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  • Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: require all cancellation-related documents to be given in writing and enable the regulations to prescribe methods for giving such documents; ensure that where the minister gives a document to a person and makes an error in doing so, the giving of the document is valid where the person actually receives the document and the document is taken to have complied with the content-related requirements where the minister has substantially complied with those content requirements and the error does not cause substantial prejudice to the person’s rights; and remove the prohibition on non-citizens who are nationals of two or more countries and certain other cohorts from making a valid application for a protection visa. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
    and
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to enable the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and the Minister for the Environment and Water to perform their respective regulatory functions in relation to Australia’s acquisition and operation of conventionally-armed, nuclear powered submarines and their supporting infrastructure and facilities. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999
    and
    Medicare Levy Act 1986
    to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts;
    Commonwealth Banks Act 1959
    to provide that the existing Commonwealth guarantee for pre-privatisation members of the Commonwealth Bank superannuation fund will continue to apply if the fund merges with another superannuation fund;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to enable eligible primary producers to treat certain carbon abatement income as primary production income for the purposes of the Farm Management Deposit Scheme and accessing income tax averaging arrangements for primary producers;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to reduce the gross domestic product adjustment factor for the 2023-24 financial year to 6 per cent; and
    National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018
    to expand the objects of the Act to include assisting earlier access to the housing market for eligible individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the preceding 10 years and single legal guardians of children. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments, in addition to appropriations provided for by the
    Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022-2023
    ,
    Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2022-2023
    and
    Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022-2023

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Supply Act (No. 1) 2022-2023
    ,
    Supply Act (No. 3) 2022-2023
    and
    Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2022-2023

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Supply Act (No. 2) 2022-2023
    ,
    Supply Act (No. 4) 2022-2023
    and
    Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2022-2023

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisations Act 1979
    to: provide the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) with additional security vetting and security clearance functions, including to make security clearance decisions for ASIO and non-ASIO personnel and conduct security vetting and assessment on an ongoing basis, to communicate with a sponsoring agency in relation to the ongoing suitability of a person to hold a security clearance, to furnish security clearance suitability assessments (SCSAs), and to assume responsibility for a security clearance granted to a person by another security vetting agency; enable ASIO and security clearance sponsors to share certain information; and provide for internal, independent and external merits review of ASIO’s SCSAs and security clearance decisions;
    Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
    to enable the Office of National Intelligence to provide quality assurance, reporting, advice and assistance in relation to the highest-level of security clearances issued by the Commonwealth;
    Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
    to enable security clearance decisions and SCSAs to be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    to update a cross reference. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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