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- Date
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12 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: enable the Electoral Commissioner to declare an elector to be a ‘designated elector’ on the basis of a reasonable suspicion that the elector has voted more than once in an election; provide for decisions regarding declarations of designated electors to be subject to review by the Electoral Commissioner or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and provide examples of the types of conduct and behaviours that may constitute the offence of interference with political liberty, and increase the penalty for this offence.
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- Date
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16 Oct 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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DI NATALE, Sen Richard
- Summary
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Amends the:
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to remove the exemption for religious educational institutions to discriminate against students and teachers on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, marital or relationship status or pregnancy; and Fair Work Act 2009
to ensure that religious exemptions from anti-discrimination provisions do not extend to educational institutions.
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- Date
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09 May 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to provide that the Commonwealth may only enter into an agreement with an entity for the building of certain vessels for use by the Royal Australian Navy if the vessel is to be constructed in Australia by an Australian shipbuilder.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to require parliamentary approval of overseas service by members of the Australian Defence Force.
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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to: provide a free rate of customs duty for goods that are Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) originating goods; specify the phasing rates of customs duty for certain RCEP originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain goods; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2021
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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
and Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes.
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- Date
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10 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to prohibit the importation of polyethylene core aluminium composite panels.
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- Date
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the
Customs Act 1901
to: implement rules of origin to determine goods eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters and producers of eligible goods to a party to the agreement for which a preferential rate of customs duty is claimed; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends: the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: amend the offence of bribery of a foreign public official to extend the definition of foreign public official to include a candidate for office, remove the requirement that the foreign official must be influenced in the exercise of the official's duties, replace the requirement that a benefit and business advantage must be 'not legitimately due' with the concept of 'improperly influencing' a foreign public official, and extend the offence to cover bribery to obtain a personal advantage; and create a new offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983
to implement a Commonwealth Deferred Prosecution Agreement scheme to enable the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to invite a person that has engaged in serious corporate crime to negotiate an agreement to comply with a range of specified conditions; and five Acts to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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21 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Prohibits discrimination based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises.
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