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• Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

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  Date

  10 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970

  to transfer the functions of the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel;

  Acts Publication Act 1905

  and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to confer on the First Parliamentary Counsel certain functions previously undertaken by the secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment (Injury Compensation Scheme) Bill 2016

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  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to establish a parliamentary injury compensation scheme to provide the same benefits to parliamentarians and the spouse of the Prime Minister based on the scheme applicable to Commonwealth employees under the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and for Comcare to administer the scheme; and the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

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  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to: amend the short title of the Act to the

  Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002

  ; impose certain limits on access to the parliamentary retirement travel entitlement; reduce the number of trips available under the entitlement; remove the ability of spouses or de facto partners (other than those of a former prime minister) to access the entitlement; reduce the entitlement of spouses or de facto partners of a former prime minister; and require that all travel under the entitlement be subject to a public benefit test;

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to: apply a 25 per cent loading to any adjustment to a prescribed travel benefit; and limit the domestic travel entitlement of dependent children of senior officers to those under 18 years of age; and

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  and

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to enable the recovery of payments made which are beyond the entitlement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010

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  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, the bill: establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement (by renaming and extending the functions of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission); provides for the powers, proceedings and functions of the committee; and gives the committee responsibility for oversighting the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013

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  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Leader of the House 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to restore the exclusion for the parliamentary departments and office holders from the application of the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011

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  Date

  24 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: establish the Parliamentary Budget Office and the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer to provide independent and non-partisan analysis of the budget cycle, fiscal policy and the financial implications of proposals; and provide for the functions and governance of the Office;

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to provide that parties with at least five members in Parliament may request election costings from the Departments of Treasury and Finance;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to list the Office as an exempt agency; and

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2013

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  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: require the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to publish a report on designated parliamentary parties’ publicly announced policies by 30 days after a government forms following a general election; and set out the framework for the PBO to obtain information from Commonwealth bodies during the caretaker period; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable the Australian Taxation Office to provide the PBO with otherwise protected taxpayer information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Post-election Report) Bill 2018

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  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to change the deadline for publishing the post-election report of election commitments, which is prepared and published by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), from before the end of 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for a general election to the later of either 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for the general election to which the report relates or 7 days before the first sitting day of either or both Houses of the Parliament after the general election to which the report relates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2001

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  Date

  23 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2005

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  Date

  09 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

  CALVERT, Paul 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: provide for the creation of a statutory position of Parliamentary Librarian; and make consequential amendments to the

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  . Also gives statutory status to the Parliamentary Library and the Security Management Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum