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  • National Integrity Commissioner Bill 2012

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    Date
    28 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BANDT, Adam, MP 
    Summary
    Establishes a National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency which will consist of the National Integrity Commissioner, the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner and the Independent Parliamentary Advisor and provide for: the investigation and prevention of misconduct and corruption in all Commonwealth departments, agencies, and federal parliamentarians and their staff; the investigation and prevention of corruption in the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission; and independent advice to ministers and parliamentarians on conduct, ethics and matters of proprietary. Also provides for the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Integrity Commission. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Citizenship Amendment (Defence Service Requirement) Bill 2012

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    Date
    21 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    ROBERT, Stuart, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Citizenship Act 2007
    to ensure that spouses and dependent children of eligible Australian Defence Force (ADF) lateral transfer members (persons who have served in another nation’s armed forces and have migrated to Australia to join the ADF) are eligible for citizenship at the same time as the ADF lateral transfer member. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Do Not Knock Register Bill 2012

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    Date
    21 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    GEORGANAS, Steve, MP 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework to regulate and minimise unsolicited marketing calls made to Australian residential and government addresses by: establishing a Do Not Knock Register; enabling an address to be included on the register and remain on the register; prohibiting unsolicited marketing calls being made to addresses on the register for a period of three years; providing for a penalty regime; and establishing a complaints regime. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2012

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    Date
    22 Mar 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    RHIANNON, Sen Lee 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Export Control Act 1982
    to prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [2013]

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    Date
    22 Mar 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    DI NATALE, Sen Richard
    MADIGAN, Sen John
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Regulates poker machine use by requiring that poker machines must not accept banknotes with a denomination greater than $20, must not accept certain additional credits, must not allow a bet in excess of $1 per spin, and must not have a jackpot or a linked-jackpot arrangement greater than $500; imposes penalties for a contravention of these requirements; provides that the minister takes all reasonable steps to implement uniform national standards for poker machines in relation to harm minimisation, with particular reference to maximum losses, to take effect from 1 January 2015; and provides for the establishment of a national monitoring network. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2012

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    Date
    01 Mar 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BRANDIS, Sen George 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework to provide financial assistance to persons or their next of kin who are injured or killed as a result of an international terrorist act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill (No. 1) 2012

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    Date
    29 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Native Title Act 1993
    in relation to: the right to negotiate to apply to offshore areas; good faith negotiations; enabling extinguishment to be disregarded; reversal of the burden of proof; the definition of ‘traditional’; and commercial rights and interests. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work (Job Security and Fairer Bargaining) Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    27 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BANDT, Adam, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    in relation to: the objects of the Act; permitted matters in enterprise agreements; settling disputes; industrial action related workplace determinations; notice requirements for industrial action; and the termination of protected industrial action. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012

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    Date
    27 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    LUDLAM, Sen Scott 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
    to phase out by 2016 advertising within television programs on SBS. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012

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    Date
    13 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BANDT, Adam, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to extend the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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