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• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to establish the $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund to support investments in new energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure, including eligible projects shortlisted under the Underwriting New Generation Investments program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit political donations from property developers, the tobacco industry, the banking industry, liquor and gambling businesses, pharmaceutical companies, the mining industry and representative organisations for these industries; imposes a cumulative limit on political donations from any source of $3000 per election term; and extend the definition of 'gift' to include subscription and membership fees, as well as attendance at fundraising events. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCCARTHY, Sen Malarndirri
  FARRELL, Sen Don 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to provide for a minimum of two divisions in the Northern Territory in the House of Representatives. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coronavirus Economic Support and Recovery (No-one Left Behind) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  The bill: creates the Coronavirus Economic Support and Recovery Fund to invest in the arts and entertainment, manufacturing, and the renewable energy and electricity transmission sectors; and amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to expand eligibility for the COVID-19 supplement to recipients of the disability support payment and carer payment;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to expand eligibility of the jobseeker payment to Australian resident temporary visa holders; and

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

  to establish rules for the jobkeeper scheme to: extend potential eligibility for the scheme to all casual employees, regardless of their period of employment, temporary visa holders, and intermittent workers with a demonstrated income history; include certain entities owned by overseas governments as eligible employers, and higher education providers as eligible employers; and enable prompt back payment of newly eligible employees and employers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Emergency Declaration Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: declares an environment and climate emergency; outlines the obligations of public service agencies to recognise and act in accordance with the declaration; and establishes the Multi-Party Climate Emergency Committee to report to Cabinet in relation to the climate emergency declaration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: extend the definition of reporting entities to include political entities, campaigners, associated entities and third parties; lower the political donation disclosure threshold from $14 000 to $2500; require disclosure by reporting entities and donors when the sum of the gifts and donations provided by the same donor to the same reporting entity is greater than the disclosure threshold; require disclosure by reporting entities within 7 days of a reportable gift being made, and require disclosure within 7 days of any subsequent gifts until the end of the reporting period; require reporting entities to lodge half-yearly returns with details of the nature and source of all reportable donations and other receipts; require reporting entities to hold an electoral expenditure account with an authorised deposit-taking institution, from which all electoral expenditure must be paid; increase the monitoring and investigatory powers of the Australian Electoral Commission; and provide for infringement notices and civil penalty provisions for reporting entities that fail to meet their disclosure obligations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change Authority Amendment (Impact of 3 Degrees of Global Warming on Australia) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  to require the Climate Change Authority to review, by 1 July 2020, the impact of three degrees of global warming on the economy and the environment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering the Donation Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: lower the political donation disclosure threshold from $13 000 to $1000; and remove the indexation of the disclosure threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: amend the offence of bribery of a foreign public official to extend the definition of foreign public official to include a candidate for office, remove the requirement that the foreign official must be influenced in the exercise of the official's duties, replace the requirement that a benefit and business advantage must be 'not legitimately due' with the concept of 'improperly influencing' a foreign public official, and extend the offence to cover bribery to obtain a personal advantage; and create a new offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; the

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  to implement a Commonwealth Deferred Prosecution Agreement scheme to enable the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to invite a person that has engaged in serious corporate crime to negotiate an agreement to comply with a range of specified conditions; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Transparency Measures—Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FARRELL, Sen Don 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: lower the political donation disclosure threshold from $13 800 to $1000; and remove the indexation of the disclosure threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum