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  • Defence Amendment (Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal) Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Act 1903
    to amend the arrangements for review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal of decisions relating to defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence Trade Controls Amendment (Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity) Bill 2024

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    Date
    28 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    THORPE, Sen Lidia
    PAYMAN, Sen Fatima 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    and
    Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
    to ensure that Australia aligns with international obligations in relation to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, specifically relating to the use of Australian made defence technology. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Doctors for the Bush Bill 2024

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    Date
    25 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    GEE, Andrew, MP 
    Summary
    Ensures access to general practitioners in regional areas by prohibiting the classification of certain areas as Distribution Priority Areas. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2024

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    Date
    30 May 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Act 1903
    to establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to have general oversight of Australian defence agencies, other than the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Defence Intelligence Organisation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2024

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    Date
    10 May 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    FAWCETT, Sen David 
    Summary
    The bill: establishes the Defence Capability Assurance Agency as an statutory authority to conduct capability assurance of defence materiel programs and establish a qualified workforce to conduct test and evaluation and risk assessments for defence materiel programs; establishes the Inspector-General of Defence Capability Assurance to provide oversight of the Defence Department, the Defence Force and the Defence Capability Assurance Agency; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to provide oversight of the performance of the Defence Capability Assurance Agency and the Inspector-General and review and report on matters relating to the defence of Australia and defence agencies. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023

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    Date
    29 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BRAGG, Sen Andrew 
    Summary
    Implements certain recommendations of the final report of the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre by: providing for a framework for digital asset exchanges, digital asset custody services and the issuing of stablecoins; requiring authorised deposit-taking institutions to comply with certain reporting requirements in relation to designated central bank digital currency; and providing for additional duties of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in relation to the regulation of activities relating to digital assets and designated central bank digital currency. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2021

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    Date
    15 Feb 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BANDT, Adam, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Act 1903
    to require parliamentary approval of overseas services by members of the Australian Defence Force. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence (Honour General Sir John Monash) Amendment Bill 2018

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    Date
    22 Oct 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 
    Summary
    Provides for the posthumous promotion of the late General Sir John Monash to rank of Australian Field Marshal in the Australian Regular Army on 1 January 1931, the date of his return to the Active Duty List. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018

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    Date
    16 Oct 2018 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    DI NATALE, Sen Richard 
    Summary
    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. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Defence Amendment (Sovereign Naval Shipbuilding) Bill 2018

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    Date
    09 May 2018 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    PATRICK, Sen Rex 
    Summary
    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. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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