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• Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral 1918

  to change the method for determining the number of House of Representatives members for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to: phase out the Commonwealth's obligation to pay VET FEE-HELP (VFH) to VET providers in respect of old student data, and prevent those providers from pursuing students for the amounts the Commonwealth does not pay; enable the Commonwealth to set off debts owed by providers to the Commonwealth under the VFH scheme against amounts of FEE-HELP assistance or VET student loans payable to the provider; and revoke the approval of remaining VET providers, while providing for the continuing operation of the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and relevant legislative instruments to enable the Commonwealth to deal with and resolve outstanding matters under the VFH scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to increase the maximum number of allowable members from four to six in self managed superannuation funds and small APRA funds; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Risk Screening Protections) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide that: family risk screening information is confidential and cannot be disclosed except in limited circumstances; family safety risk information is inadmissible in court, except in limited circumstances; and court workers (such as registrars and family counsellors) have immunity when involved in family risk screening procedures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sport Integrity Australia Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Review) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Youth and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Sports Integrity Australia Act 2020

  to implement revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code by: introducing a new category of person (non-participant) who may be subject to the National Anti-Doping Scheme; broadening the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sport Integrity Australia to not publish details of violations committed by athletes who compete for recreational purposes, or if the CEO believes an athlete does not have the mental capacity to understand the anti-doping rules; broadening the situations where the CEO may respond to public comment on unfinalised matters; and amending the definition of athlete to include persons who competed in sport within the last six months; and

  National Sports Tribunal Act 2019

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Consumer Law—Country of Origin Representations) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to enable regulations to prescribe processes which will be deemed to satisfy the definition of 'substantially transformed' for the purposes of the country of origin provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: clarify the interaction between federal, state and territory electoral funding and disclosure regimes following the High Court decision in

  Spence v Queensland

  [2019] HCA 15; make technical amendments in relation to entity registration and public election funding rules; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to extend the electronically assisted voting method to Australians working in Antarctica. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  in relation to: registration requirements, conditions and decision timings relating to National VET Regulator (NVR) registered training organisations (NVR RTOs); notification requirements for NVR RTOs in relation to changes to the operation of an NVR RTO or events likely to significantly affect an NVR RTO's ability to comply with the VET Quality Framework; reviewable decisions made by the delegate of the NVR; compliance standards and conditions for accredited courses; preparation and publication of audit reports by the NVR; electronic sharing and publication of information authorised by the NVR; information that the NVR is required to enter on the National Register; the NVR's powers to request documents in electronic form, use of enforceable undertakings and to allow for regulatory decisions to be stayed while under reconsideration; cancellation of VET qualifications and statements of attainment; the minister’s powers to issue directions to, and determine certain fees charged by, the NVR; certain offence provisions relating to the delivery of a VET course; processes for the appointment of acting Commissioners, the Deputy Chief Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner of the NVR; and the NVR's annual operational and corporate plans; and to make a number of technical amendments; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011

  to provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to: introduce powers for aviation security inspectors to conduct covert compliance testing of aviation industry participants' aviation security systems at all regulated locations; provide certain exemptions for aviation security inspectors from civil or criminal liability when they are covertly testing aviation industry participants' aviation security systems; and

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  to: require screening officers to have completed relevant training and to hold relevant qualifications prior to exercising powers or performing screening functions; allow for the making of legislative instruments to determine training, qualifications and other requirements for specified screening officers in the exercise of powers or performance of screening functions, and requirements relating to the use of identity cards and uniforms; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  and

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to enable computerised decision-making for certain purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum