Bill
Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-09-13. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- committee — 2017-09-13
- third reading — 2017-09-13
- introduced — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- second reading — 2017-09-13
- third reading — 2017-09-13
- passed — 2017-09-13
- royal assent — 2017-09-13
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 2017-09-13.
The bill would add extra protections to the national survey asking Australians about same-sex marriage.
Communications about the survey would need authorisations, and broadcasters showing one view would have to give equal time to the opposite view.
The bill does not set a start date or specify a financial impact.
- Create authorisation requirements for all marriage law survey communications, including printed, voice, text and online material.
- Give the Electoral Commissioner powers to gather information and make rules about these requirements.
- Apply broadcasting laws to ensure opposing views on the survey get reasonable broadcast opportunities.
- Set offences for bribery and threats related to survey responses.
- Provide civil penalties for vilification, interference, discrimination and misleading publications about the survey.
- Allow injunctive relief for the statistical collection process.
Australian voters, broadcasters, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Electoral Commissioner.
Sources
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