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• Ministerial Suitability Commission of Inquiry Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Establishes an inquiry into whether Christian Porter is a fit and proper person to be a Minister of State. 

  Bill

• Migration Amendment (New Maritime Crew Visas) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KENEALLY, Sen Kristina 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to replace current Maritime Crew Visas with two new categories of visa: the International Seafarers Transit Visa for entering Australia on a continuing international voyage only; and the International Seafarers Work Visa for international seafarers to be engaged on ships authorised under a temporary license to undertake coastal voyages under the

  Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STERLE, Sen Glenn 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

  to require masters of certain vessels to conduct two headcounts of passengers, one at the start of a voyage and one at the end. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Establishes a commission of inquiry, with the same powers as a royal commission, to inquire into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin water resources and related matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Requires the Prime Minister to direct the Director-General of Security to provide a report on matters relating to security arising from examination of the personal background and circumstances of all current and future ministers of state. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

  to: provide protection against ambush marketing by association for the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2020; and remove historical schedules related to the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup 2015 and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  SMITH, Sen Dean 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: redefine marriage as ‘a union of two people’; introduce non-gendered language so that the requirements of the Act apply equally to all marriages; enable same-sex marriages that have been, or will be, solemnised under the law of a foreign country to be recognised in Australia; amend the definition of ‘authorised celebrant’ to include new categories of religious marriage celebrants and certain Australian Defence Force officers; enable ministers of religion, religious marriage celebrants, chaplains and bodies established for religious purposes to refuse to solemnise or provide facilities, goods and services for marriages on religious grounds; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2017

  ; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that a refusal by a minister of religion, religious marriage celebrant or chaplain to solemnise marriage in prescribed circumstances does not constitute unlawful discrimination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Implements measures relating to public communications in the conduct of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, including: requiring authorisations on all forms of communication of marriage law survey matter and providing the Electoral Commissioner with related information-gathering powers; imposing obligations on broadcasters to give reasonable opportunities for broadcasting opposing views; providing for offences for bribery and threats and civil penalties in relation to vilification, interference, discrimination and misleading or deceptive publications; providing for injunctive relief in relation to the statistics collection process and related activities; and enabling the Electoral Commissioner to make rules prescribing certain matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medicinal Cannabis Legislation Amendment (Securing Patient Access) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide that prohibited goods intended to be used as medicinal cannabis products are, for the purpose of satisfying import conditions, taken to be drugs required for medical purposes; and provide that goods permitted to be supplied for the purposes stated in the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  for the Special Access Scheme Category-B, relating to clinical trials and authorised prescribers, will also be permitted to be supplied for the Special Access Scheme Category-A, relating to seriously ill patients with a condition from which death is reasonably likely to occur within a matter of months; and

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to allow the secretary to grant a licence to manufacture medicinal cannabis if satisfied it is to be supplied to a seriously ill person in accordance with certain regulatory and notification requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Free the Children) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide that the minister must determine that a detained minor is to reside at a specified place within the community rather than being held in a detention facility; and ensure that the minister can only designate a country as a regional processing country if the minister is satisfied that the country complies with relevant international laws, meets relevant human rights standards, is a safe and appropriate place for minors to reside and will release any detained person subsequently identified as a minor from detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum