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TOTAL RESULTS: 133
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27 Feb 2024
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Senate
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CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to prohibit actions involving large-scale wind and solar energy projects that have, will have, or are likely to have a significant impact on the natural environment, unless done in accordance with an approval by the Minister under Part 9 of the Act.
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27 Feb 2024
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Senate
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LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
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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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07 Feb 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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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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07 Feb 2024
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Senate
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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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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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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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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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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
- Summary
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Amends the
Customs Act 1901
to prohibit a person from importing goods involving child labour into Australia in certain circumstances where the importer has not complied with a notice in relation to the goods.
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29 Nov 2023
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Senate
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THORPE, Sen Lidia
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Amends the
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the
Reserve Bank Act 1959
to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments.
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16 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Defence
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Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023, the bill enables certain licences issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to be treated as Australian naval nuclear power safety licences for the purposes of the
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2023
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