Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

• Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 15 February 2018
          Reporting Date: 04 December 2018
  
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The bill would amend the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to change the requirements to become an Australian citizen and other key provisions.

• Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2018 [Provisions]
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 20 September 2018
          Reporting Date: 16 October 2018
  
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The bill would amend the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 to allow the Secretary of Home Affairs to give an aviation industry participant a transport security program (TSP) that sets out the security requirements they must meet.

• Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 23 August 2018
          Submissions Close: 23 November 2018
          Reporting Date: 26 November 2018
  
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The bills would bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and make consequential amendments.

• Freedom of Information Legislation Amendment (Improving Access and Transparency) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 23 August 2018
          Reporting Date: 30 November 2018
  
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The bill would amend the Archives Act 1983, the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010, and the Freedom of Information Act 1982 in order to reform Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) laws.

• Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Censorship) Bill 2018, Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Insult and Offend) Bill 2018, Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Security) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 16 August 2018
          Reporting Date: 03 December 2018
  
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The bills are part of a suite of bills that would make various amendments intended to strengthen free speech in Commonwealth law.

• Judiciary Amendment (Commonwealth Model Litigant Obligations) Bill 2017
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 07 December 2017
          Reporting Date: 07 December 2018
  
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The bill aims to subject Commonwealth litigants to enforceable model litigant obligations.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

• The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 26 June 2018
          Reporting Date: 06 December 2018
  
  
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The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia.

• Completed inquiries by this committee