A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
TOTAL RESULTS: 866
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- Date
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26 Mar 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
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Amends the
Crimes Act 1914
to remove mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences.
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12 Feb 2025
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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BABET, Sen Ralph
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Proposes an alteration to the Constitution to provide that the Commonwealth or a State must not make any law that limits the freedom of speech, including freedom of the press and other media.
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- Date
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28 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to enable the expedited seizure and disposal of prohibited engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs.
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27 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Establishes a scheme for courts to make Commonwealth workplace protection orders to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces.
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25 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024, the bill amends the
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
and 3 legislative instruments to make consequential amendments. Also repeals 3 legislative instruments and retrospectively applies the authority to charge and collect payment surcharges to payments made on or after 1 January 2003.
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25 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024, the bill authorises Commonwealth entities to charge and collect payment surcharges.
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25 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024, the bill imposes a tax equivalent to the amount of the payment surcharge that has already been collected by a Commonwealth entity, where the authorisation of the past collection of a payment surcharge is beyond the other powers of the Commonwealth to some extent.
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20 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to separate the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and establish the AER as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
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07 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to: implement Australia’s obligations under the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area; and amend certain provisions relating to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus and the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
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07 Nov 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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Amends the
Customs Tariff Act 1995
to: set the general rate of customs duty applicable to over 450 tariff headings and subheadings to free; provide that the preferential rate of customs duty applied to goods covered by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is not higher than the general rate of customs duty; repeal spent phasing rates of duty; and extend for 24 months the free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine.
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