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• Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  SMITH, Sen Dean 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: redefine marriage as ‘a union of two people’; introduce non-gendered language so that the requirements of the Act apply equally to all marriages; enable same-sex marriages that have been, or will be, solemnised under the law of a foreign country to be recognised in Australia; amend the definition of ‘authorised celebrant’ to include new categories of religious marriage celebrants and certain Australian Defence Force officers; enable ministers of religion, religious marriage celebrants, chaplains and bodies established for religious purposes to refuse to solemnise or provide facilities, goods and services for marriages on religious grounds; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2017

  ; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that a refusal by a minister of religion, religious marriage celebrant or chaplain to solemnise marriage in prescribed circumstances does not constitute unlawful discrimination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: reform the Marriage Celebrants Program, primarily to raise the level of professional standards required of celebrants and have them promote pre-marriage and other relationship education services, including the creation of the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants, and review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and make technical amendments in relation to: the Notice of Intended Marriage; passports as a means of identification; authorisation of a shortened timeframe between lodgment of a Notice of Intended Marriage and the marriage; and removal of redundant provisions. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Amendment Bill 2004

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  Date

  24 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of a man and a woman; and clarify that same-sex marriages entered into under the law of another country will not be recognised in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Bill 2017

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  Date

  13 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Implements measures relating to public communications in the conduct of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, including: requiring authorisations on all forms of communication of marriage law survey matter and providing the Electoral Commissioner with related information-gathering powers; imposing obligations on broadcasters to give reasonable opportunities for broadcasting opposing views; providing for offences for bribery and threats and civil penalties in relation to vilification, interference, discrimination and misleading or deceptive publications; providing for injunctive relief in relation to the statistics collection process and related activities; and enabling the Electoral Commissioner to make rules prescribing certain matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Measures to Combat Serious and Organised Crime Bill 2001

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  Date

  04 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006

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  Date

  18 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the

  Health Insurance Commission (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997

  to permit the Commonwealth to sell its shares in Medibank Private Limited (Medibank); facilitates the sale of the Commonwealth’s equity in Medibank; and permits Medibank to operate on a “for profit” basis. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  National Health Act 1953

  ,

  Commonwealth Borrowing Levy Act 1987

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

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  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  to: clarify eligible related claims for the purposes of aggregation; and clarify that the High Cost Claim Scheme (HCCS) and the Exceptional Claims Scheme (ECS) are only intended to apply in respect of medical practitioners;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to clarify eligibility for the Run off Cover Schemes and permit access for medical practitioners and eligible midwives retiring before the age of 65;

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to: clarify the intent of the medical indemnity law that payments will only be made if the claim relates to the provision of a health service; and make administrative changes to streamline and clarify the operation of the legislation;

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2004

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to restructure and consolidate medical and midwife indemnity legislative instruments; and

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  to: require all medical indemnity insurers to provide universal cover to medical practitioners; and create high cost claim and exceptional claims schemes for allied health professionals, and enable private sector employee midwives to access these schemes. Also: repeals the

  Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005

  and

  Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002

  to remove redundant payments; and makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

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  Date

  27 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  to ensure that claims made against midwives in private practice whose registration is not endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to prescribe scheduled medicines are eligible under the Allied Health Schemes, where the claim relates to incidents that occurred on or from 1 July 2020; and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to expand eligibility of the Midwifes Schemes to cover claims made against midwives in private practice whose registration has been endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to prescribe schedule medicines, irrespective of whether the midwife is covered under a professional indemnity insurance policy as an employee or in an independent capacity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Bill 2005

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  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfoli 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Bill 2005, the bill imposes a competitive adjustment payment to be made by insurers that provide medical indemnity to members of medical defence organisations participating in the incurred but not reported indemnity scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002

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  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to implement a framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill amends: the secrecy provisions of the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to include reference to the medical indemnity legislation; and

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  to: amend certain offence definitions; and require the Health Insurance Commission to include in its annual report material on the operations of the medical indemnity legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum