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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Main Provisions
Endnotes
Contact Officer and Copyright Details
Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting
Amendment Bill 1998
Date Introduced: 10 November 1998
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Prime Minister
Commencement: This Bill does not contain a
commencement date. Section 5(1A) of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901 (Cwth) deems the Bill to commence 28 days after Royal
Assent.
Under the
Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946 (the Act)
the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary
Proceedings (the Committee) determines the days upon which, and the
periods during which, the proceedings of the Senate and the House
of Representatives shall be broadcast.(1) This Bill proposes to
neutralise gender language throughout the Act.
Items 1 - 8 provide for gender
neutral language to be inserted throughout the Act. There are no
other provisions.
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- The Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts
parliamentary proceedings.
Ross Kilmurray
17 November 1998
Bills Digest Service
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