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• Home Affairs Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Terminates the lease in respect of Block 26, Section 44 in the Division of Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: establish criminal offences for the public display of prohibited Nazi and Islamic State symbols and the trading of goods that bear a prohibited Nazi or Islamic State symbol; establish criminal offences for using a carriage service for violent extremist material and possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage service;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand the offence of advocating terrorism to include instructing on the doing of a terrorist act and praising the doing of a terrorist act in specified circumstances; and increase the maximum penalty for the offence of advocating terrorism from 5 to 7 years imprisonment; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 to remove the sunsetting requirement for instruments which list terrorist organisations and bolster safeguards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and 42 other Acts to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Financial Services Interim Reports A and B to: ‘unfreeze’ the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  so that the current version applies to the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; create a single glossary of defined terms in the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; repeal redundant definitions; address unclear or incorrect provisions; simplify unnecessarily complex provisions; and make consequential and contingent amendments;

  Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003

  to implement findings of the thematic review of insurance instruments due to sunset on 1 October 2023;

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to move certain matters currently in legislative instruments into primary law. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 10 Acts in the Treasury portfolio and repeals the

  ASIC Corporations (Superannuation and Schemes: Underlying Investments) Instrument 2016/378

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: prohibit schemes designed to avoid the application of a product intervention order relating to a credit facility; remove tertiary education requirements for financial advisers with 10 or more years’ experience and a clean disciplinary record; address certain limitations in the education requirements for new entrants into the financial advice profession and financial advisers who are registered tax agents; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023

  and

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Act 2023

  ;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to enable the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to implement and enforce requirements on a monopoly provider of clearing and settlement (CS) services to achieve competitive outcomes;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with the power to conduct binding arbitration to resolve disputes regarding access to certain CS services; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: increase the discretion of the Commissioner of Taxation to amend and revoke First Home Super Saver (FHSS) Scheme applications; enable individuals to withdraw or amend their FHSS Scheme applications before receiving a FHSS Scheme amount, and enabling those who withdraw to re-apply for FHSS Scheme releases in the future; enable the Commissioner of Taxation to return any FHSS Scheme amounts to superannuation funds, provided the amount has not yet been released to the individual; and clarify that FHSS Scheme amounts returned to superannuation funds do not count towards individuals’ contribution caps. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 33 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to update language relating to persons with disability; 11 Acts to update references to Northern Territory legislation; 33 Acts to correct technical errors; and 12 Acts to remove spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals 4 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Creative Australia Bill 2023, the bill: repeals the

  Australia Council Act 2013

  ; and provides for transitional provisions relating to the establishment of Creative Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Creative Australia Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes Creative Australia by providing for the body corporate previously known as the Australia Council to continue in existence under the name Creative Australia with expanded functions, responsibilities and a new governance structure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: increase the specific rate of customs duty imposed on the import of petroleum based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2022

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to increase the rate of excise duty imposed on the manufacture and production of petroleum-based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  to provide that child care subsidy debts for absences before a child’s first attendance or after a child’s last attendance are the responsibility of the approved provider, except for any withholding component paid to an individual in respect of the session of care which remains an individual debt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum