Act 1991
to make consequential amendments.
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24 Feb 2021
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
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Amends the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011
to clarify the operation of the Act in relation to the Commonwealth's undertakings on Norfolk Island.
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01 Dec 2022
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the:
Work Health and Safety Act 2011
to: include negligence as a fault element in relation to a category one offence; clarify that a work group is negotiated with workers who are proposed to form the work group; amend the obligation to train health and safety representatives to provide that representatives are entitled to choose a course of training; amend the process for the issuing and services of notices under the Act; enable an inspector, within 30 days of entering a workplace, to issue certain written notices relating to the reason for entry; specify that Comcare is able to share information with certain other persons for the purpose of performing functions under relevant laws; extend from 12 to 18 months the deadline for a person to make a request to the regulator to bring a prosecution for a category one or two offence; prohibit a person from entering into a contract of insurance to provide coverage over liability for monetary penalties imposed under the Act, and create a related offence; and Safe Work Australia Act 2008
to specify that Safe Work Australia may be provided with information necessary to its data and evidence functions.
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- Date
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06 Jul 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Introduced with the Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill implements the Model Work Health and Safety Bill (the model bill) within the Commonwealth jurisdiction to form part of a system of nationally harmonised occupational health and safety laws which will apply to businesses and undertakings conducted by the Commonwealth, public authorities, and transitionally, non-Commonwealth licensees. State and territory governments, together with the Commonwealth, signed the Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety which commits the jurisdictions to implement the model laws by December 2011.
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- Date
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08 Feb 2023
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Women
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
to: require the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to publish gender pay gap information of relevant employers for each reporting period; rename the current 'minimum standards' as 'gender equality standards'; require relevant employers to provide executive summary and industry benchmark reports to all members of their governing body; include 'sexual harassment', 'harassment on the ground of sex' or 'discrimination' as gender equality indicators; change the title of the 'Director' of the WGEA to 'Chief Executive Officer'; and make a technical amendment to the definition of 'reporting period'.
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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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Women
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
to require certain employers with 500 or more employees to select and meet, or improve against, certain gender equality targets over a 3 year period.
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