Bill
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Australian Freedoms) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Cory Bernardi
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-23
- second reading — 2019-07-23
- second reading — 2019-10-14
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2019-07-23.
This bill would add a list of core Australian freedoms to the law so that new legislation is checked against them.
Lawmakers would have to attach a statement to any proposed law that touches those freedoms, explaining which are affected and why, and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights would weigh those freedoms when reviewing bills and existing laws.
The main rules would start the day after the bill receives Royal Assent, and the bill does not create an Australian bill of rights.
- Adds a defined set of fundamental freedoms to the scrutiny process.
- Requires statements for proposed laws that limit or remove those freedoms.
- Expands the Committee's review to include those freedoms for new and existing laws.
Australian lawmakers, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and the Attorney-General are affected, as well as all Australians whose freedoms are meant to be protected.
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