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- Date
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09 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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RICE, Sen Janet
- Summary
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The bill: repeals the
Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
; and amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: make consequential amendments; and provide for annual statements from the minister and the Threatened Species Commissioner on the impact of native forest logging.
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06 Mar 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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SCAMPS, Sophie, MP
- Summary
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The bill: establishes a framework for making transparent and quality public appointments, including the establishment of Independent Selection Panels and the Office of the Public Appointments Commissioner to issue guidelines on the making of public appointments and report annually on public appointment selection processes; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Appointments.
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13 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: lower the donation disclosure threshold from $13,800 to $1,000 for individual donations and require aggregation under the threshold; expand the definition of 'gift'; introduce a cap of $50,000 on the total amount of donations a donor can provide during an electoral cycle; require real-time disclosure by gift recipients to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) within two business days of the donation threshold being reached or exceeded; require the AEC to publish donation returns by reporting entities on the Transparency Register as soon as reasonably practicable; introduce an electoral expenditure cap to limit the amount of money that can be spent on federal election campaigns; prohibit political donations from particular industries, including fossil fuel entities, gambling companies, liquor companies and the tobacco industry; and increase certain penalties for corporations.
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13 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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TEHAN, Dan, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; provide that, for an offence involving violence against a person, a person's conviction for an offence of common assault, or equivalent, will not be taken to be a conviction for a designated offence unless the act constituting the offence causes or substantially contributes to bodily harm to another person, or harm to another person's mental health, or involves family violence; and make consequential amendments.
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13 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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STEGGALL, Zali, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP11) and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the PEP11.
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07 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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MCKIM, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: require the minister to provide an offer of transfer to Australia to all persons in the offshore cohort in Papua New Guinea or the Republic of Nauru who have not had an adverse security assessment made against them by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; and provide that transferred persons will be placed in community detention while they pursue a durable solution, being resettlement in a third country which is a state party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or the 1967 Refugee Protocol.
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- Date
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06 Feb 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BATES, Stephen, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
to: lower the minimum voting age in Australian federal elections and referenda from 18 to 16 years; provide for 16 and 17 year olds to be included in the certified list of voters (but not to be given a penalty notice if they do not vote); and provide that an eligible voter, who is not yet on the electoral roll or enrolled at their correct address, is able to cast a provisional vote on election day.
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29 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
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Prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises.
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28 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
to: require the Classification Board to classify computer games which contain 'loot boxes' as either R 18+ or RC; and require a warning to displayed when games contain loot boxes or similar features.
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28 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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STEGGALL, Zali, MP
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Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to: prohibit misleading or deceptive electoral or referendum matter; prohibit persons or bodies corporate from deceptively impersonating, or falsely attributing material to, a person, candidate, campaigner, political party or entity; and give the Australian Electoral Commissioner the power to investigate possible breaches, order retractions, publish corrections, and pursue complaints through the courts.
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