Commonwealth Parliamentary Standards Bill 2020 [2020] AUSStaCSBSD 196 (20 November 2020)

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Standards Bill 2020

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Standards Bill 2020

Purpose	This bill seeks to strengthen public confidence in the Commonwealth Parliament by creating a statutory code of conduct for parliamentarians and their staff, a statutory basis for existing parliamentarians' registers of interests, and creating the roles of Parliamentary Integrity Adviser and Parliamentary Standards Commissioner
Sponsor	Dr Helen Haines MP
Introduced	House of Representatives on 26 October 2020

1.22 This bill is similar to a bill that was introduced in the House of Representatives on 3 December 2018.^[20] The committee commented on the bill in Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2019.

1.23 The committee draws senators' attention to its comments in relation to the earlier version of this bill.^[21]

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[20] National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018. The bill was introduced by the former Member for Indi, Ms Cathy McGowan MP, and lapsed on 11 April 2019 at the dissolution of the 45^th Parliament.

[21] Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2019, pp. 11–16.