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TOTAL RESULTS: 145
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27 Feb 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.
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15 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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Industry, Science and Resources
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Amends the:
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to implement the outcomes of the Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Review; Navigation Act 1912
and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to clarify the validity of vessel safety certificates when a disconnectable facility transitions between the maritime and offshore petroleum regimes; Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to: ensure that an approval of taking actions in accordance with a policy, plan or program remains effective following amendments to environmental regulations; enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to specify the timeframe for a person to comply with a remedial direction; clarify the spatial extent of an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and make minor and technical amendments.
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07 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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Attorney-General
- Summary
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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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- Date
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07 Feb 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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THORPE, Sen Lidia
- Summary
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: provide that the consent of the Attorney-General will not be required for proceedings relating to genocide and related atrocity crimes; and remove the restrictions on review of decisions of the Attorney-General to give or refuse consent to institute proceedings for such offences.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the Administrative Review Tribunal as a replacement for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Also re-establishes the Administrative Review Council.
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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Help to Buy Bill 2023, the bill amends the
Housing Australia Act 2018
to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme.
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- Date
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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes.
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- Date
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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Modern Slavery Act 2018
to establish the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory office holder within the Attorney-General’s portfolio to provide an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery.
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- Date
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Summary
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Amends the
COAG Reform Fund Act 2008
and 23 other Acts to update references to COAG and Ministerial Councils to reflect the cessation of the Council of Australian Governments and changes to intergovernmental architecture.
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the:
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
and Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
to establish a framework to regulate the accessibility and prominence of free-to-air television services on certain internet connected television devices supplied in Australia; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to expand the anti-siphoning scheme to include online services.
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