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From: Alex Pentland <[FOI #8668 email]>
Sent: Monday, 28 March 2022 8:58 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Correspondents on Private
Members Bills

Dear Office of Parliamentary Counsel,

This is a Freedom of Information Request under the Freedom of Information
Act

I request access to correspondence held by the Council, following the
commencement of the 45th Parliament (30 August 2016) relating to the
following lapsed pieces of legislation:
(a) National Development Bank Bill
(b) Plebiscite (Allowing Australians to Decide Who Comes Here) Bill
(c) Democratising Lawmaking Bill
(d) Commonwealth Electoral Law Amendment (Compulsory Voter Identification)
Bill
(e) Fair Work Amendment (Protecting the Right of Return to Work After
Running for Parliament) Bill

The titles of proposed pieces of legislation can be found through hansard
(a. and b. here:
[1]https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Bus...)
c. d. e. here:
[2]https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...)

Sincerely,

Alex Pentland

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