Legislation
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Legislative bills
Media release
Unprecedented new social and economic support package released
The Social and Economic Support Package we have announced today is unprecedented in the history our state in both size, and breadth. Initiative: Social and Economic Support Packages Initiative: Freeze payment of the Community Fire levy next financial year Initiative: Increase pool of available houses under Private Rental Assistance Scheme Initiative: No rental increases and...
Media release
Measures to assist renters during COVID-19 pandemic
The Residential Tenancy Act 1997 will be amended for an ‘emergency period' of an initial 120 days to put in place a moratorium on the eviction of tenants for failing to be able to pay their rent. Initiative: Eviction moratorium
Report
Section 487: How activists use red tape to stop development and jobs (2020 update)
This report estimates that $65 billion of investment in major projects across Australia has been put at risk due to the legal activism of green groups enabled by Section 487 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
Report
Legal rights audit 2019
Fundamental legal rights refer to the protections which are afforded to citizens in a legal system to ensure that just outcomes are the norm and that the state is restrained from abusing its powers in enforcing the law. This report builds on previous work to arrive at a net total figure of provisions of Commonwealth...
Discussion paper
Independent Review of the EPBC Act: discussion paper
The EPBC Act requires that an independent review be undertaken at least once every ten years. The review must examine the operation of the Act and the extent to which its objects have been achieved. The last review was completed in 2009. This discussion paper is the first step in consultation for the next review.