Bill
COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. Prime Minister portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Prime Minister
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-09-02
- second reading — 2021-09-02
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2021-09-02.
The bill would update references in Commonwealth laws to reflect the replacement of the COAG Reform Fund with the Federation Reform Fund.
It would also replace references to COAG with First Ministers Council and update the definition of Ministerial Council.
The bill would clarify that protections for Cabinet deliberations and decisions also apply to the National Cabinet.
- Updates references to COAG Reform Fund to Federation Reform Fund.
- Updates references to COAG to First Ministers Council.
- Changes the definition of Ministerial Council to mean a body of Commonwealth, state and territory ministers responsible for a portfolio issue.
- Extends protections for Cabinet deliberations and decisions to the National Cabinet.
Commonwealth legislation that references COAG Reform Fund, COAG, Ministerial Council, or Cabinet protections.
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