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• Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes a statutory independent Commonwealth Parole Board to make decisions about the conditional release and management of federal offenders and other detained persons. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Places and Services (Facial Recognition) Bill 2018

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  Date

  11 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to prohibit the wearing of full face coverings in Commonwealth places and territories in prescribed circumstances, including while attending a Centrelink office and while participating in a citizenship ceremony. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendments) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005, the bill amends the:

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to add a declaration under section 7 (selection of site of radioactive waste management facility) of the proposed

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  to the classes of decisions that are not decisions to which the Act applies; and

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  to provide for an additional position, nominated by the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, on the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendment) Bill 2005, the bill clarifies the Commonwealth’s power to conduct activities necessary for, or incidental to, the selection of specified Commonwealth land as a site for, and the establishment and operation of, a radioactive waste management facility and the transportation of radioactive waste to the facility. The bill also specifies three Commonwealth potential sites in the Northern Territory which are to be further investigated; and provides for the Northern Territory Government and land councils to nominate potential sites. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  02 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  (CRWM Act) to provide for the return of nominated Aboriginal land used for a radioactive waste management facility, when no longer required for the facility; and indemnifies traditional owners, following the land return, against any damages claims arising from the use of the land for a facility; and the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  (ADJR Act) and the CRWM Act to make land nominations non-reviewable under the ADJR Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that payments made under the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse are exempt from the income test;

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to ensure that payments made under the Commonwealth redress scheme are quarantined from the divisible property of a bankrupt; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  to exempt decisions made under the Commonwealth redress scheme from judicial review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017, the bill implements the Commonwealth’s response to recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s

  Redress and Civil Litigation Report

  by establishing the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse which is intended to operate for a 10-year period from 1 July 2018 and includes: providing a payment of up to $150 000 to survivors; providing access to counselling and psychological services to survivors; and facilitating a direct personal response to survivors from the responsible institution, should the survivor request one. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019, Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019, Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 to create a new Commonwealth business registry regime, the bill: provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the registrar; and sets the framework for protecting and disclosing information held by the registrar. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum