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Date: 29 Mar 2022
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: THORPE, Sen Lidia
Summary: The bill: establishes a framework for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the Commonwealth Government; and makes a consequential amendment to the
Productivity Commission Act 1998
.

Date: 10 Feb 2022
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
Summary: Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to require that labour hire workers covered by certain modern awards receive at least the same rate of pay as other employees performing the same work.

Date: 10 Feb 2022
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: CHANDLER, Sen Claire
Summary: Amends the:
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989
to require the Australian Sports Commission to promote women’s participation in sport, including by supporting the provision of single-sex sport for women and girls; and
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to provide that the provision of single-sex sports, services and facilities for women and girls is consistent with the objects of the Act; insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’; and provide that it is not unlawful to exclude persons of one sex from participation in any sporting activity intended for persons of a different sex.

Date: 09 Feb 2022
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: MCGRATH, Sen James
Summary: Responds to recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' reports into the conduct of the 2013, 2016 and 2019 elections by amending the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to require voters to provide an acceptable form of identification, or alternatively an attestation from another enrolled person who does have an acceptable form of identification, in order to cast an ordinary pre-poll or polling day vote in federal elections and referendums.

Date: 08 Feb 2022
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: MCKIM, Sen Nick
Summary: Amends the
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
to require the government to introduce legislation by 30 September 2022 to: include designated services provided by lawyers, conveyancers, accountants, high-value dealers, real estate agents and trust and company service providers; and establish a public register that contains information about the ultimate beneficial ownership of companies registered under the
Corporations Act 2001
and certain other legal persons and legal arrangements.

Date: 01 Dec 2021
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: MCGRATH, Sen James
Summary: Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: replace compulsory preferential voting with optional preferential voting for House of Representatives elections; enable voters to allocate preferences to candidates of their choosing only; provide vote saving provisions for voters who do not preference each and every candidate; provide for the position of candidates listed on House of Representatives ballots papers to be re-ordered between ballot papers (the Robson Rotation); and distribute batches of ballot papers which list each candidate in favourable positions equally.

Date: 29 Nov 2021
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter
Summary: Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, and Petroleum Exploration Permit/T/49P (King Island, Tasmania); prevent any petroleum exploration leases for the Otway Basin/12 Apostles being granted; and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the three areas.

Date: 23 Nov 2021
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: GRIFF, Sen Stirling
Summary: Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes.

Date: 21 Oct 2021
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: HANSON, Sen Pauline
Summary: Prohibits discrimination based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises.

Date: 20 Oct 2021
Chamber: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Sponsor: PATRICK, Sen Rex
Summary: The bill: establishes the Australian Federal Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the Federal Integrity Commissioner, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner, Whistleblower Protection Commissioner and Assistant Federal Integrity Commissioners; establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; establishes the Parliamentary Inspector of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission and the Whistleblower Protection Special Account; and makes consequential amendments to the
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
,
Ombudsman Act 1976
and
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
.

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