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• Marriage Equality Plebiscite Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RICE, Sen Janet
  LAZARUS, Sen Glenn
  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
  MUIR, Sen Ricky
  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Provides for a national plebiscite to be conducted at the next general election on the question of whether two people should be able to marry, regardless of gender. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Humanitarian Visa Intake) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to prevent the preclusion of processing or granting a visa at any time in a financial year when fewer than 20 000 humanitarian visas have been granted; and require the minister to present to Parliament quarterly reports setting out the number of each class of humanitarian visas granted during the previous quarter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mining Subsidies Legislation Amendment (Raising Revenue) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to abolish fossil fuel subsidies for the mining industry from 1 January 2015, including: the diesel fuel rebate; accelerated asset depreciation for aircraft, the oil and gas industry and vehicles; and immediate deductibility for exploration and prospecting expenses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Motor Vehicle Standards (Cheaper Transport) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Jul 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  The bill: sets carbon emissions standards that certain manufacturers, importers or sellers of passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles are required to meet as the average across its fleet; and provides for charges on sellers whose fleet averages exceed the vehicle carbon emissions standard. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide that a person will have been deemed not to have entered Australia by sea if they entered the migration zone and landed in an aircraft or if the person was born in the migration zone. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that ministers of religion are not bound to solemnise marriage by any other law; remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and include a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Visa Maximum Numbers Determinations) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide that determinations made under section 85 (which determine the number of visas that can be granted in a particular subclass in any specified financial year) on or after 2 December 2013 be subject to disallowance by either House of the Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILLIAMS, Sen John 

  Summary

  Requires that any marine regulations be amended by the issuing authority so that they comply with and give effect to the existing Australian standards for marine engineering and electro-technical competencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to provide that same-sex marriages validly entered into in foreign countries are recognised under the laws of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CASH, Sen Michaelia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to create two visa subclasses: temporary protection (offshore entry) visas and temporary protection (secondary movement offshore entry) visas, for persons who have arrived in Australia illegally or at an excised offshore place and are found to have engaged Australia’s protection obligations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum