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Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022

Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Portfolio
Attorney-General

Summary

Amends the: Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 to: provide that 'personal work-related conduct' does not fall within the public interest disclosure (PID) scheme; amend the process for authorised officers' handling and allocation of disclosures, and principal officers' investigation of disclosures; expand the scope of protections for disclosers and availability of civil remedies for reprisal action taken against a person who has made, or may make, a PID; remove the general secrecy offence; clarify the roles of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security in receiving and investigating complaints about the handling of a disclosure by an agency; establish a procedure for handling disclosures where there is a machinery of government change; amend the definitions of 'agencies', 'public officials' and 'principal officers'; exclude grant recipients from the application of the Act; provide for a review of the Act five years after the commencement of the amendments in the bill; and make minor amendments; and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022, National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2022 and Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation enacted in November 2022.

Progress of bill

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House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 30/11/22  
Second reading moved 30/11/22  
Second reading debate 14/02/23  
Referred to Federation Chamber 14/02/23  
Second reading debate 15/02/23  
Second reading agreed to 15/02/23  
Consideration in detail debate 15/02/23  
Reported from Federation Chamber 15/02/23  
Third reading agreed to 15/02/23  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 06/03/23  
Second reading moved 06/03/23  
Second reading debate 10/05/23  
Second reading agreed to 10/05/23  
Committee of the Whole debate 10/05/23  
Committee of the Whole debate 15/06/23 Amendment details: 3 Government agreed to
Third reading agreed to 15/06/23  
     
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message 15/06/23 Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
     
Finally passed both Houses 15/06/23  
Assent 19/06/23 Act no: 23 - Year: 2023
     

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Text of bill

  • First reading

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  • As passed by both Houses

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum

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  • Replacement explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
  • Crossbench
DANIEL, Zoe, MP

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Senate
  • 2R - Australian Greens [sheet 1867]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

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  • CW - Australian Greens [sheet 1889]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

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  • CW - Australian Greens [sheet 1870 revised]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

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  • CW - Australian Greens [sheet 1868]
SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David

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  • CW - Government [sheet ZB203]

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Schedules of amendments

  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

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