Competition and Consumer Amendment (Exploitation of Indigenous Culture) Bill 2020 [2020] AUSStaCSBSD 156 (7 October 2020)

• Chapter 1
• Comment bills
• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Exploitation of Indigenous Culture) Bill 2020

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Chapter 1

Comment bills

1.1 The committee comments on the following bills and, in some instances, seeks a response or further information from the relevant minister.

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Exploitation of Indigenous Culture) Bill 2020

Purpose	This bill seeks to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prevent non-First Australians and foreigners from benefitting from the sale of Indigenous art, souvenir items and other cultural affirmations
Sponsor	Mr Bob Katter MP
Introduced	House of Representatives on 31 August 2020

1.2 This bill is identical to a bill that was introduced into the House of Representatives on 11 September 2017, and was removed from the Notice Paper on 22 May 2018. The committee raised a number of scrutiny concerns in relation to the earlier bill in Scrutiny Digest 12 of 2017,^[1] and reiterates those comments in relation to this bill.

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[1] Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest 12 of 2017, pp. 1-4.