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TOTAL RESULTS: 541
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25 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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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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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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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
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Not Proceeding
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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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05 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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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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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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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
- Chamber
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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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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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04 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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ANNING, Sen Fraser
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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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