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TOTAL RESULTS: 188
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- Date
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11 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: extend the end date for existing cashless debit card (CDC) trial areas from 30 June 2020 to 30 June 2021 and establish an end date for the CDC trial in the Cape York area of 31 December 2021; remove the cap on the number of CDC trial participants; remove the exclusion to allow people in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay trial area to be able to voluntarily participate in the CDC trial; establish the Northern Territory and Cape York areas as CDC trial areas and transition income management participants in these sites onto the CDC trial in 2020; enable the secretary to advise a community body when a person has exited the CDC trial and remove the requirement that an evaluation be conducted by an independent expert within 6 months of the completion of a review of the CDC trial.
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- Date
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25 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: provide that the Secretary of the Department of Social Services is the decision maker for all cashless debit card exit applications; broaden the criteria for the exit provisions to enable the secretary to take into account a person’s ability to manage their affairs generally, including their financial affairs; clarify that exit applications need to be made in a form that is approved by the secretary; and expand the wellbeing exemption provisions so that they apply more broadly across all regions.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to: require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine a base minimum price for milk for each dairy season; require the minister to refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the effectiveness of determining a base price for milk and the potential effectiveness of a divestiture regime for the dairy industry; and establish a mandatory industry code for the food and grocery industry, including the dairy industry.
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- Date
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25 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister
- Summary
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Amends the:
Royal Commission Act 1902
to: enable a Royal Commission to hold private sessions where a regulation is made authorising it to do so; enable the Chair of a multi-member Royal Commission, or a sole Commissioner, to authorise Assistant Commissioners to hold private sessions; and impose limits on the use and disclosure of private session information and certain information given to the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission; and Freedom of Information Act 1982
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
- Summary
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Amends the
Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018
and Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018
to postpone the commencement of the substantive provisions of these Acts.
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- Date
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21 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Establishes the Asia Pacific Asylum Seeker Solution as a regional framework for the Australian Government, in partnership with other countries within the Asia Pacific region, to provide for the protection and processing of asylum seekers and refugees.
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- Date
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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GALLAGHER, Sen Katy
- Summary
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Amends the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
to require the Department of Finance to state in its annual report the number of waivers of debt granted and act of grace payments made, and the total dollar amount of debt waived and act of grace payments made.
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- Date
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13 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to impose disclosure, consideration and reporting requirements on government agencies and Commonwealth entities entering into contracts with companies or providing grants to persons or companies that are, or have related entities, domiciled in prescribed tax havens.
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- Date
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18 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
- Summary
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Implements Australia’s obligations in relation to sulphur emissions from ships under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships by amending the
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
to: enable ships to use non-compliant fuel from 1 January 2020 if they are fitted with a scrubber or other equivalent compliance methods to reduce sulphur from their emissions to below the prescribed limit; prohibit the carriage of high sulphur fuel for propulsion purposes on board a ship from 1 March 2020 (carriage ban); exempt naval and foreign government vessels from the application of the Act; and clarify obligations of fuel oil suppliers to verify fuel quality.
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- Date
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16 Oct 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to: require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine a base minimum price for milk for each dairy season; require the minister to refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the effectiveness of determining a base price for milk and the potential effectiveness of a divestiture regime for the dairy industry; and establish a mandatory industry code for the food and grocery industry, including the dairy industry.
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