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  • Date
    03 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978
    ,
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    and
    Customs Act 1901
    to extend the definition of terrorist organisation;
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    and
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    in relation to financing terrorism offences;
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to provide for control orders and preventative detention orders;
    Crimes Act 1914
    to: extend stop, question, search and seize powers to all Commonwealth places and prescribed security zones; and provide for a notice to produce regime to ensure compliance with lawful requests for certain information;
    Crimes Act 1914
    ,
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    ,
    Migration Act 1958
    and
    Surveillance Devices Act 2004
    to update sedition offences;
    Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
    to authorise the use of video surveillance at Australia’s major airports and on aircraft;
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    ,
    Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
    and
    Surveillance Devices Act 2004
    in relation to financial transaction reporting;
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to: strengthen ASIO’s special powers warrant regime; provide ASIO with enhanced access to aircraft and vessel information; strengthen the offence for providing false or misleading information under an ASIO questioning warrant; and clarify that obligations, prohibitions or restrictions imposed by control orders will not be prescribed administrative action;
    Customs Act 1901
    and
    Customs Administration Act 1985
    to broaden Customs powers for security and intelligence purposes; and
    Migration Act 1958
    to clarify the power to deport non-citizens on security grounds. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Jun 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:
    Passports Act 1938
    to give authorities certain powers to demand, confiscate and seize foreign passports;
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to give the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation powers to demand the surrender of Australian and foreign passports in certain circumstances; and
    Crimes Act 1914
    to facilitate effective disaster victim identification and criminal investigation in the event of a mass casualty incident within Australia. Also contains an application provision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    31 Mar 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:
    Crimes Act 1914
    to: extend fixed investigation periods for investigations into suspected terrorism offences; and permit law enforcement agencies to suspend or delay questioning a suspect to make overseas inquiries;
    Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978
    in relation to foreign incursions offences;
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    in relation to: terrorist organisation membership offences; and offences of providing training to or receiving training from a terrorist organisation; and
    Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
    in relation to commercial exploitation by persons who have committed foreign indictable offences. Also contains application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to clarify that it is not necessary to identify a particular terrorist act to prove an offence. Also provides for a review by the Council of Australian Governments of the operation of the legislation after 5 years. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Aug 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Provides public holiday entitlements for certain workers in Sydney on the APEC public holiday to be held on 7 September 2007. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Mar 2020 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Part of a package of eight bills to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2019-2020
    and
    Supply Act (No. 1) 2019-2020

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Mar 2020 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Part of a package of eight bills to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2019-2020
    and
    Supply Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Feb 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government for the purposes of responding to circumstances relating to COVID-19. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Feb 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure for the purposes of responding to circumstances relating to COVID-19. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Apr 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Administration portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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