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• Accountability of Grants, Investment Mandates and Use of Public Resources Amendment (End Pork Barrelling) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to provide a resource management framework for the use and management of public resources, including for grants administration; the Public Service Act 1999 to provide the Public Service Commissioner with certain powers in relation to breaches of the code of conduct relating to the resource management framework; and 9 Acts in relation to oversight of investment mandates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Stop PEP11 Forever and Protect Our Coastal Waters) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP11) and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the PEP11 area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Telecommunications Offences for Suicide Related Material—Exception for Lawful Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  CHANEY, Kate, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide that the offence of using a carriage service to incite committing or attempting to commit suicide does not apply to acts or omissions carried out in accordance with a voluntary assisted dying law of a state or territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Foreign Entities Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  GEE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Prohibits the purchase of residential property by foreign entities for a 2-year period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a tax rate of 15 per cent for superannuation earnings corresponding to the percentage of an individual’s superannuation balance that exceeds $3 million for an income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023, the bill amends: 7 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  to enable the disclosure of information about a recognised assessment activity in relation to a registered entity in certain circumstances; the

  Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021

  to reduce the frequency of certain periodic reviews; 6 Acts to make miscellaneous and technical amendments in the Treasury portfolio; the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; and the

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  and 4 other Acts in relation to the payments regulatory framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Limits on Immigration Detention) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  TINK, Kylea, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: prohibit the detention of minors; and introduce a 90-day limit on immigration detention which can only be extended in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety Amendment (Protecting Australian Children from Online Harm) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  COLEMAN, David, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Online Safety Act 2021

  to require the minister to conduct a trial of age verification technologies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023, the bill enables certain licences issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to be treated as Australian naval nuclear power safety licences for the purposes of the

  Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2023

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum