Bill
Australian Business Growth Fund (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-03-24. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- committee — 2020-03-23
- third reading — 2020-03-23
- introduced — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- committee — 2020-03-23
- third reading — 2020-03-23
- passed — 2020-03-23
- royal assent — 2020-03-24
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-03-23.
This bill is part of a package of legislation responding to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The package would put into action the government's economic measures announced in March 2020.
The explanatory memorandum does not describe what this particular bill would do separately from the package.
- The package would create the Australian Business Growth Fund.
- It would guarantee lending to small and medium enterprises.
- It would provide assistance to severely affected regions.
- It would boost cash flow for employers.
- It would establish structured finance support.
- It would make appropriations for the response.
The Australian economy and businesses affected by the Coronavirus.
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