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• Plebiscite (Restricting Non-European Migration) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ANNING, Sen Fraser 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election in relation to the level and composition of migration to Australia. 

  Bill

• Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election that would ask Australians “Do you think the current rate of immigration to Australia is too high?”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

  to: enable the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to determine certain acts which, when performed, would make a person liable to collect and report levies and charges; enable the publishing of certain statistical information; provide for the collection of production or processing information relating to a collection product; and make amendments in relation to the disclosure of certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to increase maximum excess levels for private hospital cover, the bill amends the:

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: increase maximum excess levels for products providing an exemption from the Medicare levy surcharge; enable age-based premium discounts for hospital cover; enable private health insurers to cover travel and accommodation costs for regional Australians as part of a hospital treatment; require insurers to maintain up to date information about complying health insurance products in the form of a ‘private health information statement’; require the minister to assess and determine whether or not to include a private hospital in a class of hospitals eligible for second-tier default benefits; and enable insurers to terminate products and transfer affected policy-holders to new products;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to enable age-based premium discounts to be made available to younger people; and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to provide the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman with powers to conduct inspections and audits at the premises of insurers or brokers. Also includes transitional provisions relating to the treatment of benefit limitation period inclusive policies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  to enable members of the Judges’ Pensions Scheme to request that they be paid a lump sum amount from the scheme to meet their Division 293 tax liability; the

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  to: ensure that the calculation of any lump sum superannuation guarantee safety-net benefit meets the minimum superannuation guarantee requirements; enable the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust to pass a resolution without a meeting; and enable an actuary other than the Australian Government Actuary to provide advice in relation to the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme; five Acts to increase the age from which an eligible child of a deceased superannuation scheme member must be in full time education and remove the requirement for an eligible child to not be ordinarily in employment; the

  Judges and Governors-General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Act 2012

  to correct a misdescribed reference; and the

  Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011

  to reduce the size of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation Board from 11 to 9 directors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to implement amendments to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships by: requiring the master of a ship to have a written declaration made by the shipper in relation to the nature of the cargoes on board prior to discharging the residue of those cargoes; and updating certain references; and

  Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981

  to remove the need for regulations to prescribe the manner in which a protection of the sea levy notice may be served in particular circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Executive Remuneration) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to: set a cap on the remuneration of senior executives of Commonwealth entities or companies, inclusive of any performance payments or other bonuses, at five times the full-time adult average weekly earnings of employees of Commonwealth entities or companies; and provide for annual reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Proceeds of Crime Amendment (Proceeds and Other Matters) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: expand the unexplained wealth regime to cover wealth that is derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from certain offences; clarify that property becomes ‘proceeds’ or an ‘instrument’ where encumbrances, securities, liabilities or improvements on the property are funded using ‘proceeds’ or an ‘instrument’ of an offence; clarify that property will only be ‘lawfully acquired’ in situations where the property or wealth is not ‘proceeds’ or an ‘instrument’ of an offence; and provide that ‘improvements’ extends to additions to, altering, repairing, restoring, structuring, restructuring or any other change to property or wealth (whether or not it results in an increase in the value of the property or wealth). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Business Resources Amendment (Voluntary Opt-out) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

  to enable Senators and Members to opt-out of receiving any or all of their parliamentary entitlements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Product Emissions Standards (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to introduce national emission standards for new non-road spark ignition engines and equipment, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to clarify that emissions-controlled products imported or exported in contravention of the proposed

  Product Emissions Standards Act 2017

  are not forfeited to the Crown under section 229 of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum