A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
TOTAL RESULTS: 105
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27 Oct 2010
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Senate
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Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
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Amends the:
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
in relation to: the registration process for approved providers; financial penalties; and the publication of certain information; Ombudsman Act 1976
to enable the Ombudsman to: provide an independent complaints body for overseas students of private registered providers; provide advice and training to private registered providers to facilitate best practice complaint handling; and review and investigate complaint handling and report on systemic issues; and Privacy Act 1988
to enable the Australian Information Commissioner to transfer certain complaints to the Overseas Students Ombudsman.
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04 Feb 2010
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
ABETZ, Sen Eric
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to create an offence of providing any service, support or resources to organisations engaged in whaling.
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14 May 2009
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
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The bill: establishes the national Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme; enforces and imposes civil penalties on persons or body corporates for breaches of the scheme; provides for an annual report on the operation of the Act; and contains a regulation making power.
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04 Sep 2008
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MINCHIN, Sen Nick
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Requires the responsible minister to determine, by legislative instrument, guidelines for the operation of the Lower Lakes and Coorong Assistance Scheme, and gives the secretary responsibility for the administration of the scheme.
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28 Aug 2008
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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XENOPHON, Sen Nick
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Provides the minister with power to direct the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to establish an Interim Basin Plan to provide for emergency measures to ensure the environmental and economic sustainability of the Murray-Darling Basin.
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19 Jun 2008
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ALLISON, Lyn
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: provide for a set greenhouse gas emission intensity threshold to apply to all new power stations and require the responsible minister to approve the operation or construction of those power stations which meet this condition; establish a monitoring regime; and includes offence and penalty provisions.
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16 Aug 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
to implement changes to the board management structure of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation.
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28 Jun 2001
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Environment and Heritage portfolio
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24 May 2001
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Environment and Heritage portfolio
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07 Feb 2001
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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