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: 54
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- Date
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13 May 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FIELDING, Sen Steve
- Summary
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Prohibits the sale of takeaway alcoholic beverages between midnight and 7 am on any day and imposes offences for any contravention.
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- Date
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24 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MILNE, Sen Christine
- Summary
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The bill: requires the minister to develop a scheme to support solar hot water systems and heat pump hot water systems by 1 July 2011; requires the minister to ensure the phasing-out of electric resistance water heaters by 30 June 2012; and amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to require that the number of renewable energy certificates (RECs) created by solar hot water systems, heat pump hot water systems and ‘phantom RECs’ must be added to the subsequent year’s renewable energy target.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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CASH, Sen Michaelia
- Summary
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to: limit the issue of renewable energy certificates to mature renewable energy technologies to one-third of the total certificates issued; and provide for the creation of certificates for building efficient long distance transmission systems.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BOSWELL, Sen Ron
- Summary
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to require regulations to be made to determine that food processing activities, to the extent that they are trade exposed, be given a 90 per cent partial exemption from the additional renewable source electricity acquisition obligation for 2010 and later years.
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- Date
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27 Nov 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MILNE, Sen Christine
- Summary
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to increase the mandatory renewable energy target from 9,500GWh to 45,000GWh and require the minister to review the targets annually.
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- Date
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11 Nov 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MILNE, Sen Christine
- Summary
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to establish a national feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme to provide financial support for the commercialisation of prospective renewable energy technologies by providing: that the minister sets and reviews a FiT rate for renewable energy technology and a FiT levy rate to fund payments under the scheme; that qualifying generators be allowed to connect and feed into the grid; that the Renewable Energy Regulator establish a Feed-in-Tariff Register; and for the preparation and tabling of an independent report on the operation of the scheme.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Amends the
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
, Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
and Norfolk Island Act 1979
to remove the prohibition on legalising voluntary euthanasia. Also repeals the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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- Date
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15 May 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Summary
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to establish a national feed-in tariff scheme to provide financial support for the commercialisation of prospective renewable energy technologies. Also provides for an annual review of the operation of the Act.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ALLISON, Lyn
- Summary
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Amends the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001 to expand interim targets by increasing the renewable energy power percentages from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2020.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
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Repeals the
Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
which prevents the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly and the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly from legalising voluntary euthanasia.
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