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  • Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Bill 2025

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    Date
    25 Mar 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Special Minister of State 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2024
    to delay the transfer of the administration of certain parliamentary resources from the Department of Finance to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority by 12 months, from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2026. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Pacific Banking Guarantee Bill 2025

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    Date
    12 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting any liabilities that the Commonwealth may incur under a Pacific banking guarantee entered into with an Australian-headquartered authorised deposit-taking institution operating in the Pacific region. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    12 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Privacy Act 1988
    and 7 other Acts to introduce a range of measures to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information, including expanding the Information Commissioner’s powers, facilitating information sharing in emergency situations or following eligible data breaches, requiring the development of a Children’s Online Privacy Code, providing protections for overseas disclosures of personal information, introducing new civil penalties, and increasing transparency about automated decisions which use personal information;
    Privacy Act 1988
    to introduce a statutory tort to provide redress for serious invasions of privacy; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to introduce criminal offences targeting the release of personal data using a carriage service in a manner that would be menacing or harassing (known as ‘doxxing’). 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024

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    Date
    22 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    and
    Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995
    to provide a superannuation contribution for people receiving parental leave pay in respect of children born (or regarded as having been born for the purposes of the Act) on or after 1 July 2025;
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to make a minor technical amendment in relation to unpaid parental leave; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Gives effect to recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s
    Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces
    by amending the
    Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023
    to: establish the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission (IPSC) as a workplace investigation framework for Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards to provide oversight of the IPSC. Also amends 5 other Acts consequential on the establishment of the IPSC. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024

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    Date
    14 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister and Cabinet 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Public Service Act 1999
    to clarify the powers of the Australian Public Service Commissioner to inquire into and determine alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by current and former Agency Heads. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Payment Times Reporting Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    29 May 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Payment Times Reporting Act 2020
    to implement recommendations of the statutory review of the Act and make other amendments in relation to the operation of the Payment Times Reporting Scheme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024

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    Date
    27 Mar 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Special Minister of State 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017
    ,
    Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
    and two related instruments to respond to certain recommendations of the
    Independent Review of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017
    in relation to parliamentary business resources and special purpose aircraft travel;
    National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
    to make consequential and technical amendments; and
    Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
    and two other Acts to provide that members’ remuneration is payable on a fortnightly rather than monthly basis. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Foreign Entities Bill 2024

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    Date
    12 Feb 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    GEE, Andrew, MP 
    Summary
    Prohibits the purchase of residential property by foreign entities for a 2-year period. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Feb 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978
    to increase the rate of the passenger movement charge from $60 to $70 from 1 July 2024. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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