Appendix 5
Private senators' bills
Private senators' bills passed since 1901
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill 1908
Purpose: To extend the protection against dismissal provided by the principal Act to members of organisations.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Needham 24/9/08; bill lapsed at prorogation; Senate agreed to proceed with bill at stage reached in previous session 27/5/09; read a third time 2/9/09.
HoR: Introduced 3/9/09; agreed to with amendments and read a third time 8/12/09.
Senate agreed to HoR amendments 8/12/09.
Assent: 13/12/09; Act no. 28 of 1909 (Act cited as Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1909).
Commonwealth Electoral Bill 1924
Purpose: To make provision for compulsory voting.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Payne 16/7/24; read a third time 23/7/24.
HoR: Introduced 23/7/24; read a third time 24/7/24.
Assent: 31/7/24; Act no. 10 of 1924.
Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Bill 1971
Purpose: To make temporary provision for the law of evidence in the Australian Capital Territory after the disallowance of an Ordinance.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Murphy 25/8/71; read a third time 26/8/71 am.
HoR: Introduced and read a third time 26/8/71.
Assent: 26/8/71; Act no. 66 of 1971.
Wireless Telegraphy Amendment Bill 1980
Purpose: To give the minister a discretion to direct the return to the owner of otherwise forfeited equipment.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Rae 29/4/80; read a third time 16/5/80.
HoR: Introduced 20/5/80; read a third time 22/5/80.
Assent: 3/6/80; Act no. 91 of 1980.
Senate Elections (Queensland) Bill 1981
Purpose: To make provision for Queensland senators to be chosen by the people of Queensland voting as one electorate — section 7 of the Constitution.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Colston 26/3/81; read a third time 29/4/82.
HoR: Introduced 29/4/82; read a third time 5/5/82.
Assent: 21/5/82; Act no. 31 of 1982 (Act cited as Senate Elections (Queensland) Act 1982).
Income Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 1984 (No. 2)
Purpose: To prevent taxes being evaded under s23F provisions for superannuation benefits 'cherrypicking scheme' to date from Treasurer's announcement.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Jack Evans 2/5/84; read a third time 4/5/84.
HoR: Introduced 7/5/84; read a third time 10/10/84.
Assent: 17/10/84; Act no. 115 of 1984 (Act cited as Income Tax Assessment Amendment Act (No.5) 1984).
Parliamentary Privileges Bill 1986
Purpose: To clarify, and make certain changes to, the law of parliamentary privilege.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Douglas McClelland 7/10/86; passed with amendments and read a third time 17/3/87.
HoR: Introduced 19/3/87; read a third time 6/5/87.
Assent: 20/5/87; Act no. 21 of 1987 (Act cited as Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987).
Smoking and Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) Bill 1989
Purpose: To prohibit certain advertisements relating to smoking and tobacco products in the print media.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Powell 31/8/89; read a third time 7/12/89.
HoR: Introduced 21/12/89; read a third time 22/12/89.
Assent: 28/12/89; Act no. 181 of 1989.
Parliamentary Presiding Officers Amendment Bill 1992
Purpose: To amend the Principal Act in relation to the Deputy Presiding Officer of each House of the Parliament.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Colston 25/6/92; read a third time 8/10/92.
HoR: Introduced 12/10/92; agreed to with amendments and read a third time 25/11/92.
Senate agreed to HoR amendments 26/11/92.
Assent: 11/12/92; Act no. 163 of 1992.
Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2005
Purpose: To amend the Principal Act to provide for the statutory position of Parliamentary Librarian and to give statutory status to the Parliamentary Library and the Security Management Board.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Calvert 9/3/05; read a third time 10/3/05.
HoR: Introduced 14/3/05; read a third time 16/3/05.
Assent: 1/4/05; Act no. 39 of 2005.
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005
Purpose: To repeal a provision requiring ministerial approval for use of the drug RU486.
Senate: Introduced by Senators Allison, Moore, Nash and Troeth 8/12/05; read a third time 9/2/06.
HoR: Introduced 13/2/06; read a third time 16/2/06.
Assent: 3/3/06; Act no. 5 of 2006 (Act cited as Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Act 2006).
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006
Purpose: To amend the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 to retain existing prohibitions on certain human reproductive cloning and other assisted reproductive technology activities, and permit certain human embryo research under licence.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Patterson 19/10/06; read a third time 7/11/06.
HoR: Introduced 27/11/06; read a third time 6/12/06.
Assent: 12/12/06; Act no. 172 of 2006.
Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) Bill 2011 [previously Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010]
Purpose: To amend the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 to remove the Governor-General's power to disallow or recommend amendments of any laws made by the legislative assemblies of those territories.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Bob Brown 29/9/10; passed with amendments and read a third time 18/8/11.
HoR: Introduced 22/8/11; read a third time 1/11/11.
Assent: 4/12/11; Act no. 166 of 2011.
Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012
Purpose: To mitigate the negative impacts of petrol sniffing in areas designated as low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Siewert 1/3/12; passed with amendments and read a third time 27/11/12.
HoR: Introduced 28/11/12; read a third time 6/2/13.
Assent: 14/2/13; Act no. 1 of 2013 (Act cited as Low Aromatic Fuel Act 2013).
Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2013 [previously Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2012]
Purpose: To amend the Principal Act to make certain changes to the framework of the Parliamentary Service.
Senate: Introduced by Senator Hogg 28/11/12; read a third time 7/2/13.
HoR: Introduced 11/2/13; read a third time 13/2/13.
Assent: 1/3/13; Act no. 4 of 2013.
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017]
Purpose: To amend the Marriage Act 1961 to redefine marriage as a union of two people and protect religious freedoms.
Senate: introduced by Senator Dean Smith 15/11/17; agreed to with amendments and read a third time 29/11/17.
HoR: Introduced 4/12/17; read a third time 7/12/17
Assent: 8/12/17; Act no. 129 of 2017.
Private senators' bills which have passed the Senate since 1901
Parliamentary Witnesses Bill 1905 [previously Parliamentary Evidence Bill 1904 [1905]]
Introduced by: Senator Nield
Date passed by Senate: 13 October 1905
Papua Bill 1906
Introduced by: Senator Stewart
Date passed by Senate: 14 September 1906
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill 1908 [1909]
Introduced by: Senator Needham
Date passed by Senate: 2 September 1909
Commonwealth Banking Companies Reserve Liabilities Bill 1910
Introduced by: Senator Gould on behalf of Senator Walker
Date passed by Senate: 15 September 1910
Constitution Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Railway Disputes) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1913
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 9 December 1913
Constitution Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Constitution Alteration (Railway Disputes) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Constitution Alteration (Nationalization of Monopolies) 1914
Introduced by: Senator McGregor
Date passed by Senate: 11 June 1914
Commonwealth Electoral Bill 1924
Introduced by: Senator Payne
Date passed by Senate: 23 July 1924
Life Insurance Bill 1930
Introduced by: Senator McLachlan
Date passed by Senate: 10 July 1930
National Security Bill 1943
Introduced by: Senator McLeay
Date passed by Senate: 18 February 1943
Constitution Alteration (Prices) 1950
Introduced by: Senator McKenna
Date passed by Senate: 1 November 1950
Death Penalty Abolition Bill 1968
Introduced by: Senator Murphy
Date passed by Senate: 4 June 1968
Australian Capital Territory Evidence (Temporary Provisions) Bill 1971
Introduced by: Senator Murphy
Date passed by Senate: 26 August 1971 a/m.
Death Penalty Abolition Bill 1970
Introduced by: Senator Murphy
Date passed by Senate: 9 March 1972
Parliament Bill 1973 [1974]
Introduced by: Senator Wright
Date passed by Senate: 29 November 1973
Wireless Telegraphy Amendment Bill 1980
Introduced by: Senator Rae
Date passed by Senate: 16 May 1980
Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator Evans
Date passed by Senate: 29 October 1981
Repatriation Acts (Tuberculosis Pensions) Amendment Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator Macklin
Date passed by Senate: 26 November 1981
Industrial Democracy Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator Siddons
Date passed by Senate: 26 November 1981
Institute of Freshwater Studies Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator McLaren
Date passed by Senate: 25 February 1982
Queensland Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders (Self-Management and Land Rights) Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator Ryan
Date passed by Senate: 18 March 1982
Senate Elections (Queensland) Bill 1981
Introduced by: Senator Colston
Date passed by Senate: 29 April 1982
Constitution Alteration (Fixed Term Parliaments) 1981
Introduced by: Senator Evans
Date passed by Senate: 17 November 1982
World Heritage Properties Protection Bill 1982
Introduced by: Senator Mason
Date passed by Senate: 14 December 1982
Constitution Alteration (Parliament) 1983
Introduced by: Senator Macklin
Date passed by Senate: 13 October 1983
Income Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 1984 (No. 2)
Introduced by: Senator Jack Evans
Date passed by Senate: 4 May 1984
Flags Amendment Bill 1984 [1985]
Introduced by: Senator Durack
Date passed by Senate: 28 February 1985
Parliamentary Privileges Bill 1986
Introduced by: Senator Douglas McClelland
Date passed by Senate: 17 March 1987
Family Law Amendment Bill 1985
Introduced by: Senator Durack
Date passed by Senate: 14 May 1987
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) (Informal Ballot-papers) Amendment Bill 1988
Introduced by: Senator Short
Date passed by Senate: 24 August 1988
Australian Bureau of Statistics Amendment Bill 1988
Introduced by: Senator Sheil
Date passed by Senate: 6 April 1989
Income Tax Assessment (Tax Agents' Fees) Amendment Bill 1989
Introduced by: Senator Watson
Date passed by Senate: 25 May 1989
National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Determination Revocation) Amendment Bill 1989 [previously National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Determination Revocation and Tribunal Membership) Amendment Bill 1989]
Introduced by: Senator Puplick
Date passed by Senate: 7 September 1989
End of War List Bill 1989
Introduced by: Senator McGauran
Date passed by Senate: 2 November 1989
Smoking and Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) Bill 1989
Introduced by: Senator Powell
Date passed by Senate: 7 December 1989
End of War List Bill 1990
Introduced by: Senator Boswell
Date passed by Senate: 18 September 1990
Income Tax Assessment (Substantiation Requirements) Amendment Bill 1990
Introduced by: Senator Watson
Date passed by Senate: 8 November 1990
Australian Bureau of Statistics (Parliamentary Supervision of Proposals) Amendment Bill 1990
Introduced by: Senator Walters
Date passed by Senate: 15 November 1990
Income Tax Assessment (Valueless Shares) Amendment Bill 1991
Introduced by: Senator Watson
Date passed by Senate: 17 October 1991
Flags Amendment Bill 1990
Introduced by: Senator Parer
Date passed by Senate: 30 April 1992
Parliamentary Presiding Officers Amendment Bill 1992
Introduced by: Senator Colston
Date passed by Senate: 8 October 1992
Australian National University Amendment (Autonomy) Bill 1992
Introduced by: Senator Tierney
Date passed by Senate: 8 October 1992
Income Tax Assessment (Isolated Area Zone Extension) Amendment Bill 1992
Introduced by: Senator Panizza
Date passed by Senate: 5 November 1992
Social Security Amendment (Listed Securities) Bill 1993
Introduced by: Senator Patterson
Date passed by Senate: 12 May 1993
Audit (Auditor-General an Officer of the Parliament) Amendment Bill 1993
Introduced by: Senator Watson
Date passed by Senate: 28 October 1993
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) (Exemption of Council Allowances) Amendment Bill 1993
Introduced by: Senator Ian Macdonald
Date passed by Senate: 28 October 1993
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) (Two Wheel Drive Vehicles with Jeep, Platform, Pick-Up or Utility Body Type) Amendment Bill 1994
Introduced by: Senator Watson
Date passed by Senate: 2 June 1994
Public Service (Abolition of Compulsory Retirement Age) Amendment Bill 1995
Introduced by: Senator Patterson
Date passed by Senate: 30 June 1995
Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999
Introduced by: Senators Brown, Bolkus and Greig
Date passed by Senate: 15 March 2000
Kyoto Protocol Ratification Bill 2003 [No. 2]
Introduced by: Senators Lundy and Brown
Date passed by Senate: 1 April 2004
Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2005
Introduced by: Senator Calvert
Date passed by Senate: 10 March 2005
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005
Introduced by: Senators Allison, Moore, Nash and Troeth
Date passed by Senate: 9 February 2006
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006
Introduced by: Senator Patterson
Date passed by Senate: 7 November 2006
Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008
Introduced by: Senator Coonan
Date passed by Senate: 22 September 2008
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2]
Introduced by: Senators Troeth and Humphries
Date passed by Senate: 13 November 2008
Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009
Introduced by: Senators Cormann, Fielding and Xenophon
Date passed by Senate: 28 October 2009
Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010
Introduced by: Senators Colbeck and Joyce
Date passed by Senate: 15 March 2010
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No. 2]
Introduced by: Senator Scullion
Date passed by Senate: 22 June 2010
Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 [2011]
Introduced by: Senator Nash
Date passed by Senate: 10 February 2011
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2011 [previously Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010]
Introduced by: Senators Xenophon and Bob Brown
Date passed by Senate: 23 June 2011
Territories Self-Government Legislation Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment of Laws) Bill 2011 [previously Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010]
Introduced by: Senator Bob Brown
Date passed by Senate: 18 August 2011]
Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012
Introduced by: Senator Siewert
Date passed by Senate: 27 November 2012
Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2013 [previously ~ 2012]
Introduced by: Senator Hogg
Date passed by Senate: 7 February 2013]
Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013 (No. 2)
Introduced by: Senator Williams
Date passed by Senate: 27 June 2013
Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014
Introduced by: Senator Lambie
Date passed by Senate: 19 March 2015
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Consumer Lease Exclusion) Bill 2015
Introduced by: Senator Cameron
Date passed by Senate: 10 September 2015
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senators Cameron, Di Natale and Lambie
Date passed by Senate: 30 March 2017
Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senators Whish-Wilson, Hanson, Hinch, Lambie, Roberts and Xenophon
Date passed by Senate: 15 June 2017
Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice) Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senator Gallagher
Date passed by Senate: 10 August 2017
Medicinal Cannabis Legislation Amendment (Securing Patient Access) Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senator Di Natale
Date passed by Senate: 19 October 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senator Dean Smith
Date passed by Senate: 29 November 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (Axe the Tampon Tax) Bill 2018
Introduced by: Senator Rice
Date passed by Senate: 18 June 2018
Taxation Administration Amendment (Corporate Tax Entity Information) Bill 2018
Introduced by: Senator Gallagher
Date passed by Senate: 25 June 2018
Animal Export Legislation Amendment (Ending Long-haul Live Sheep Exports) Bill 2018
Introduced by: Senators Rhiannon, Hinch and Storer
Date passed by Senate: 10 September 2018
Productivity Commission Amendment (Addressing Inequality) Bill 2017
Introduced by: Senator McAllister
Date passed by Senate: 12 November 2018]
National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2)
Introduced by: Senator Waters
Date passed by Senate: 9 September 2019
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
Introduced by: Senator Sterle
Date passed by Senate: 10 February 2020
Royal Commissions Amendment (Confidentiality Protections) Bill 2020
Introduced by: Senator Steele-John
Date passed by Senate: 15 February 2021
Franchising Laws Amendment (Fairness in Franchising) Bill 2020
Introduced by: Senator O’Neill
Date passed by Senate: 22 February 2021]
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019
Introduced by: Senator Gallagher
Date passed by Senate: 9 August 2021
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced by Forced Labour) Bill 2021
Introduced by: Senator Patrick
Date passed by Senate: 23 August 2021