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- Date
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01 Dec 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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MCGRATH, Sen James
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: replace compulsory preferential voting with optional preferential voting for House of Representatives elections; enable voters to allocate preferences to candidates of their choosing only; provide vote saving provisions for voters who do not preference each and every candidate; provide for the position of candidates listed on House of Representatives ballots papers to be re-ordered between ballot papers (the Robson Rotation); and distribute batches of ballot papers which list each candidate in favourable positions equally.
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29 Nov 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter
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Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, and Petroleum Exploration Permit/T/49P (King Island, Tasmania); prevent any petroleum exploration leases for the Otway Basin/12 Apostles being granted; and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the three areas.
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24 Nov 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011
to: specify thematic categories of conduct to which autonomous sanctions can be applied; clarify that autonomous sanctions regimes established under the regulations can be either country-specific or thematic; and specify decision-making processes for imposing targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on person and entities under thematic sanctions regimes.
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23 Nov 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes.
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21 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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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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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
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The bill: establishes the Australian Federal Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the Federal Integrity Commissioner, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner, Whistleblower Protection Commissioner and Assistant Federal Integrity Commissioners; establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; establishes the Parliamentary Inspector of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission and the Whistleblower Protection Special Account; and makes consequential amendments to the
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
, Ombudsman Act 1976
and Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MCKIM, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to enable uniform and automatic extensions to time-limited temporary visa subclasses, where the visa holder has been unable to enter Australia due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Date
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and Spam Act 2003
to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content.
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 41 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms.
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01 Sep 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the
Aged Care Act 1997
to require all approved aged care facilities to have at least one registered nurse on duty at all times to provide care and supervise the provision of care to residents of approved aged care facilities.
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