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• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  and

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to allow (in addition to the current arrangements) for more than one industry organisation representing live-stock exporters to be determined as a marketing body and as a research body for the purpose of receiving revenue derived from compulsory levies and charges. Also makes technical corrections to the

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

  and

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Farm Help Criteria and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio 

  Bill

• Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for a national voluntary agriculture biodiversity stewardship market to enable agricultural landholders to receive a tradeable certificate for undertaking projects that enhance or protect biodiversity in native species. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Enhanced Risk Management) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to: expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; create a mechanism to make a human biosecurity group direction; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; and provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities, such as surveillance programs for pests and diseases. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Archives Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission report on Commonwealth record-keeping and the role of the National Archives of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Amendment Bill 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts, Sport, Environment and Territories portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments;

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Office of National Intelligence Act 2018

  to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS;

  Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010

  to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework relating to potentially defamatory content posted on social media by: deeming a person who administers or maintains a social media page not to be a publisher of third-party material; deeming a social media service provider to be the publisher of material that is published on their service if it is posted in Australia; creating a conditional defence for social media service providers in defamation proceedings relating to material on their service that is posted in Australia if the provider meets certain conditions; empowering courts to issue end-user information disclosure orders to require providers of social media services to give the applicant relevant contact details and country location data in certain circumstances; requiring social media companies to have a nominated entity incorporated in Australia able to discharge certain key obligations; and enabling the Attorney-General to intervene in defamation proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth and authorise a grant of legal assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  ,

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  and

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to amend or insert objects clauses to provide that, in giving effect to the objects of each Act, regard must be had to the indivisibility and universality of human rights and their equal status in international law, and the principle that every person is free and equal in their dignity and rights;

  Charities Act 2013

  to provide that otherwise charitable entities that engage in lawful activities promoting a traditional view of marriage are undertaking those activities for the public benefit and not contrary to public policy; and

  Marriage Act 1961

  to allow religious educational institutions to refuse to provide facilities, goods or services in relation to the solemnisation of a marriage in accordance with their religious beliefs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum