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TOTAL RESULTS: 125
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09 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
to provide that forestry operations covered by a regional forest agreement are exempted from Part 3 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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10 Feb 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Amends the:
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008
to require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to ensure that school education provides a balanced presentation of opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues; and Australian Education Act 2013
to make financial assistance to a state or territory conditional on the state or territory having certain laws in force.
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12 Feb 2019
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Senate
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STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon
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Amends the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: require national broadcasters, commercial television broadcasting licensees and subscription television licensees to provide a minimum number of hours of television audio description per week; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirement.
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04 Mar 2015
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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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04 Jul 2024
- 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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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: establish a framework for a new temporary skilled worker visa, the Skills in Demand visa; and establish a public register of approved sponsors who have nominated skilled workers for entry to Australia.
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04 Jul 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a taxation framework to implement the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules (which ensure that multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate) and an Australian domestic minimum tax for certain multinational enterprise groups with an annual global revenue of at least EUR 750 million.
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04 Jul 2024
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill imposes global and domestic minimum taxes in respect of profits of multinational enterprises that have been undertaxed.
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04 Jul 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, the bill amends 5 Acts to make amendments consequential on the introduction of global and domestic minimum taxes in Australia, including amendments to ensure that the taxes interact appropriately with existing Australian taxation laws.
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03 Jul 2024
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024, the bill amends the
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
to enable Export Finance Australia to support investments consistent with the National Interest Framework where support is not available through existing funds and programs; and make technical and minor amendments; and Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011
and Australian Renewable Energy Agency Regulation 2016
to enable the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support renewable energy technologies that are part of the net zero transformation and to administer the Innovation Fund and other programs.
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03 Jul 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the National Interest Framework to support consideration and decision making in relation to public investment that facilitates private sector investment in the national interest.
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