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• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to introduce a new regime to enable the secretary to request, but not compel, a person to provide their tax file number;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to clarify that the collection, use and disclosure of personal information or protected information relates not only to the administration of the ABSTUDY scheme, but also to the Assistance for Isolated Children scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments to confirm that the definition of 'social security law' includes legislative instruments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation to existing appropriation amounts for the financial years commencing on 1 July 2020, 1 July 2021 and 1 July 2022; and insert a new funding cap for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2023; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: re-categorise the University of Notre Dame Australia as a Table A provider from 2021; and correct a typographical error. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: consolidate the medicinal cannabis licensing structure into a single licence framework; enable assessments relating to supply chains to be undertaken at the permit stage rather than the earlier licensing stage; allow licences to be granted for a period of up to five years; include a new simplified outline; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

  to: enhance the existing framework for managing risks relating to critical infrastructure by introducing: additional positive security obligations for critical infrastructure assets, including a risk management program, to be delivered through sector-specific requirements and mandatory cyber incident reporting; enhanced cyber security obligations for assets of national significance; government assistance to relevant entities for critical infrastructure sector assets in response to significant cyber attacks; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  ;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to exclude certain decisions from judicial review; AusCheck Act 2007 to enable background checks should they be required as part of a critical infrastructure risk management program;

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  and

  Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  ; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for an immunity to apply in relation to the Australian Signals Directorate for conduct occurring outside of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime MInister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 to implement a scheme to authorise and regulate access to Australian Government data, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  in relation to the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 to implement a scheme to authorise and regulate access to Australian Government data, the bill: authorises public sector data custodians to share data with accredited users in accordance with specific authorisations, purposes, principles and agreements; specifies the specific responsibilities imposed on data scheme entities; establishes and specifies the functions and powers of the National Data Commissioner as the regulator of the scheme; establishes and specifies the functions and membership of the National Data Advisory Council as an advisory body to the commissioner in relation to sharing and use of public sector data; and establishes the regulation and enforcement framework for the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industrial Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to establish a process to enable constituent parts of registered organisations that have amalgamated with other organisations to withdraw from the amalgamated organisation outside the current time-limited period of five years post-amalgamation, in specified circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industrial Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  in relation to: defining casual employment; including a casual conversion entitlement in the National Employment Standards; providing a Casual Employment Information Statement to casual employees; offsetting casual loading amounts against claims for leave and other entitlements in certain circumstances; additional hours for part-time employees; flexible work directions; enterprise agreement making and approval processes; extending the nominal life of greenfields agreements relating to the construction of major projects; the compliance and enforcement framework; Fair Work Commission processes; and consequential amendments;

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  to provide for the cessation of certain agreement based transitional instruments on 1 July 2022;

  Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016

  to: enable the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner to accept an enforceable undertaking in relation to a suspected remuneration-related contravention; and require the commissioner to publish certain information in relation to enforcement proceedings;

  Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016

  and

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require financial services providers that receive fees under an ongoing fee arrangement to: provide clients with a document each year which outlines the fees they will be charged and the services they will be entitled to in the following 12 months and which seeks annual renewal for all ongoing fee arrangements; and obtain written consent before fees under an ongoing fee arrangement can be deducted from a client’s account; require a financial services licensee or authorised representative to give a written disclosure of lack of independence where they are authorised to provide personal advice to a retail client; and make consequential amendments; and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: provide that a superannuation trustee can only charge advice fees to a member where certain conditions are satisfied; and remove a superannuation trustee’s ability to charge fees under an ongoing fee arrangement for financial product advice from MySuper products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2020 Measures No. 2) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: enable pharmacists to substitute a different medicine for one that has been prescribed where there is a serious scarcity of the prescribed medicine; allow the making of regulations to establish a unique device identification database for the traceability and monitoring of medical devices in Australia; enable authorised employees in the Department of Health to obtain and possess prescription medicines, or unapproved therapeutic goods, without contravening state and territory laws; allow the making of regulations to prohibit the import, export, supply or manufacture of therapeutic goods that are prohibited under international agreements; ensure the timely availability of COVID-19 vaccines by enabling the secretary to consent to the importation and supply of registered or listed therapeutic goods that do not have their registration or listing number on the label; make amendments in relation to the operation of the data protection scheme for assessed listed medicines; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum