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TOTAL RESULTS: 134
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27 Mar 2024
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House of Representatives
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the
Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012
to: enable testing of timber products at the border and beyond to ensure non-compliant illegally logged timber is not imported; introduce a requirement for importers and processors to give notice before importing or processing regulated timber products; add strict liability offences, injunctions and enforceable undertakings to enforcement powers; enable audits to be carried out to determine compliance with the due diligence requirements; and extend the time frame for issuing infringement notices to 24 months and enable the department to publish details of contraventions on their website.
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28 Feb 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection charges to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia.
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28 Feb 2024
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024, the bill: provides for the collection and administration of biosecurity protection levies and charges; applies the standard provisions of the
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
; and provides for the use and disclosure of certain information.
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- Date
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28 Feb 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection levies to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia.
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22 Aug 2024
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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- Date
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21 Aug 2024
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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- Date
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05 Jun 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to strengthen offences targeting the creation and non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material online, including material that has been created or altered using AI technology (commonly referred to as ‘deepfakes’).
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27 Mar 2024
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House of Representatives
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Passed Both Houses
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024.
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27 Mar 2024
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
, and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to clarify certain aspects of the framework relating to the seizure of digital assets; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to provide that information gathering powers and freezing orders apply to digital currency exchanges; Crimes Act 1914
to increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $313 to $330; Telecommunications Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to clarify the functions of the Communications Access Coordinator in the Attorney-General’s Department and create the position of Communications Security Coordinator in the Department of Home Affairs; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to information sharing between integrity agencies and oversight bodies.
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07 Feb 2024
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Crimes Act 1914
to implement certain recommendations of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to protections for vulnerable persons involved in Commonwealth criminal proceedings.
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