Bill
Australian Human Rights Commission Repeal (Duplication Removal) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Cory Bernardi
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-02-15
- second reading — 2018-02-15
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2018-02-15.
The bill would end federal funding for a human rights commission that advocates on behalf of people.
It expects state and territory governments to take over human rights advocacy and responsibility.
The bill would start the day after it receives royal assent.
- Removes Commonwealth involvement in a publicly funded commission for human rights advocacy.
- Leaves existing anti-discrimination laws unchanged.
- Preserves the right of aggrieved people to take action under state or territory anti-discrimination regimes.
People who would have used the federal commission for human rights advocacy, and state and territory governments that would take up that role.
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