In the media
No, it's not OK for the government to use your
prescription details to recruit you for a study
Legal experts weigh in on the research ethics issue
sparking debate. When pursuing information for big data projects,
the risks to individual autonomy and privacy are easily overlooked
(01 August 2019).
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Strengthening Australia's counter-terrorism
laws
The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures
No. 1) Bill 2019, will make it harder for high risk terrorist
offenders to get out of jail – even when they have served
their full sentence – by closing a loophole which prevented
some from being served with continuing detention orders
(CDOs)(01 August 2019).
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How councils are future-proofing themselves against
shrinking regional media
Locals and journalists are the two main casualties that
come up in conversations around regional media closures, but what
about the councils which rely on local titles to get their messages
out into the community (01 August 2019).
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Australia appoints first-ever independent examiner to
investigate corporate human rights abuses overseas
The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the Federal
Government's appointment of Mr John Southalan as the first-ever
Australian independent examiner charged with investigating reported
instances of corporate misconduct by Australian multinationals (31
July 2019).
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Treasurer, Liberal MP face High Court challenges over
election
Oliver Yates, has lodged a case, arguing that Mr
Frydenberg's election should be declared void because of the
Liberals' misleading and deceptive conduct. Those proceedings
are brought under section 362 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act
1918, claiming the results in Kooyong and Chisholm were
affected by illegal conduct from the Liberal Party on the day of
the election (31 July 2019).
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Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat
Facebook and Google's digital dominance
The ACCC recommends substantial changes to Australian
Consumer Law, to address the huge inequalities in bargaining power
between digital platforms and consumers when it comes to terms of
use, and particularly privacy (29 July 2019).
More...
New security guide for MoG changes
The Australian Cyber Security Centre
(ACSC) has developed a new publication to assist
Agencies and businesses going through Machinery of Government
(MoG) or other changes to manage the increased
cyber security risks the changes bring (29 July 2019).
More...
Body worn camera boost for police
Commissioner Carroll said body worn cameras used by police
officers were vital policing tools as they provided an impartial
record of events and interactions. The clarity of real time footage
can not only facilitate a quicker resolution to criminal
investigations but also provides police officers and the public
with confidence that evidence is being recorded without prejudice
(26 July 2019).
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Evaluation of measures to tackle alcohol-fuelled
violence
A comprehensive, two-year evaluation has vindicated the
Palaszczuk Government's moves to address alcohol-fuelled
violence, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette
D'Ath said today (26 July 2019).
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ACMA welcomes ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry final
report
The ACMA welcomes the Government's acceptance of the
ACCC's conclusion that there is a need for reform and in
particular, the development of a harmonised media regulatory
framework (26 July 2019).
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OAIC welcomes privacy law update to protect
Australians' personal information
The national privacy regulator today welcomed the
Australian Government's recognition that privacy laws must be
strengthened to ensure they are fit for purpose in the digital age
(26 July 2019).
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Protocol to provide balanced framework for Legal
Professional Privilege claims
A new protocol dealing with legal professional privilege
(LPP) being developed by the Law Council of
Australia and the Australian Tax Office will help avoid unnecessary
and protracted disputes over claims of LLP (26 July 2019).
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Passing of TEO Bill sets dangerous precedent, undermines
PJCIS
The Law Council of Australia is disappointed the Federal
Government's Temporary Exclusion Orders (TEO)
Bill has passed the Senate, reiterating concerns about its
constitutional validity. Providing ASIO with the power to secretly
and immediately detain persons whether or not they are suspected of
terrorism-related activities is a clear overreach (25 July 2019).
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OAIC: FTC fine and privacy requirements for
Facebook
The $US5 billion penalty against Facebook announced by the
US Federal Trade Commission is a globally significant order that
demonstrates the concerns of privacy regulators around the world
(25 July 2019).
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Palaszczuk Government releases Youth Justice Strategy
Action Plan
The Palaszczuk Government has released its Youth Justice
Strategy Action Plan, which outlines the actions being taken across
the whole of government to implement Queensland's first ever
Youth Justice Strategy, released in December 2018 (25 July 2019).
More...
'Put national security above politics': TEO Bill
must go back to PJCIS to ensure effectiveness,
constitutionality
The Law Council of Australia is urging the Senate to put
national security above politics and refer the Temporary Exclusion
Order (TEO) Bill back to the Parliamentary Joint
Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) for
further review, to ensure it is not subject to constitutional
challenge (24 July 2019).
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Have your say on the response to data breaches
The Department of Communities and Justice is inviting
feedback on how NSW public sector agencies respond to privacy
breaches and manage personal information. In NSW, the Privacy
and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) governs how
public sector agencies manage personal information (25 July 2019).
More...
Fall-out from Setka affair could give Coalition easier
passage of union bill
One of the Coalition government's first priorities in
the new parliament is the passage of its Ensuring Integrity
Bill, aimed at tightening regulations on unions and union
officials. The bill would give the minister for industrial
relations, as well as the Registered Organisations Commission and
any party deemed to have "sufficient interest", the power
to apply to the Federal Court to deregister a union (24 July 2019).
More...
VLRC calls for submissions for review of
committals
The Commission has been asked by the state government to
determine whether the process can be made more efficient, while
reducing the trauma to victims of crime and ensuring fair trial
rights. Options under consideration include reforming the process
or abolishing committals completely (24 July 2019).
More...
New CTH Bill to Create Offences For Activists Who Incite
Trespass, Damage, Or Theft Against Farmers
The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill
2019 (CTH) was introduced to the House of Representatives by
Attorney-General, Christian Porter. The Bill aims to deter
individuals from sharing personal information of farmers to incite
offences against them. Under the Bill, it would be illegal for
groups and individuals to promote such events online on any
carriage service (23 July 2019). More...
In practice and courts
Queensland
QAO Advice: New guidelines for contract disclosure and
for using and disclosing confidentiality provisions
The Office of the Chief Advisor—Procurement has
published new guidelines for disclosing government-awarded
contracts, and for using and disclosing confidentiality provisions
(22 July 2019).
More...
Current Consultations
Racing Integrity Reforms – Review of the Racing Integrity
Act 2016 - Have your say on the review of implementation
issues associated with the Racing Integrity Act. Closes 19 August
2019.
OIC Qld: New guideline: Data Analytics
The use of data analytics is becoming increasingly more
common across Queensland government agencies. It can assist
agencies to extract new insights from existing datasets, by
analysing various patterns, relations and connections. OIC's
new
guideline on Data Analytics will assist agencies in identifying
the privacy challenges when wanting to use analytics on data that
includes personal information (29 July 2019)
CCC Current Investigations
Man charged with official corruption – 26 July 2019
A 62-year-old Morayfield man was charged by the Crime and
Corruption Commission (CCC) with one count of
official corruption.
Further charges in Palm Island council investigation - 25 July
2019
A 47-year-old man has been charged by the CCC with fraud offences
as a result of an ongoing corruption investigation into Palm Island
Aboriginal Shire Council.
CCC Council records: a guideline for mayors,
councillors, CEOs and government employees (PDF)
This joint corruption prevention advisory from the Crime
and Corruption Commission and Queensland State Archives sets out
the requirements for the management of council records.
More...
Update: Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council:
Intermediate sentencing options and parole
The due date for the final report was extended by three
months, by letter from the Attorney-General and Minister for
Justice, and Leader of the House, to 31 July 2019. Read the
Terms of Reference.
Published - articles, papers, reports
Online fraud victimisation in Australia: risks and
protective factors
Catherine Emami, Russell G. Smith, Penny Jorna: Australian
Institute of Criminology: 31 July 2019
To gain a better understanding of online consumer fraud, the AIC
worked with the ACCC to compare a matched sample of victims and
non-victims. This study aimed to identify and quantify the factors
that make some individuals more vulnerable to consumer fraud than
others. The findings offer policymakers opportunities to better
target fraud prevention and education initiatives. More...
The effective and ethical development of Artificial
Intelligence: an opportunity to improve our wellbeing
Toby Walsh, Neil Levy, Genevieve Bell, Anthony Elliott,
James Maclaurin, Iven Mareels, Fiona Woods Australian Council of
Learned Academies (ACOLA): 30 July 2019
Placing society at the core of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) development, this report analyses the
opportunities, challenges and prospects that AI technologies
present, and explores considerations such as workforce, education,
human rights and our regulatory environment. More...
Digital Platforms Inquiry: final report
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: 26 July
2019
The dominance of the leading digital platforms and their impact
across Australia's economy, media and society must be addressed
with significant and holistic reform, according to this final
report of the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry. More...
Data is a development issue
Susan Ariel Aaronson; Centre for International Governance
Innovation: 24 July 2019
This paper uses a wide range of metrics to show that most
developing and middle-income countries are not ready or able to
provide an environment where their citizens' personal data is
protected and where public data is open and readily accessible. More...
Evidence-based policing: a survey of police
attitudes
Adrian Cherney, et al: Australian Institute of
Criminology: 23 July 2019
Evidence-based policing (EBP) advocates the use of
scientific processes in police decision-making. This paper examines
results from a survey of officers in the Queensland Police Service
and the Western Australia Police on the uptake of and receptiveness
towards EBP research. More...
Party leadership changes and challenges: a quick
guide
Parliament of Australia: 29 July 2019
This quick guide outlines the current rules relating to the
election of leaders for the four largest federal parliamentary
parties: the Liberal Party (LIB), the Nationals
(NATS), the Australian Labor Party
(ALP) and the Australian Greens
(AG). Appendices provide prime ministerial changes
since 2007 together with a list of the changes and challenges to
leaders of the Liberal Party, the Nationals, and the ALP.
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Cases
Binqld Finances Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Israel Discount Bank
Limited; In the Matter of Binqld Finances Pty Ltd (In
Liq) [2019] FCA
1186
TAXATION – Meaning of "protected
information" in s 355-30 of Sch 1 to the Taxation
Administration Act 1953 (Cth) – whether information in a
settlement deed with the Australia Taxation Office is
"protected information" – whether disclosure of
information would be an offence under s 355-155 of Sch 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) – whether the
exceptions in s 355-175 and/or s 355-205 of Sch 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) engaged or
applicable – whether disclosure of "protected
information" "necessary" to give effect to a
provision of taxation law – whether entire deed
"protected information" – whether disclosure of
non-protected information in an ATO settlement deed would
contravene s 355-155 of Sch 1 to the Taxation Administration
Act 1953 (Cth)
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for suppression orders
in relation to a settlement deed – whether power under s 37AF
of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) should be
exercised – whether sufficient grounds established under s
37AG(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)
– whether grounds specified in accordance with s 37AG(2) of
the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) –
whether necessary to prevent prejudice to the proper administration
of justice – whether the risk of exposure to cross-claims a
sufficient reason to suppress – whether disclosure of
personal information a sufficient reason to suppress
'QZ' and Australian Criminal Intelligence
Commission (Freedom of information) [2019]
AICmr 57
Freedom of Information — Whether reasonable steps
taken to locate documents — Whether disclosure would have a
substantial adverse effect on the management or assessment of
personnel — Whether contrary to public interest to release
conditionally exempt documents — (CTH) Freedom of
Information Act 1982 ss 11A(5), 24A and 47E(c)
Self Care Corporation Pty Limited and Department of Health
(Freedom of information) [2019] AICmr
56
Freedom of Information — Access Grant —
Whether documents contain commercially valuable information —
Whether disclosure would unreasonably affect an organisation in
respect of its lawful business affairs — Whether contrary to
the public interest to release conditionally exempt documents
— (CTH) Freedom of Information Act 1982 ss 11A(5),
47(1)(b) and 47G(1)(a)
Changshu Longte Grinding Ball Co., Ltd v Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and
Science [2019] FCAFC
122
STATUTES – Customs Act 1901 (Cth) –
Part XVB– ferrous grinding balls exported from the
People's Republic of China to Australia – judicial review
of anti-dumping measures
STATUTES – Customs (International Obligations) Regulation
2015 (Cth) – normal price of goods – ordinary course of
trade – determination of profit – determination of cost
of production or manufacture – determination of
administrative, selling and general costs
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – whether reviewable error in substituting
a higher benchmark price from Latin America to determine cost of
production in the People's Republic of China but not
substituting the higher benchmark price to determine the relevant
profit – whether legally erroneous to calculate amount of
profit by employing a profit margin expressed as a percentage
– whether all of the comparative advantages and disadvantages
between the respective markets were mandatory relevant
considerations, irrespective of submissions made by interested
parties
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia v
HSK [2019] QCA 144
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW –
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS – QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL – where the appellant appeals two
separate decisions of the Queensland Civil and Administrative
Tribunal – where both decisions were made in the course of a
single proceeding in which the respondent, a registered nurse,
sought an administrative review of a decision of the appellant to
impose conditions on the respondent's registration on the
grounds that the respondent had an impairment within the definition
of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law 2009 –
whether the Tribunal erred in law in holding that there was no
power, in the course of determining the administrative review, to
direct that the respondent to undergo a further health
assessment.
Jones v State Coroner & Anor
[2019] QSC 175
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW –
PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE – EXTENSION OF TIME – where
there is a delay of some six to seven years between the applicant
becoming aware of the decisions and the applicant seeking judicial
review of the decisions – whether the application for
judicial review was made within a reasonable time pursuant to
section 26(3) of the Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld)
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – REVEWABLE
DECISIONS AND CONDUCT – REVIEW OF PARTICULAR DECISIONS
– APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW – where an inquiry
into a missing person was held under the Coroners Act 1958
(Qld) – where the second respondent directed the first
respondent to reopen the inquest – where the inquest was
reopened under the Coroners Act 1958 (Qld) – where
the applicant seeks judicial review of the decision of the second
respondent to direct the reopening of the inquest under the
Coroners Act 1958 (Qld) – where the applicant seeks
judicial review of the decision of the first respondent to reopen
the inquest under the Coroners Act 1958 (Qld) –
whether the inquest should have been reopened under the
Coroners Act 1958 (Qld) or the Coroners Act 2003
(Qld)
STATUTES – ACTS OF PARLIAMENT – INTERPRETATION –
GENERAL APPROACHES TO INTERPRETATION –
Scriven v Queensland Rural and Industry Development
Authority [2019] QSC
176
PRIMARY INDUSTRY – GENERALLY – FARM DEBT
MEDIATION – ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW
– GROUNDS OF REVIEW – DELEGATION OF POWER –
whether the respondent's decision makers were required to be
accredited mediators under the Farm Debt Mediation Act
2017 (Qld) – whether the Farm Debt Mediation Act
2017 (Qld) allowed for the chief executive officer to delegate
the reviewing of an original determination
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – GROUNDS OF
REVIEW – FAILURE TO OBSERVE STATUTORY PROCEDURE
–ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – GROUNDS
OF REVIEW – IMPROPER PURPOSES – where the respondent
must, under section 52 of the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2017
(Qld), decide, inter alia, to approve or refuse an application for
an exemption certificate – whether the respondent's
reference to the liability account as "anomalous accounting
records" in the decision/s constituted an exercise by the
respondent of its section 52 power for a purpose other than for
which conferred
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – GROUNDS OF
REVIEW – JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS – where the applicant
requested financial records and documents from the Rural Bank Ltd,
namely the liability account – whether the respondent erred
in its determination that the Rural Bank Ltd complied with section
21 of the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2017 (Qld) despite the
non-provision of the liability account – whether the
respondent erred in its determination that the Rural Bank Ltd acted
in good faithADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW –
GROUNDS OF REVIEW – PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS – BIAS –
GENERALLY – where the applicant contends that the respondent
placed considerable weight on the Rural Bank Ltd's contentions
that the liability account either does not or may not exist and
contends that any such statements were fraudulent and infected the
respondent's decision – whether fraud infected the
respondent's decision/s – whether the respondent was
biased towards the applicant on different grounds
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – GROUNDS OF
REVIEW – RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS – FAILURE TO CONSIDER
– where the respondent approved an exemption certificate
under section 52 of the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2017 (Qld)
– whether the respondent failed to take into account the
applicant's arguments as to the existence of a liability
account
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE – EVIDENCE
– where the applicant seeks to adduce material not provided
to the original decision maker – where the applicant objects
to the respondent's submissions which provide preliminary
background of the matter
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 Qld s 27A; Farm Business
Debt Mediation Act 2017 Qld ss 3, 5, 7, 14A, 20, 21, 22, 32,
33, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 81, 83; Judicial Review Act 1991 Qld
sss 4, 20(2), 23
KDV Sport Pty Ltd v Muggeridge Constructions Pty Ltd &
Ors [2019] QSC 178
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – GROUNDS
OF REVIEW – JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS – where the
applicant and first respondent entered into a contract in relation
to the construction of student accommodation – where the
first respondent served a payment claim under the Building and
Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) on the applicant
for construction work done by the first respondent – where
the applicant contended the payment claim was invalid but otherwise
proposed in response to the payment claim to pay nil – where
the first respondent applied for adjudication pursuant to s 21 of
the Payments Act – whether the adjudicator's decision was
void for jurisdictional error because the first respondent did not
provide a valid payment claim within the meaning of the Payments
Act – whether the payment claim identified the construction
work to which the claim related in order to satisfy the
requirements in s 17(2) of the Payments Act Building and
Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 Qld s 17
Valuer-General v Eastcote Pty Ltd as Tte
[2019] QLAC 3
REAL PROPERTY – VALUATION OF LAND – OBJECTIONS
AND APPEALS – QUEENSLAND – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL –
APPEAL - GENERAL PRINCIPLES – RIGHT OF APPEAL – WHEN
APPEAL LIES – ERROR OF LAW – PARTICULAR CASES INVOLVING
ERROR OF LAW – DENIAL OF NATURAL JUSTICE – where the
Member at first instance warned the parties' expert valuers
repeatedly about their conduct in giving evidence – where the
Member concluded that the appellant's valuer was not impartial
and rejected his evidence – whether the Member erred in
failing to give the appellant notice of his Honour's intention
to reject its valuer's evidence – where procedural
fairness required the Member to give such notice
Bruder Expedition Pty Ltd v Leigh
[2019] QDC 116
DEFAMATION – INJUNCTIONS – INTERLOCUTORY
INJUNCTIONS – where respondent was administrator of Facebook
group – where respondent made publications about applicant
company on Facebook page – where applicant seeks injunction
to remove existing posts and restrain respondent from making
further posts - whether prima facie case made out – whether
balance of convenience is made out in favour of granting of
injunction
Legislation
Acts
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) (Consequential
Amendments) Act 2019
31/07/2019 - Act No. 54 of 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Act
2019
31/07/2019 - Act No. 53 of 2019
Bills
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment
(Sunsetting of Special Powers Relating to Terrorism Offences) Bill
2019
Finally passed both Houses 01 August 2019 - Amends the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 to
extend the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation's questioning and detention powers for a further
12 months to 7 September 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill
2019
Finally passed both Houses 01 August 2019 - Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010, Australian
Information Commissioner Act 2010 and Privacy Act
1988 to create the Consumer Data Right to provide individuals
and businesses with a right to access specified data in relation to
them held by businesses
Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill
2019
House of Representatives Third reading agreed to 01 August
2019 - Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to introduce two
new offences in relation to the incitement of trespass or property
offences on agricultural land. The Bill contains exemptions for
journalists and those who are making lawful disclosures of
information, including whistleblowers
Identity-matching Services Bill
2019
HR Second reading moved 31 Jul 2019 - The Bill willl
facilitate the secure, automated and accountable exchange of
identity information between the Commonwealth and state and
territory governments, pursuant to the objectives of the
Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services
(IGA)
Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services)
Bill 2019
HR Second reading moved 31 Jul 2019 - This Bill amends the
Australian Passports Act 2005 (Passports Act) to provide a
legal basis for ensuring that the Minister is able to make
Australian travel document data available for all the purposes of,
and by the automated means intrinsic to, the identity-matching
services to which the Commonwealth and the States and Territories
agreed in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching
Services (IGA)
Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Bill
2019
Senate Second reading moved 31 Jul 2019 - Amends the:
Royal Commission Act 1902 to: enable a Royal Commission to
hold private sessions where a regulation is made authorising it to
do so; enable the Chair of a multi-member Royal Commission, or a
sole Commissioner, to authorise Assistant Commissioners to hold
private sessions; and impose limits on the use and disclosure of
private session information and certain information given to the
Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission; and Freedom of Information
Act 1982 to make consequential amendments.
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring
Integrity) Bill 2019
Senate Second reading moved 31 Jul 2019. Amendments
include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of
'prescribed offence' for the purposes of the automatic
disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations;
establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act
as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an
organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from
holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise
not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the
registration of an organisation on a range of grounds
Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill
2015
Senate Restored to Notice Paper 31 Jul 2019. The bill:
provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the
undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on
their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the
requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief
which a court may grant a land owner when prior written
authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for
coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and
provides for civil penalties.
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Australian
Freedoms) Bill 2019
Senate Second reading moved 23 Jul 2019 - Amends the
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 to: include
a definition of 'Australian freedoms'; require the
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to explicitly
consider 'Australian freedoms' in its examinations of
legislation; and require statements of compatibility for bills and
disallowable legislative instruments to provide certain information
in relation to 'Australian freedoms'.
Assented
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill
2019
Finally passed both Houses: 25 Jul 2019 Assent Act no: 53
Year: 2019 30 July 2019
Introduces a temporary exclusion order scheme to delay Australians
of counter-terrorism interest from re-entering Australia until
appropriate protections are in place
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders)
(Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019
Finally passed both Houses: 25 Jul 2019 Assent Act no: 54
Year: 2019 30 July 2019
Introduces a temporary exclusion orders scheme to delay Australians
of counter-terrorism interest from re-entering Australia until
appropriate protections are in place.
Regulation
Defence
Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (Approved forms and
privacy) Determination 2019 (No. 21)
29/07/2019 - This determination amends the Defence
Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service to remove elements
that are of a non-legislative nature such as examples,
non-examples, cross-reference notes, see notes and forms, to remove
any specific reference to a form number or name and replace it with
the defined term 'approved form' and to put beyond doubt
Defence's right to collect, use or disclose personal
information in the administration of member benefits.
Queensland
Subordinate legislation as made - 26 July
State Building Protective Security Amendment Regulation 2019
No 142 The Regulation amends the State Buildings
Protective Security Regulation 2008 (Qld) so that the Queensland
Cultural Centre and the Legal Aid Queensland offices are declared
to be state buildings until 31 August 2020. Protective Services
security officers can continue to exercise certain powers so that
the appropriate level of security may be provided for these
areas.
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