Act No. 21 of 2019. Introduced by /u/PM-ME-SPRINKLES. Assented to 2019-06-12.
2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Australian Postal Corporation
(Unsolicited Political Communications)
Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(PM-ME-SPRINKLES)
(Witten by PM-ME-SPRINKLES)
(Drafted by Tobycool2001_1)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Postal
Corporation Act 1989, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title ...................................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement ............................................................................................ 1
3 Schedules...................................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
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1 A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Postal
2 Corporation Act 1989, and for related purposes
3 The Parliament of Australia enacts:
4 1 Short title
5 This Act is the Australian Postal Corporation (Unsolicited
6 Political Communications) Act 2019.
7 2 Commencement
8 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
9 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
10 column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
11 according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
this Act
1 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
2 enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
3 this Act.
4 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
5 Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
6 may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
7 3 Schedules
8 Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
9 repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
10 concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
11 according to its terms.
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1 Schedule 1—Amendments
2 Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
3 1 At the end of section 32A
4 Add:
5 (4) Australia Post must not deliver to premises within Australia:
6 (a) an election advertisement while supplying a bulk
7 interconnection service; or
8 (b) an unaddressed election advertisement;
9 if there is a notice displayed at the premises that contains the
10 phrase no election mail, or a phrase with the same meaning.
11 (5) Australia Post must not deliver to premises within Australia:
12 (a) a political advertisement while supplying a bulk
13 interconnection service; or
14 (b) an unaddressed political advertisement;
15 if there is a notice displayed at the premises that contains the
16 phrase no political mail, or a phrase with the same meaning.
17 (6) A phrase will have the same meaning as no election mail or no
18 political mail regardless of:
19 (a) the specific type of communication referenced, so long as it
20 can be sent through the mail;
21 Note: Examples of communications that can be sent through the mail
22 includes materials, notices, advertisements, campaigns, information
23 etc.
24 (b) a reference to unsolicited or unaddressed communications; or
25 Note: For example, ‘no unsolicited election materials.
26 (c) the usage of words indicating politeness.
27 Note: For example, ‘no political notices please’.
28 (7) Sections 1(4) or 1(5) do not apply if the notice displayed at the
29 premises purports to exempt to a person, entity, political party or
30 political view from the application of 1(4) or 1(5).
31 Note: For example, ‘no [XYZ Party] ads’.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
1 2 Section 3
2 Insert:
3 election advertisement, in relation to an election, means:
4 (a) a letter that contains election matter that relates to that
5 election;
6 (b) a letter containing a statement to the effect that the letter has
7 been sponsored by a person or persons and indicating that the
8 person is a candidate, or one or more of the persons is or are
9 candidates, at the election; or
10 (c) a letter containing a statement to the effect that the letter has
11 been sponsored by a particular political party where a
12 candidate at the election belongs to that party.
13 election matter, in relation to an election, means matter of any of
14 the following kinds:
15 (a) matter commenting on, or soliciting votes for, a candidate at
16 the election;
17 (b) matter commenting on, or advocating support of, a political
18 party to which a candidate at the election belongs;
19 (c) matter commenting on, stating or indicating any of the
20 matters being submitted to the electors at the election or any
21 part of the policy of a candidate at the election or of the
22 political party to which a candidate at the election belongs; or
23 (d) matter referring to a meeting held or to be held in connection
24 with the election.
25
26 political advertisement means a letter that contains political
27 matter.
28
29 political matter means any political matter, including the policy
30 launch of a political party.
31 3 Constitutional matters
32 (1) The amendment made by item 1 and 2 does not apply to the extent
33 (if any) that it would infringe any constitutional doctrine of implied
34 freedom of political communication.
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1 (2) The amendment made by item 1 and 2 does not apply to the extent
2 (if any) that it would result in an acquisition of property (within the
3 meaning of paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution) from a person
4 otherwise than on just terms (within the meaning of that paragraph
5 of the Constitution).
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