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  <date date="2021-10-12" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Bills</name>
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      <name>South Australian Multicultural Bill</name>
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        <bill id="s4859">
          <name>South Australian Multicultural Bill</name>
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      <text id="20211012d0e8573b002c4b6c90002030">
        <heading>South Australian Multicultural Bill</heading>
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        <name>Final Stages</name>
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          <heading>Final Stages</heading>
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        <text id="20211012d0e8573b002c4b6c90002032">The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:</text>
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          <inserted>No. 1. Clause 7, page 5, after line 16—Insert:</inserted>
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            <inserted>(1a)&amp;#x9;A person must not be appointed as a member of the Multicultural Commission unless the person is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia.</inserted>
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          <inserted>No. 2. Clause 7, page 5, lines 29 and 30—</inserted>
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            <inserted>Clause 7(4)—Delete ‘Commission, at least half (rounded down to the nearest whole number) must be women.’ and substitute:</inserted>
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            <inserted>Commission—</inserted>
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            <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;at least half (rounded down to the nearest whole number) must be women; and</inserted>
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        <text id="20211012d0e8573b002c4b6c90002039">
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            <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;at least 1 must be a resident in regional South Australia at the time of their appointment; and</inserted>
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            <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;at least 1 must be less than 25 years of age at the time of their appointment.</inserted>
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          <inserted>No. 3. Clause 9, page 6, line 28 [clause 9(2)]—Delete ‘4’ and substitute ‘6’</inserted>
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          <inserted>No. 4. Clause 11, page 7, after line 39—Insert—</inserted>
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            <inserted>(ga)&amp;#x9;to raise awareness of the harm that racism and other forms of discriminatory behaviour can do to multiculturalism and interculturalism in South Australia;</inserted>
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        <text id="20211012d0e8573b002c4b6c90002044">
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            <inserted>(gb)&amp;#x9;to advise and consult with the Office of the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity and other appropriate persons and bodies on matters relating to discrimination and racial vilification, and to refer such matters to be dealt with by such persons or bodies in circumstances where the Multicultural Commission considers it appropriate to do so.</inserted>
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        <text id="20211012d0e8573b002c4b6c90002046">At 00:11 the house adjourned until Wednesday 13 October 2021 at 10:30.</text>
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