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• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Strategic Assets) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to prevent foreign persons or entities from acquiring a 10 per cent or greater interest in Australian land, water or other assets that are of strategic economic or strategic defensive significance to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for a mandatory minimum sentence and increased maximum penalties for the offences of trafficking firearms or firearms parts within Australia, and into and out of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Great Australian Bight Environment Protection Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Prohibits mining activities, including prospecting for or exploring for minerals or other geological material, in the Great Australian Bight marine area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Racial Discrimination Law Amendment (Free Speech) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  BURSTON, Sen Brian
  CULLETON, Sen Rodney
  DAY, Sen Bob
  HANSON, Sen Pauline
  HINCH, Sen Derryn
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to repeal Part IIA which prohibits offensive behaviour based on racial hatred; and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  and

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Merges the functions of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) by: amending the

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to enable the ACIC to perform the AIC’s functions, including carrying out, sharing and publishing of criminology research, and carrying out commissioned research; and repealing the

  Criminology Research Act 1971

  to abolish the AIC as a statutory agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes the legislative framework for a compulsory in-person vote in a national plebiscite that would ask Australians “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom to Marry Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that authorised celebrants are not bound to solemnise marriage; and remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to make consequential amendments. Also includes a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHORTEN, Bill, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that ministers of religion or chaplains are not bound to solemnise marriage; and remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to make a consequential amendment. Also includes a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP
  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP
  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that ministers of religion or chaplains are not bound to solemnise marriage; and remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to make a consequential amendment. Also includes a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: abolish the ‘75% audience reach rule’ which prohibits commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences whose combined licence area populations exceed 75 per cent of the population of Australia; abolish the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’ which prohibits control over more than two out of three regulated media platforms in any one commercial radio licence area; and provide additional local programming obligations for regional commercial television broadcasting licensees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum