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.
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TOTAL RESULTS: 543
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25 Nov 2025
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BABET, Sen Ralph
ANTIC, Sen Alex
CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
HANSON, Sen Pauline
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
BELL, Sen Sean
WHITTEN, Sen Tyron
- Summary
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Amends the:
Online Safety Act 2021
to remove minimum age requirements for social media use and the obligation on providers of an age-restricted social media platform to take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users from having an account with the platform; and Age Discrimination Act 2004
to make a consequential amendment.
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04 Sep 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HUME, Sen Jane
- Summary
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Amends the
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to enable spouses to split their collective superannuation balances between them on an ongoing annual basis.
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26 Aug 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny
- Summary
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Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Student Assistance Act 1973
to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
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31 Jul 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ANTIC, Sen Alex
CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to remove references to ‘gender identity’ and insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’.
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- Date
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05 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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MCKIM, Sen Nick
- Summary
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Amends the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
to increase the superannuation guarantee rate for firefighters and paramedics by 4.4 per cent to match the base rate of superannuation contributions provided to Australian Defence Force personnel.
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12 Sep 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to remove references to ‘gender identity’.
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03 Aug 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SMITH, Sen Dean
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and increase to $600 the amount of income age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients can earn each fortnight while still receiving maximum pension payments and provide for a review, and sunsetting, of these amendments.
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27 Jul 2022
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the:
Family Law Regulations 1984
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to clarify that the Acts operate in the same way in relation to payments under the Self-Employment Assistance program as payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme; and Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make minor technical amendments.
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10 Feb 2022
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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CHANDLER, Sen Claire
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989
to require the Australian Sports Commission to promote women’s participation in sport, including by supporting the provision of single-sex sport for women and girls; and Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to provide that the provision of single-sex sports, services and facilities for women and girls is consistent with the objects of the Act; insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’; and provide that it is not unlawful to exclude persons of one sex from participation in any sporting activity intended for persons of a different sex.
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the:
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and Spam Act 2003
to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content.
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20 Oct 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 41 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms.
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Implements certain recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission report,
Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
by amending the: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
to: amend the definition of 'unlawful discrimination'; and extend the period of time between an alleged incident and the lodging of a complaint in relation to the President's discretion to terminate a complaint; Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide that a worker who is sexually harassed at work may apply for a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order to stop the sexual harassment; provide that the FWC can make an order to stop sexual harassment following a single instance of sexual harassment; provide that sexual harassment in connection with an employee’s employment can be a valid reason for dismissal; and extend the minimum entitlement for compassionate leave in relation to miscarriage; and Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to: prohibit discrimination involving harassment on the ground of sex; extend the application of the Act to members of parliament, members of the ACT and Northern Territory legislative assemblies and their staff, judges, staff and consultants employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
, state employees, including independent contractors; and the public authority of a state; and include definitions of 'worker' and 'persons conducting a business or undertaking' to extend the protection from sexual harassment to all paid and unpaid workers, including volunteers, interns and the self-employed.
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13 May 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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Amends the
]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity.
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25 Feb 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019
to extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023.
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12 Nov 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that the department secretary may not make deductions from social security payments if the deductions relate to goods hired under a consumer lease entered into by a social security recipient.
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09 Oct 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020
and Social Security Act 1991
to maintain the coronavirus supplement at the rate of $550 per fortnight for recipients of jobseeker payment, partner allowance, widow allowance, youth allowance, austudy, ABSTUDY Living Allowance, parenting payment, farm household allowance, and special benefit; and Social Security Act 1991
to extend the coronavirus supplement to recipients of disability support pensions and age pensions who receive Commonwealth rent assistance.
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26 Aug 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Youth and Sport
- Summary
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Amends the:
Sports Integrity Australia Act 2020
to implement revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code by: introducing a new category of person (non-participant) who may be subject to the National Anti-Doping Scheme; broadening the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sport Integrity Australia to not publish details of violations committed by athletes who compete for recreational purposes, or if the CEO believes an athlete does not have the mental capacity to understand the anti-doping rules; broadening the situations where the CEO may respond to public comment on unfinalised matters; and amending the definition of athlete to include persons who competed in sport within the last six months; and National Sports Tribunal Act 2019
to make consequential amendments.
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02 Dec 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to: require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine a base minimum price for milk for each dairy season; require the minister to refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the effectiveness of determining a base price for milk and the potential effectiveness of a divestiture regime for the dairy industry; and establish a mandatory industry code for the food and grocery industry, including the dairy industry.
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02 Apr 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ANNING, Sen Fraser
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to remove the means test for the age pension.
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- Date
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04 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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ANNING, Sen Fraser
- Summary
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Amends the
Marriage Act 1961
and Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to: provide that authorised marriage celebrants, whether religious or non-religious, may refuse to solemnise marriages; and provide that it is not unlawful to discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or relationship status in the course of providing, or offering to provide, goods, services or facilities in connection with the solemnisation of a marriage.
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03 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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STORER, Sen Tim
- Summary
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Establishes the Social Security Commission to advise the Parliament on the minimum levels for social security payments, such that all recipients can meet an accepted contemporary minimum standard of living, and provides for its functions, powers, membership and staffing.
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- Date
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29 Nov 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WONG, Sen Penny
- Summary
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Amends the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
to remove the capacity of bodies established for religious purposes that provide education to directly discriminate against students on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.
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10 Sep 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the maximum single rates of newstart allowance, youth allowance (away from home rates only), austudy, sickness allowance, special benefit, widow allowance and crisis payment by $150 a fortnight; standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018
; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament.
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23 Aug 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: provide that community development program (CDP) participants are subject to the targeted compliance framework; insert exemptions for CDP participants undertaking subsidised employment who are still in receipt of the newstart allowance, youth allowance, disability support pension, special benefit or parenting payment; create exceptions to work refusal failures for CDP participants who refuse subsidised employment and exceptions for participants undertaking subsidised employment who refuse other offers of employment; and create exceptions to unemployment failures for participants who voluntarily leave a suitable subsidised job without a valid reason, or are dismissed from a suitable subsidised job for misconduct; Farm Household Support Act 2014
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make consequential amendments; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make contingent amendments.
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07 Dec 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure Bill 2017 to provide for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
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07 Dec 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, the bill provides for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure by: establishing a Register of Critical Infrastructure Assets; providing the minister with a power to direct a reporting entity or operator of a critical infrastructure asset to do, or refrain from doing, an act or thing within a specified period of time; empowering the secretary to request certain information from reporting entities and operators of critical infrastructure assets; and providing that the minister can privately declare an asset to be a critical infrastructure asset in certain circumstances.
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14 Sep 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, the bill amends the:
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
to require registrable superannuation licensees to have at least one-third independent directors and for the Chair of the Board of directors to be one of these independent directors; and Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011
to enable the trustee board of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to comply with the new independence requirements.
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09 Aug 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the single rate of newstart and single independent rate of youth allowance by $110 a week; and standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament.
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22 Mar 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: pause for three years the indexation of various income thresholds that apply to certain social security benefits and allowances and the income test free area for parenting payment single; extend the ordinary waiting period to youth allowance (other) and parenting payment; include additional evidentiary requirements for the ‘severe financial hardship’ exemption from the ordinary waiting period; and remove the ability for claimants to serve the ordinary waiting period concurrently with other waiting periods; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to enable automation of the regular income stream review process; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to maintain the standard family tax benefit (FTB) child rates for two years, from 1 July 2017, in the maximum and base rate of FTB Part A and the maximum rate of FTB Part B.
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03 Mar 2016
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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MUIR, Sen Ricky
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to establish a health care card to provide people diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 with access to medication and peripheral devices; and the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to enable the Parliament to appropriate funds to support these payments.
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02 Dec 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: create new income support payment and compliance arrangements for individuals living in remote Australia who are eligible for activity tested income support payments including newstart, youth allowance, parenting payment, disability support pension and special benefit; and remove spent provisions in relation to the Northern Territory Community CDEP Transition Payment and the Community Development Employment Project Scheme; and the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Act 2015
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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CAMERON, Sen Doug
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that consumer leases are excluded goods for the purposes of the income management regime.
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17 Nov 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to enable single parents to access the parenting payment (single) until their youngest child has turned 16 years of age; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide for payments under this Act; and Fair Work Act 2009
to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible work arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents.
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- Date
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04 Sep 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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Amends the
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
to prohibit offshore dumping of dredge spoil within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and provide that dumping which has been approved after 9 December 2013 cannot proceed.
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25 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Voids the exemption granted on 10 January 2014 in relation to 72 baited drum lines deployed to catch sharks in Western Australia; and prevents the minister from granting further exemptions.
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06 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to increase the single rates of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $50 a week; and standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament.
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13 Mar 2013
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to provide for: a $40 per week supplementary payment for single parents receiving Newstart payments; and the income test for single parents receiving Newstart to be the same as the income test for single parents receiving Parenting Payment; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide for payments under this Act; and Fair Work Act 2009
to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible working arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents.
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- Date
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25 Feb 2013
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter
- Summary
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The bill: establishes the Office of the Small Business Commissioner; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner; and includes an annual reporting requirement and a regulation making power.
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- Date
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07 Feb 2013
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the single rates of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $50 a week; and standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament.
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- Date
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14 Mar 2012
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BIRMINGHAM, Sen Simon
- Summary
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Reinstates the remaining portion of the funding allocated to the Solar Hot Water Rebate in the 2011-12 financial year to be applied to expenditure for that purpose.
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- Date
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27 Feb 2012
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to phase out by 2016 advertising within television programs on SBS.
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- Date
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: commence a 3.5 year trial on 1 January 2012 requiring certain teenage parents residing in certain areas who receive parenting payment to develop and sign an Employment Pathway Plan; suspend income support for teenage parents who fail to participate in the plan without a reasonable excuse; commence a three-year trial on 1 July 2012 requiring certain jobless family members who are receiving parenting payment to develop and sign an Employment Pathway Plan; and provide that parents in either of these trials do not lose entitlement to other payments if they fail to comply with trial requirements.
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- Date
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23 Jun 2011
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to require certain persons to inform the department within 14 days of events or changes in circumstances that may affect social security payments or qualification for concession cards; and Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011
and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Act 2011
to make technical amendments. Also clarifies that certain computer-generated decisions made from 12 June 2001 to the date of assent comply with the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
.
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- Date
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28 Oct 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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NASH, Sen Fiona
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide that the same eligibility criteria for independent youth allowance is applied for students residing in the Inner Regional Australia Zone.
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- Date
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30 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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- Date
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30 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Establishes a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal to decide and make recommendations on claims for reparation.
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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
- 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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Establishes an emissions intensity cap and building efficiency certificate trading scheme for non-residential buildings.
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- Date
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29 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
to enable states and territories to enforce interstate fines according to the laws of their own jurisdiction; and Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
and Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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24 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
, Higher Education Support Act 2003
, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: provide for a start-up scholarship and a relocation scholarship (both to be indexed from 2011); and exempt (to an indexed threshold) merit and equity based scholarships from the income test under social security and veterans’ entitlements legislation.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2009
- 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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Establishes an emissions intensity cap and building efficiency certificate trading scheme for non-residential buildings.
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- Date
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07 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LUDLAM, Sen Scott
- Summary
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Amends the
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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- Date
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24 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Establishes a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal to decide and make recommendations on claims for reparation.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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JOHNSTON, Sen David
- Summary
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Requires the minister to determine, by legislative instrument, new guidelines for the operation of the Solar Homes and Communities Plan, and gives the secretary general responsibility for the administration of the plan.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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The bill: amends 40 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 27 obsolete Acts; and amends 88 Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language.
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- Date
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13 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
- Summary
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Amends: 29 Acts to reflect the introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) and establishment of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; five superannuation Acts to reflect the new regime for legislative instruments under the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
; and the Superannuation Act 1976
and Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
to meet a change to the superannuation guarantee requiring employers to use ordinary time earnings as the earnings base for employees. Also repeals the Schedule to the Superannuation Act 1990
.
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- Date
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12 Mar 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
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television.
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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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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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- Date
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13 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
-
BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
-
The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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- Date
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14 Aug 2007
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
ALLISON, Lyn
BARTLETT, Andrew
MURRAY, Andrew
STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha
- Summary
-
Implements recommendations of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission report
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements
to remove from Commonwealth law relating to taxation, superannuation, employment and family law, provisions which discriminate against same-sex couples and their children.
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- Date
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06 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
-
The bill: amends 45 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 17 obsolete Acts and amends six Acts as a consequence of those repeals.
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- Date
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14 Sep 2006
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
EVANS, Sen Chris
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide a discretion to extend the period in which sale proceeds from a pensioner’s principal home are not included in the assets test for pensioners whose new principal home construction has been unavoidably delayed.
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- Date
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15 Jun 2006
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
STOTT DESPOJA, Natasha
BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
-
Amends the
Marriage Act 1961
to ensure that same-sex marriages are given equal status to heterosexual marriages, including repealing the definition of ‘marriage’ as the union between a man and a woman and repealing provisions which prevent same-sex marriages entered into under the law of another country from being recognised in Australia.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2006
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Administration
- Summary
-
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
Superannuation Act 1976
, Superannuation Act 1990
, Superannuation Act 2005
and the proposed Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Safety and Other Measures) Act 2006
to consolidate in one entity (the Australian Reward Investment Alliance), and revise, the governance arrangements for the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme, the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan, with effect from 1 July 2006. Also amends the Superannuation Act 1976
to correct misdirected amendments made by the Superannuation Legislation (Commonwealth Employment) Repeal and Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003
.
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- Date
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30 Nov 2005
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
- Summary
-
The bill: amends 33 Acts to correct minor technical and drafting errors and misdescribed amendments; and repeals 27 obsolete Acts that have no current or future operation.
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- Date
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12 May 2005
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
GREIG, Brian
- Summary
-
Regulates the unauthorised installation of computer software; and provides for disclosure to computer users of software features that may pose a threat to user privacy.
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- Date
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16 Mar 2005
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
- Summary
-
Amends 48 Acts to: correct minor technical and drafting errors; remove references to organisations that no longer exist; and update references to organisations that have been succeeded by other organisations.
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- Date
-
09 Dec 2004
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
BROWN, Sen Bob
- Summary
-
Amends the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to enable voters at Senate elections to determine the order of their party preferences in above-the-line voting.
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- Date
-
17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
- Summary
-
The bill: establishes procedures for federal, State and Territory law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants, emergency authorisations and authorisations for the installation and use of surveillance devices in Australia and overseas in relation to criminal investigations and child recovery orders; and regulates the use, communication, publication, storage, destruction and making of records in connection with surveillance device operations. Also makes consequential amendments to the
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
, Criminal Code Act 1995
, Customs Act 1901
and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
; and contains transitional and savings provisions and a regulation-making power.
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- Date
-
25 Nov 2003
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
GREIG, Brian
- Summary
-
Prohibits discrimination on the ground of sexuality, transgender identity or intersex status and makes consequential amendments to the
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
.
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- Date
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26 Jun 2003
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
LEES, Meg
- Summary
-
Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to extend the eligibility of persons under 25 years of age to the carer payment.
-
- Date
-
27 Mar 2003
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
GREIG, Brian
- Summary
-
Prohibits certain conduct involving the vilification and incitement to hatred of people on the ground of gender or sexuality.
-
- Date
-
07 Aug 2001
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
MURRAY, Andrew
- Summary
-
Provides that the ‘one vote, one value’ principle must be observed as closely as possible in state and territory elections.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2000
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Family and Community Services portfolio
-
- Date
-
14 Mar 2000
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
-
- Date
-
15 Feb 2000
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
-
- Date
-
08 Dec 1999
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Environment and Heritage portfolio
-
- Date
-
12 Nov 1998
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
-
- Date
-
26 Jun 1997
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Social Security portfolio
-
- Date
-
25 Jun 1997
- Chamber
-
Senate
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Sponsor
-
-
- Date
-
01 Apr 2026
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Before House of Representatives
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
-
- Date
-
01 Apr 2026
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Before House of Representatives
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
-
- Date
-
11 Feb 2026
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill imposes a tax of 15 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $3 million threshold and a further 10 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $10 million threshold.
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- Date
-
05 Feb 2026
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Amends the:
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments; Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and Social Security Act 1991
to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income.
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- Date
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03 Nov 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Before House of Representatives
-
Sponsor
-
GEE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
-
Prohibits a constitutional corporation from constructing, installing or commissioning a windfarm in a state forest.
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- Date
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09 Oct 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025, the bill imposes a superannuation guarantee charge on any superannuation guarantee shortfall of an employer for a qualifying earnings day (the employee’s payday).
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- Date
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04 Sep 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
, Social Security Act 1991
and Student Assistance Act 1973
to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment.
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- Date
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25 Aug 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Before House of Representatives
-
Sponsor
-
WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
-
Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Student Assistance Act 1973
to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
-
- Date
-
30 Jul 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
- Summary
-
Amends the:
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM); clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments; Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
and Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee; Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; Criminal Code Act 1995
to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct; and Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010
to: ensure that the INSLM is able to review counter-terrorism or national security legislation; and make minor amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts.
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- Date
-
25 Mar 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Finance
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- Date
-
25 Mar 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Finance
- Summary
-
Makes interim provision to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government.
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- Date
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25 Mar 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
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Finance
- Summary
-
Makes interim provision to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure.
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- Date
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05 Feb 2025
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: confirm the original policy intent to pay different rates for disability support pension recipients aged under 21, including a lower single dependent living at home rate and a higher independent rate, depending on the person’s circumstances; and validate past rate decisions and other matters that were previously based on the dependent rate in relation to disability support pension youth recipients.
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- Date
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21 Nov 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Attorney-General
- Summary
-
Clarifies that information or a record obtained under specified warrants issued to the Australian Federal Police in connection with Operation Ironside was not intercepted while passing over a telecommunications system and was obtained lawfully under the relevant warrants.
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- Date
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07 Nov 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to establish a scams prevention framework which requires service providers in selected sectors of the economy to take a variety of actions to combat scams relating to, connected with, or using their services. Also makes consequential amendments to 4 Acts.
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- Date
-
09 Oct 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Home Affairs
- Summary
-
Introduced with the Cyber Security Bill 2024 and Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 to implement certain measures proposed by the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the bill amends the:
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018
to: clarify obligations in relation to certain data storage systems that store or process business critical data; expand the government assistance framework to facilitate the management of consequences of impacts of incidents on critical infrastructure assets; amend the definition of ‘protected information’ to include a harms-based assessment and non-exhaustive list of relevant information; clarify the use and disclosure of protected information; enable the regulator to direct an entity to remedy a seriously deficient risk management program; consolidate security requirements for critical telecommunications assets; remove direct interest holders from reporting obligations associated with Systems of National Significance. Also makes consequential or contingent amendments to 5 Acts.
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- Date
-
09 Oct 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
- Summary
-
Amends the
Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997
to: enable the minister to declare a higher maximum movement limit for a strictly limited period to assist in managing certain disruptions to operations at Sydney Airport; provide for the minister to make the Slot Management Scheme, rather than the Slot Manager; modify the compliance regime in relation to slot misuse, including establishing civil penalty provisions and changing the role and functions of the Compliance Committee; and provide for information management obligations.
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- Date
-
29 May 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 10 per cent; Social Security Act 1991
to increase jobseeker payment for certain recipients who have an assessed partial capacity to work due to physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment; and Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to expand the circumstances in which a carer may temporarily cease providing care without losing eligibility for the carer payment.
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- Date
-
28 Feb 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: ensure interim period determinations relating to a person’s percentage of care for a child can be made in a broad range of circumstances, including where an earlier care determination has been revoked; and ensure the validity of certain previous interim period determinations.
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- Date
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15 Feb 2024
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Act
-
Portfolio
-
Social Services
- Summary
-
Responds to the Federal Court decision in
Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas
[2020] FCAFC 220 by amending the Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to provide a clear legal basis for the assessment of income from certain military invalidity pensions.
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- Date
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30 Nov 2023
- Chamber
-
House of Representatives
- Status
-
Not Proceeding
-
Portfolio
-
Treasury
- Summary
-
Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a tax rate of 15 per cent for superannuation earnings corresponding to the percentage of an individual’s superannuation balance that exceeds $3 million for an income year.
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