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TOTAL RESULTS: 137
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30 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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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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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Modern Slavery Act 2018
to establish the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory office holder within the Attorney-General’s portfolio to provide an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery.
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Amends the
COAG Reform Fund Act 2008
and 23 other Acts to update references to COAG and Ministerial Councils to reflect the cessation of the Council of Australian Governments and changes to intergovernmental architecture.
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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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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- Date
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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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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16 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation.
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16 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Amends the:
Tax Agent Services Act 2009
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
: to expand the operation of the promoter penalty provisions; and enable the sharing of certain protected information; Taxation Administration Act 1953
to extend whistleblower protections to eligible whistleblowers who make disclosures to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB); and reverse the burden of proof for certain claims of protection; Tax Agent Services Act 2009
in relation to the TPB Register and the TPB’s delegation powers; and Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
to limit the proportion of petroleum resource rent tax assessable income that can be offset by deductions to 90 per cent.
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15 Nov 2023
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
, Corporations Act 2001
, Judiciary Act 1903
, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
to confer jurisdiction on the Federal Court of Australia to hear and determine a range of summary and indictable offences relating to conduct within the remit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
to enable the Sheriff of the Federal Court to require a state or territory jury official to prepare and provide a jury panel; Marriage Act 1961
to make technical amendments in relation to the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants Program and the notice of intended marriage; and Family Law Act 1975
, Native Title Act 1993
, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
and Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
to make minor and technical amendments.
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- Date
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18 Oct 2023
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Senate
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Sponsor
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ANTIC, Sen Alex
BABET, Sen Ralph
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
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The bill: prohibits health practitioners from performing gender clinical interventions intended to transition a minor’s biological sex, subject to limited exemptions; and prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into arrangements involving the expenditure or payment of money that provides or facilitates the provision of such a procedure or treatment.
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18 Oct 2023
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign.
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