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  • Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

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    Date
    10 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Crimes Act 1914
    to: extend the sunset date for certain police powers in relation to terrorism; impose certain requirements on the minister and the Australian Federal Police Commissioner in relation to prescribed security zones; and require a police officer exercising certain powers to inform a person of their right to make a complaint; and
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: extend the sunset date for the control order and preventative detention order (PDO) regimes; limit the power to issues control orders to the Federal Court of Australia; align control order conditions with extended supervision conditions; enable the variation of a control order by consent; limit the classes of persons who may be appointed as an issuing authority for PDOs to superior court judges; provide for annual report requirements; and extend the operation of provisions in relation to unauthorised disclosure of information by Commonwealth officers. Also makes consequential amendments to 3 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment Bill 2023

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    Date
    10 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Special Minister of State 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
    to: implement certain recommendations of the review by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in relation to the Act’s employment framework; and make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service. Also makes consequential amendments to 18 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

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    Date
    10 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Archives Act 1983
    ,
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    and
    Parliamentary Service Determination 2013
    to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Bill 2023

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    Date
    10 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill gives effect to recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s
    Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces
    by establishing the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service as an independent statutory agency to provide human resources and certain other services for parliamentarians and persons employed under the
    Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
    . Also establishes the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Advisory Board and the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Consultative Committee. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023

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    Date
    10 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    International Development and the Pacific 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    VET Student Loans Act 2016
    to extend eligibility for certain supports and benefits to Pacific Engagement Visa holders and eligible Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme workers and their families. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2023

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    Date
    07 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    in relation to the communication of foreign intelligence information. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023

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    Date
    03 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to: expand eligibility for places in demand driven higher education courses to First Nations students; and remove the current requirement that students must pass 50 per cent of the units they study to remain eligible for a Commonwealth supported place and FEE-HELP assistance and instead require higher education providers to support students to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    03 Aug 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to: ensure that certain provisions which provide legislative authority for expenditure on employment programs operate as intended; and make other minor technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Jun 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
    to: enable content providers to use accredited classifiers to self-classify film and computer game content; extend the powers of the Classification Board to quality assure industry self-classification decisions, including revocation of those decisions as necessary; enable the Classification Board to publish a list of approved words and phrases to use in consumer advice, along with guidance on their appropriate use; expand classification exemptions to include films in languages other than English distributed through public libraries; broaden the application of conditional cultural exemptions for classifiable content to include routine exhibitions at approved cultural institutions; and enable certain content that has already been classified under the
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    to be deemed as classified for distribution on other platforms, where no substantial changes have been made to the classifiable content; and
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Jun 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: extend the foreign bribery offence to include the bribery of candidates for public office and bribery conducted to obtain a personal advantage; remove the requirement that a benefit or business advantage be ‘not legitimately due’ and replace it with the concept of ‘improperly influencing’ a foreign public official; remove the requirement that the foreign public official be influenced in the exercise of their official duties; clarify that the foreign bribery offence does not require the prosecution to prove that the accused had a specific business, or business or personal advantage, in mind, and that the business, or business or personal advantage, can be obtained for someone else; and create an offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to preserve the existing rule which prohibits a person from claiming as a deduction for a loss or outgoing a bribe to a foreign public official. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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