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: 741
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19 Jun 2002
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
to allow for the Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority to be appointed as a full member of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority.
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07 Aug 2023
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to the communication of foreign intelligence information.
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09 Nov 2016
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Senate
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications Act 1997
, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
, Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
and Australian Security Intelligence Organisations Act 1979
to establish a regulatory framework to manage national security risks of espionage, sabotage and foreign interference to Australia’s telecommunications networks and facilities.
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03 Dec 2014
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Senate
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends: 12 Acts, including the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
, to merge the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and 31 Acts to make consequential amendments. Also provides for transitional arrangements.
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30 Oct 2014
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS)
Report of the Inquiry into Potential Reforms of Australia’s National Security Legislation
by amending the: Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: require telecommunications service providers to retain and to secure for two years telecommunications data (not content); require service providers to protect retained data through encryption and preventing unauthorised interference and access; require the PJCIS to review the mandatory data retention scheme no more than three years after the end of the implementation phase; limit the range of agencies that are able to access telecommunications data and stored communications; establish a journalist information warrants regime; restrict the agencies who can access this data; require the minister to refer to the PJCIS any legislative proposal to amend which agencies can access the data; provide for record-keeping and reporting the use of, and access to, telecommunications data; and enable the Commonwealth Ombudsman to assess agency compliance; Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
to provide that certain matters relating to data retention be included in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) annual report; Intelligence Services Act 2001
to enable the PJCIS to inquire into operational matters relating to the use of telecommunications data by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police, in relation to counter-terrorism functions; Telecommunications Act 1997
to prohibit civil litigants from being able to access certain telecommunications data; and Telecommunications Act 1997
and Privacy Act 1988
to make consequential amendments.
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22 Mar 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Supports the newly established Victorian Independent Board-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) and South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), the Victorian Inspectorate (VI) and the Victorian Public Interest Monitor (PIM) by amending the:
Crimes Act 1914
to provide the IBAC with access to items and documents seized by a constable or Commonwealth officer for specific purposes; Privacy Act 1988
to include the IBAC as an enforcement body which is used in the National Privacy Principles in relation to the law enforcement exemptions to the use and disclosure, and access and correction obligations; Taxation Administration Act 1953
to enable the Australian Taxation Office to disclose taxpayer protected information to the IBAC for certain law enforcement purposes; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: enable the IBAC, the ICAC, and the VI to use and communicate existing intercepted information; and enable the PIM to access relevant information and appear at applications for warrants under the Act.
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02 Mar 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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The bill: amends the:
Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
in relation to staying an Australian proceeding on forum grounds; and Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
and Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010
to: reflect amendments made by the New Zealand Parliament to the companion legislation to enable the cooperative scheme to operate; and retrospectively validates fees charged (from 1 March 2009 to 25 November 2010) for de facto financial proceedings under the Family Law Act 1975
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30 Sep 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: enable the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies in relation to telecommunications interception warrants; require carriers and certain carriage service providers to inform the Communications Access Co-ordinator of proposed changes to telecommunications services, networks, systems or devices that could adversely affect the ability to conduct interception; enable authorised police officers to disclose telecommunications data when trying to locate missing persons; enable enforcement agencies to apply for a stored communications warrant to access stored communications of a victim of a serious contravention, without the person’s consent; permit notification of an interception warrant to be made to a representative of a carrier; and make minor and technical amendments; and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
, Intelligence Services Act 2001
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to enable ASIO, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to work cooperatively.
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24 Jun 2010
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: enable the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies in relation to telecommunications interception warrants; require carriers and certain carriage service providers to inform the Communications Access Co-ordinator of proposed changes to telecommunications services, networks, systems or devices that could adversely affect the ability to conduct interception; enable authorised police officers to disclose telecommunications data when trying to locate missing persons; enable enforcement agencies to apply for a stored communications warrant to access stored communications of a victim of a serious contravention, without the person’s consent; permit notification of an interception warrant to be made to a representative of a carrier; and make minor and technical amendments; and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
, Intelligence Services Act 2001
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to enable ASIO, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to work cooperatively.
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25 Nov 2009
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill 2009, the bill: amends the
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
in relation to the conduct of trans-Tasman market proceedings; makes consequential amendments to seven Acts; and repeals the Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994
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25 Nov 2009
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Introduced with the Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2009, the bill: gives effect to the
Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand on Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement
; incorporates the existing provisions of the Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994
(the taking of evidence and service and enforcement of subpoenas); and incorporates Part IIIA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
(the conduct of market proceedings).
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16 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: enable owners and operators of computer networks to undertake activities to operate, maintain and protect their networks; enable Commonwealth agencies, security authorities and eligible State authorities to ensure their network is appropriately used by employees, office holders or contractors of the agency or authority; limit secondary use and disclosure of information obtained through network protection activities; and require the destruction of records obtained by undertaking network protection activities when the information is no longer required for those purposes.
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03 Dec 2008
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to introduce the Queensland Public Interest Monitor (PIM) into the telecommunications interception regime to enable Queensland to legislate for the PIM to be given specific oversight functions for the Queensland Police Service and the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. Also makes minor and technical amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
and Surveillance Devices Act 2004
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25 Jun 2008
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in
Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Australian Securities Commission
(1992) by amending the Surveillance Devices Act 2004
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to ensure officeholders can validly authorise others to act on their behalf in performing legislative functions. Also makes minor technical amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
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20 Feb 2008
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to extend sunset provisions relating to network protection activities undertaken by network administrators in law enforcement and security agencies; clarify reporting requirements for warrants; clarify that multiple telecommunications devices can be intercepted on a one named person warrant; and make consequential and technical amendments.
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14 Jun 2007
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications (the Blunn Report), the bill amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to: access to telecommunications data for national security and law enforcement purposes; and makes consequential amendments to five other Acts.
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16 Feb 2006
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to: establish a warrant regime for enforcement agencies to access stored communications held by a telecommunications carrier; and amend the long and short titles of the Act to reflect this access; and makes consequential amendments to 9 other Acts to reflect the Act’s changed title. Also amends the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to: enable interception of communications of a person known to communicate with a person of interest; permit equipment-based interception; remove the distinction between class 1 and class 2 offences; remove the Telecommunications Interception Remote Authority Connection function currently exercised by the Australian Federal Police and transfer the associated warrant register function to the Attorney-General’s Department; and make other amendments in relation to the ongoing operation of the interception regime.
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14 Sep 2005
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to: extend for 6 months the operation of the provisions that enable access to stored communications without the need for a warrant; make the Victorian Office of Police Integrity and the New South Wales Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption eligible authorities for the purposes of the Act; enable the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Queensland Corruption and Crime Commission and the New South Wales Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission to use lawfully obtained intercepted material for the purpose of fulfilling their statutory functions; clarify that the expression “officer of a State” includes all members of the police service of that State; and as a consequence of the commencement of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003
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17 Nov 2004
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Senate
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to exclude access to stored communications from the current prohibition against interception of communications.
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27 May 2004
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to exclude access to stored communications from the current prohibition against interception of communications.
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19 Feb 2004
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to: extend the availability of telecommunications interception warrants to additional serious offences; extend the protections of the Act in relation to text-based communications; facilitate the recording of calls to publicly-listed Australian Security Intelligence Organisation numbers; and clarify the application of the Act to delayed access message services. Also contains a transitional provision.
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18 Sep 2003
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to provide the proposed Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission (WACCC) and the proposed Parliamentary Inspector with access to relevant intercepted information; and to permit telecommunications interception warrants to be sought for slavery, sexual servitude, deceptive recruiting and aggravated people smuggling offences; Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
to provide the WACCC with access to financial transaction reports information; and Crimes Act 1914
to include the WACCC in the assumed identities scheme.
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12 Mar 2002
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
in relation to: application of the Act to telecommunications services such as e-mail, SMS messaging and voicemail; interception in relation to terrorism, serious arson and child pornography offences; use of lawfully intercepted information in connection with dismissal of an officer; the Anti-Corruption Commission of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Royal Commission into Police Corruption; operation of certain warrants authorising entry onto premises; merger of the Queensland Crime Commission and Criminal Justice Commission into the Crime and Misconduct Commission; and technical corrections; and Customs Act 1901
to enable Federal Magistrates to be nominated to be judges for the purposes of issuing listening device warrants.
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27 Sep 2001
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General portfolio
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16 Feb 2000
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General portfolio
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