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• Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022, the bill establishes Jobs and Skills Australia, as a statutory body within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, to provide advice and collect, analyse, share and publish data and other information on Australia's current and emerging labour market and its current, emerging and future skills and training needs and priorities (including in relation to apprenticeships), and the adequacy of the Australian system for providing vocational education and training (including training outcomes). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Jobs and Skills Australia Act 2022

  to: provide for the permanent governance arrangements and functions of Jobs and skills Australia; provide for the minister to establish a Ministerial Advisory Board to advise in relation to the performance of the functions of Jobs and Skills Australia; and provide for a review of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022, the bill repeals the

  National Skills Commissioner Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

  to: declare an international organisation of which Australia is not a member as an international organisation; confer privileges and immunities on categories of officials not prescribed in the Act where requested by an international organisation and agreed to by Australia; and provide greater flexibility to grant certain privileges and immunities to international organisations and connected persons. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: prohibit the use of credit cards, credit-related products and digital currency as payment methods for interactive wagering services; expand the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s compliance and enforcement powers; and make consequential amendments and remove spent provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Regulator Performance) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry and Science 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

  to: clarify that only the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are permitted to register Olympic insignia as trade marks in Australia; and provide for the rejection of trade mark applications not made by the AOC or IOC;

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to: align grace periods for payment of a fee for renewal of a trade mark registration to a consistent 6 month duration, whether registration of a trade mark application is delayed or not; clarify provisions dealing with the revocation of the registration of a trade mark where a component of a notice of opposition to registration of that trade mark has been overlooked; permit restoration of a trade mark to the Register of Trade Marks if an extension of time is obtained to file evidence in support of an opposition to the trade mark removal; and remove references to the Official Journal of Trade Marks; and

  Patents Act 1990

  to remove spent transitional and savings provisions that have had no effect from February 2022. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Act 2019

  to expand the functions of the office of the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports to include monitoring, investigation and reporting on the implementation of animal welfare and live animal exports legislation and standards in relation to livestock exports and rename it to the office of the Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports; and

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: enhance the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's (IGIS) oversight functions and powers; prevent the head or deputy head of an agency within the IGIS's jurisdiction, immediately after serving in that position, being appointed as the Inspector General; allow the IGIS to consider employment-related grievances for staff employed under the

  Office of National Intelligence Act 2018

  ; streamline reporting and information sharing procedures; and make technical amendments to clarify and modernise drafting expressions and remove redundant provisions; 14 Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022

  and

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes an independent Inspector-General of Aged Care to monitor, investigate and report on the Commonwealth’s administration of the aged care system, including by identifying system issues through independent reviews and making recommendations for improvement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023, the bill amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to facilitate the disclosure of protected information to the Inspector-General of Aged Care; and

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022

  to require the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner to meet an additional public interest test before a corruption investigation can commence in relation to a matter that has previously been investigated by the Inspector-General of Aged Care. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum