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Australian Parliament vetoes a bill that would authorize the Australian Communications and Media Authority to implement detailed surveillance on digital platforms and enforce anti-misinformation punitive measures on them, which opposition politicians condemn as "censorship laws" and a betrayal to democracy.
2024-11-25

The Australian House of Representatives votes 86–50 to censure former prime minister Scott Morrison for failing to disclose to the parliament and the public his secret appointments to a number of ministries during his premiership. Morrison is the first former Australian prime minister to be censured.
2022-11-30

The Australian parliament ratifies a free trade agreement with India.
2022-11-22

In response to a bill proposed by parliament to require dot-com companies to compensate local news outlets for hosting their content, Google threatens to block Australians from using its web search engine should the current draft of the bill become law.
2021-01-22

Prime Minister Scott Morrison delays parliament due to the spread of COVID-19.
2020-07-18

The Parliament of Australia votes to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia.
2017-12-7

The International Air Transport Association calls for the United Nations to intervene in the dispute between the People's Republic of China and the European Union over airlines' involvement in the EU's carbon tax scheme for airlines.
2012-02-12

The Australian Senate votes to introduce a controversial carbon tax, a form of carbon pricing.
2011-11-8

Thousands of people gather in Canberra, Australia to protest the introduction of a carbon tax, Prime Minister Julia Gillard met the Australian Youth Climate Coalition which is pushing for a price on emissions, while climate change mitigation activists including the Australian Council of Trade Unions delivered a petition to Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet signed by about 10,000 "working Australians" urging the government to take action.
2011-03-23

The 43rd Parliament of Australia meets at Parliament House, Canberra, for the first time since the recent election.
2010-09-28