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• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: make refunds of large-scale generation shortfall charges exempt from income tax; and remove the requirement for superannuation trustees to provide an actuarial certificate when calculating exempt current pension income using the proportionate method, where all members of the fund are fully in the retirement phase for all of the income year;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: increase the maximum amount of penalty units that can be included in regulations that prescribe an industry code from 300 to 600 penalty units; clarify that if regulations prescribe an industry code, the industry code may confer on a person or body functions and powers in relation to the code; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to create an information sharing mechanism to allow the family law courts to access certain superannuation information held by the Commissioner of Taxation for the purpose of permitting family law proceedings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021

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  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of the declared areas provisions for a further 3 years and the control order regime and the preventative detention orders (PDO) regime for a further 15 months;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may review the operation, effectiveness and proportionality of the declared areas provisions prior to their sunset date;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to extend the operation of the stop, search and seizure powers for a further 15 months; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to extend the reporting date for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of continuing detention orders for high risk terrorist offenders to as soon as practicable after 7 December 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to remove the lower eligibility age restriction of 2 years to allow eligible children from 0 years of age to access the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021

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  Date

  03 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

  to enable the Treasurer to make rules for economic response payments to provide support to an entity where they are adversely affected by restrictions imposed by a state or territory public health order that is directed at controlling the transmission of COVID-19;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable tax information to be disclosed to Australian government agencies for the purposes of administering COVID-19 business support programs;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make payments received by eligible businesses under certain COVID-19 business support programs and Commonwealth COVID-19 disaster payments exempt from income tax; and

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020

  to reinstate a temporary mechanism for ministers to change arrangements relating to meeting information and document requirements under Commonwealth legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021

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  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Youth 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Act 1997

  to: replace the annual registration and entry to market charges by imposing an annual charge payable by providers who are registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS); and impose a charge for applications by schools for initial registration and renewal of registration on CRICOS. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Youth 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012

  to include a definition of 'total enrolments' for the purposes of calculating the tuition protection service levies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Youth 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: provide that education services for overseas students agencies have the power to conduct compliance audits of registered providers; provide for payment arrangements for the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students annual registration charge; and make consequential and contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021

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  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: remove the annual child care subsidy (CCS) cap so that there will no longer be a limit on the amount of CCS that families, over a specified income, can receive each year; and increase the maximum subsidy rate of CCS for second and subsequent children, where a family has more than one child under 6 years of age. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to: enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) to report on own-motion inquiries in standalone reports; provide that the INSLM's annual report may include information relating to the performance of the INSLM's functions in relation to a referral from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; specify reporting arrangements for statutory reviews conducted by the INSLM; provide a framework for the engagement of staff (including contractors) to assist the INSLM in the performance of its functions or exercise of its powers; and provide current and former staff of the INSLM with certain legal protections during the course of assisting the INSLM with performing functions or exercising powers of the INSLM. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021

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  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission report,

  Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces

  by amending the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: amend the definition of 'unlawful discrimination'; and extend the period of time between an alleged incident and the lodging of a complaint in relation to the President's discretion to terminate a complaint;

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that a worker who is sexually harassed at work may apply for a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order to stop the sexual harassment; provide that the FWC can make an order to stop sexual harassment following a single instance of sexual harassment; provide that sexual harassment in connection with an employee’s employment can be a valid reason for dismissal; and extend the minimum entitlement for compassionate leave in relation to miscarriage; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: prohibit discrimination involving harassment on the ground of sex; extend the application of the Act to members of parliament, members of the ACT and Northern Territory legislative assemblies and their staff, judges, staff and consultants employed under the

  Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

  , state employees, including independent contractors; and the public authority of a state; and include definitions of 'worker' and 'persons conducting a business or undertaking' to extend the protection from sexual harassment to all paid and unpaid workers, including volunteers, interns and the self-employed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum