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TOTAL RESULTS: 118
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28 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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TINK, Kylea, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
and Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018
to require light vehicles to meet Euro 6d vehicle pollution standards.
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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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- Date
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22 Mar 2023
- 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
Health Insurance Act 1973
to: remove the age limit on eligibility for Medicare benefits for treatment of cleft and craniofacial conditions; enable Services Australia to use a computerised system to manage the Register of Approved Placements; and require bonded participants of the Bonded Medical Program to complete their return of service obligations in an amount of weeks rather than years and make related amendments.
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24 May 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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Health and Aged Care
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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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Finance
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund to make grants, and enable Housing Australia to make grants and loans, in relation to acute housing needs, social housing or affordable housing.
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30 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before 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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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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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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22 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
- Summary
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Responds to recommendations of the independent review of Infrastructure Australia (IA) by amending the
Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
to amend the functions and governance structure of IA.
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- Date
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22 Mar 2023
- 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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Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023, the bill amends the:
Aged Care Act 1997
and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
to facilitate the disclosure of protected information to the Inspector-General of Aged Care; and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to require the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner to meet an additional public interest test before a corruption investigation can commence in relation to a matter that has previously been investigated by the Inspector-General of Aged Care.
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22 Mar 2023
- 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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Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes an independent Inspector-General of Aged Care to monitor, investigate and report on the Commonwealth’s administration of the aged care system, including by identifying system issues through independent reviews and making recommendations for improvement.
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