A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
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31 Jul 2019
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Senate
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Agriculture
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Establishes an independent Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports to oversee the Department of Agriculture in its role as the regulator of Australia’s live-stock exports.
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03 Jun 2015
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
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Part of a package of four bills to manage imported food, the bill provides for the collection of imported food charges by: providing that regulations prescribe when imported food charges are due and payable; making the Commonwealth notionally liable to pay fees, including late payment fees; requiring a late payment fee to be paid when a charge is not paid on time; empowering the secretary to take certain action when a charge or late payment fee is not paid; and providing for the administration of the charges.
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03 Jun 2015
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
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Part of a package of four bills to manage imported food, the bill imposes an imported food charge, to the extent that it is a duty of customs.
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03 Jun 2015
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
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Part of a package of four bills to manage imported food, the bill imposes an imported food charge, to the extent that it is a duty of excise.
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03 Jun 2015
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
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Part of a package of four bills to manage imported food, the bill imposes an imported food charge, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise.
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19 Oct 2017
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture and Water Resources
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Amends the
Imported Food Control Act 1992
to incorporate the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016 by reference.
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01 Jun 2017
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture and Water Resources
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Amends the
Imported Food Control Act 1992
to: require a food safety management certificate from importers of certain foods where at-border testing alone is insufficient to provide assurance of food safety; enable food to be held at the border where there is uncertainty about the safety of a particular food and where the scientific approach to verify its safety is not established; provide additional powers to monitor and manage new and emerging risks; recognise a foreign country’s food safety regulatory system where it is equivalent to Australia’s food safety system; establish differentiated enforcement provisions to enable a graduated approach to non-compliance; require importers of food to keep records to enable traceability of food; and make technical amendments.
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27 Mar 2024
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the
Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012
to: enable testing of timber products at the border and beyond to ensure non-compliant illegally logged timber is not imported; introduce a requirement for importers and processors to give notice before importing or processing regulated timber products; add strict liability offences, injunctions and enforceable undertakings to enforcement powers; enable audits to be carried out to determine compliance with the due diligence requirements; and extend the time frame for issuing infringement notices to 24 months and enable the department to publish details of contraventions on their website.
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24 May 2023
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the:
Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Act 2019
to expand the functions of the office of the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports to include monitoring, investigation and reporting on the implementation of animal welfare and live animal exports legislation and standards in relation to livestock exports and rename it to the office of the Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports; and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to make consequential amendments.
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28 Nov 2012
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Introduced with the Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013], the bill establishes the Inspector-General of Biosecurity as a statutory body to review and report on: the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Director of Biosecurity, biosecurity officers and biosecurity enforcement officers; and the process for conducting biosecurity import risk analyses.
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