A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.

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  • Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Bill 2015

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jun 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Australian Passports Act 2005
    and
    Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005
    to: ensure that the minister retains the power to issue a person with a travel-related document to facilitate a lawful requirement for a person to travel; provide more certainty as to who is required to consent to a child passport; provide that the minister may refuse to process a passport application if there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or dishonesty in the application; and amend and add offences; and 12 Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the
    Australian Passports (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2005
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Passports Legislation Amendment (Overseas Travel by Child Sex Offenders) Bill 2017

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    14 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs and Trade 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Passports Act 2005
    and
    Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005
    to require the Minister for Foreign Affairs to deny a passport or demand the surrender of a foreign travel document when an Australian citizen is on a state or territory child sex offender register with reporting obligations; and
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to create an offence for a registered child sex offender with reporting obligations to travel, or attempt to travel, overseas without permission from a relevant authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010

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    Date
    21 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    DUTTON, Peter, MP
    OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP
    FORREST, John, MP
    TURNBULL, Malcolm, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Patents Act 1990
    to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

    Bill

  • Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 [No. 2]

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    Date
    24 Nov 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    COONAN, Sen Helen
    HEFFERNAN, Sen Bill
    SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
    XENOPHON, Senator Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Patents Act 1990
    to prevent the patenting of biological materials which are identical or substantially identical to materials as they exist in nature. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Bill 2000

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    Date
    29 Jun 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Science and Resources portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Patents Amendment Bill 1996 [2008]

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    Date
    27 Jun 1996 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Patents Act 1990
    to prohibit the patenting of naturally occurring genes or gene sequences. 

    Bill

  • Patents Amendment Bill 2001

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    Date
    24 May 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Science and Resources portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011

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    Date
    13 Oct 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2012

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    Date
    24 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Bill 2012, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Payment of Accounts by Government Bill 2006

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    Date
    14 Aug 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Parliamentary Service Act 1999
    and
    Public Service Act 1999
    to require annual reports of departments and agencies to contain details of the timing of the payment of accounts to small business. 

    Bill

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