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TOTAL RESULTS: 188
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28 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
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Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019, the bill amends the:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
and Telecommunications Act 1997
in relation to: Layer 2 bitstream services; and statutory infrastructure providers; Competition and Consumer Act 2010
and Telecommunications Act 1997
and two legislative instruments in relation to local access lines; Competition and Consumer Act 2010
, Telecommunications Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
in relation to funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband; and National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
to require NBN Co to provide certain data about premises connected, or due to be connected, to the NBN. Also repeals four declarations.
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28 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
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Amends the
Trade Support Loans Act 2014
to: enable the secretary to provide for offsetting arrangements where an amount is wrongly paid as an instalment of a trade support loan (TSL); provide the secretary with a discretion to extend the period for notifying a change of address; and align the minimum periods for TSL recipients to notify the secretary of information under the Act.
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27 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FARRELL, Sen Don
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: lower the political donation disclosure threshold from $13 800 to $1000; and remove the indexation of the disclosure threshold.
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27 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FARRELL, Sen Don
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require political parties and their associated entities, candidates, and Senate groups to provide a disclosure return to the Australian Electoral Commission of all political donations and gift received at or above the disclosure threshold of $14 000 within seven days of receiving the donation or gift.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends: the
Family Law Act 1975
and Bankruptcy Act 1966
to: give effect to a referral of power from Western Australia to the Commonwealth in respect of superannuation matters in family law proceedings for separating de facto couples in Western Australia; extend federal bankruptcy jurisdiction to the Family Court of Western Australia to hear bankruptcy proceedings concurrently with family law proceedings; and provide for transitional arrangements; and 21 Acts to make consequential amendments.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Agriculture
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Amends the:
Farm Household Support Act 2014
to: provide that the rate of Farm Household Allowance (FHA) is not varied by the level of a person's income; and amend the FHA assets test so that all farm and non-farm assets (including water rights) will be subject to a combined single net value threshold of $5.5 million; and Farm Household Support Act 2014
and Farm Household Support Minister's Rule 2014 to: remove the requirement to have farm financial assessments conducted by a person prescribed by the minister's rules; specify that the amount of farm financial assessment supplement is the amount provided in the invoice for the farm financial assessment; require a person conducting a farm financial assessment to have appropriate qualifications or expertise; increase the maximum amount of activity supplement to $10 000; and extend the amount of activity supplement to include certain travel and accommodation costs associated with eligible activities.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Social Services
- Summary
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Introduced with the National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
, Interactive Gambling Act 2001
and Privacy Act 1988
to establish a National Self-exclusion Register to allow individuals to exclude themselves from being provided interactive wagering services by all licensed interactive wagering service providers in Australia.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
to provide that a person who paid the non-commercial application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: remove unrestricted legal practitioners from the regulatory scheme that governs migration agents; allow eligible restricted legal practitioners to be both registered migration agents and restricted legal practitioners for a period of up to two years; enable the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent to be specified in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; clarify that the powers under Part 3 of the Act are exercisable by the minister; enable the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where an applicant has failed to provide information or answer questions in relation to their application; require registered migration agents to notify MARA if they have paid the non-commercial application charge for their current period of registration but give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis; and provide that the definitions of 'immigration assistance' and 'makes immigration representations' include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to exercise his or her power under the Act to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Social Services
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Introduced with the Interactive Gambling Amendment (National Self-exclusion Register) Bill 2019, the bill imposes a levy on persons who provide licensed interactive wagering services to allow the Australian Communications and Media Authority to recover the costs associated with the regulation of the National Self-exclusion Register.
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