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TOTAL RESULTS: 188
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05 Dec 2019
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Senate
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STERLE, Sen Glenn
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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.
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04 Dec 2019
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Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
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Amends the:
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
in relation to: registration requirements, conditions and decision timings relating to National VET Regulator (NVR) registered training organisations (NVR RTOs); notification requirements for NVR RTOs in relation to changes to the operation of an NVR RTO or events likely to significantly affect an NVR RTO's ability to comply with the VET Quality Framework; reviewable decisions made by the delegate of the NVR; compliance standards and conditions for accredited courses; preparation and publication of audit reports by the NVR; electronic sharing and publication of information authorised by the NVR; information that the NVR is required to enter on the National Register; the NVR's powers to request documents in electronic form, use of enforceable undertakings and to allow for regulatory decisions to be stayed while under reconsideration; cancellation of VET qualifications and statements of attainment; the minister’s powers to issue directions to, and determine certain fees charged by, the NVR; certain offence provisions relating to the delivery of a VET course; processes for the appointment of acting Commissioners, the Deputy Chief Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner of the NVR; and the NVR's annual operational and corporate plans; and to make a number of technical amendments; and National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011
to provide for transitional arrangements.
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04 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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KENEALLY, Sen Kristina
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Amends the
Telecommunications Act 1997
to: clarify actions that designated communications providers must not be requested or required to do in technical assistance requests, technical assistance notices or technical capability notices; require the Australian Federal Police Commissioner not to approve technical assistance notices issued by the chief officer of state or territory interception agencies unless satisfied that the requirements of the notice are reasonable and proportionate, and compliance with the notice is practicable and technically feasible; remove the ability of the minister to edit and delete information in relevant reports prepared by the Commonwealth Ombudsman; and insert a judicial authorisation requirement in the approval or varying of technical assistance requests, technical assistance notices or technical capability notices.
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04 Dec 2019
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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
to: introduce powers for aviation security inspectors to conduct covert compliance testing of aviation industry participants' aviation security systems at all regulated locations; provide certain exemptions for aviation security inspectors from civil or criminal liability when they are covertly testing aviation industry participants' aviation security systems; and Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
and Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
to: require screening officers to have completed relevant training and to hold relevant qualifications prior to exercising powers or performing screening functions; allow for the making of legislative instruments to determine training, qualifications and other requirements for specified screening officers in the exercise of powers or performance of screening functions, and requirements relating to the use of identity cards and uniforms; and make technical amendments.
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02 Dec 2019
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Agriculture
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Amends the
Biosecurity Act 2015
and Imported Food Control Act 1992
to enable computerised decision-making for certain purposes.
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02 Dec 2019
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Attorney-General
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Amends: the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: amend the offence of bribery of a foreign public official to extend the definition of foreign public official to include a candidate for office, remove the requirement that the foreign official must be influenced in the exercise of the official's duties, replace the requirement that a benefit and business advantage must be 'not legitimately due' with the concept of 'improperly influencing' a foreign public official, and extend the offence to cover bribery to obtain a personal advantage; and create a new offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983
to implement a Commonwealth Deferred Prosecution Agreement scheme to enable the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to invite a person that has engaged in serious corporate crime to negotiate an agreement to comply with a range of specified conditions; and five Acts to make consequential amendments.
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02 Dec 2019
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny
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Amends the
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: impose a cap on the total payments that can be made under a consumer lease (known as rent-to-buy schemes); require small amount credit contracts (SACCs) (known as payday loans) to have equal repayment and payment intervals; remove the ability for SACC providers to charge monthly fees in respect of the residual term of a loan where a consumer fully repays the loan early; prevent lessors and credit assistance providers from undertaking door-to-door selling of leases at residential homes; introduce anti-avoidance protections; and increase penalties.
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02 Dec 2019
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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GALLAGHER, Sen Katy
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Amends the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
to require the Department of Finance to state in its annual report the number of waivers of debt granted and act of grace payments made, and the total dollar amount of debt waived and act of grace payments made.
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02 Dec 2019
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to: require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine a base minimum price for milk for each dairy season; require the minister to refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the effectiveness of determining a base price for milk and the potential effectiveness of a divestiture regime for the dairy industry; and establish a mandatory industry code for the food and grocery industry, including the dairy industry.
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02 Dec 2019
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Agriculture
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Amends the
Wine Australia Act 2013
to provide for Wine Australia to establish and maintain a directory of labels that are attached to grape products such as wine intended for export from Australia.
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