Bill
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-06-29. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2018-06-26
- second reading — 2018-06-26
- committee — 2018-06-26
- third reading — 2018-06-26
- introduced — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- third reading — 2018-06-28
- third reading — 2018-06-28
- passed — 2018-06-28
- royal assent — 2018-06-29
Divisions
- Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills — 2018-06-28, Senate: affirmative, ayes 41, noes 12
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-12-07.
The bill would create a registration system for people and organisations working for foreign clients in Australian politics and government.
Participants would have to tell the government about their foreign ties and the work they do, with extra reporting during elections.
The scheme would not ban foreign involvement but would make it visible to officials and the public, with criminal penalties for breaking the rules.
- The bill requires registration for those doing certain tasks for a foreign principal.
- The bill lets the Secretary issue a transparency notice linking an entity to a foreign government or political organisation.
- The bill sets up tiered criminal offences for non-compliance.
- The bill allows some registered information to be made public.
- The bill adds disclosure duties during elections and voting periods.
- The bill gives the Secretary powers to demand information or documents.
People and organisations with arrangements with, or who act for, foreign principals in Australia.
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