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• Improving Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Effect of Prosecution—Approved Pharmacist Corporations) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

   

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Data Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

   

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transparent and Quality Public Appointments Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  SCAMPS, Sophie, MP 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: lower the donation disclosure threshold from $13,800 to $1,000 for individual donations and require aggregation under the threshold; expand the definition of 'gift'; introduce a cap of $50,000 on the total amount of donations a donor can provide during an electoral cycle; require real-time disclosure by gift recipients to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) within two business days of the donation threshold being reached or exceeded; require the AEC to publish donation returns by reporting entities on the Transparency Register as soon as reasonably practicable; introduce an electoral expenditure cap to limit the amount of money that can be spent on federal election campaigns; prohibit political donations from particular industries, including fossil fuel entities, gambling companies, liquor companies and the tobacco industry; and increase certain penalties for corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  TEHAN, Dan, MP 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Stop PEP11 and Protect Our Coast) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP11) and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the PEP11. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Inciting Illegal Disruptive Activities) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ANTIC, Sen Alex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to introduce three new offences relating to the incitement of trespass, property damage or theft and unlawful obstruction of traffic in central business districts and other centres of significant business or cultural activity in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: lower the minimum voting age in Australian federal elections and referenda from 18 to 16 years; provide for 16 and 17 year olds to be included in the certified list of voters (but not to be given a penalty notice if they do not vote); and provide that an eligible voter, who is not yet on the electoral roll or enrolled at their correct address, is able to cast a provisional vote on election day. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum