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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Extending the FBT Exemption for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  VAN, Sen David 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish action initiation reforms, enabling consumer data right (CDR) consumers to direct accredited persons to instruct on actions on their behalf, such as making a payment, opening and closing an account, switching providers and updating personal details, using the CDR framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to provide a national framework to regulate the importation, domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession and advertisement of all vapes, irrespective of nicotine content or therapeutic claims. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Customs Act 1901

  ,

  Industrial Chemicals Act 2019

  and

  Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SMITH, Sen Dean 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and increase to $600 the amount of income age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients can earn each fortnight while still receiving maximum pension payments and provide for a review, and sunsetting, of these amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  ]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997

  to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Service Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Responding to certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (the Thodey Review), the bill amends the

  Public Service Act 1999

  to: include a new Australian Public Service (APS) Value of ‘Stewardship’; require the Secretaries Board to prepare an APS Purpose Statement; require agency heads to uphold and promote the APS Purpose Statement; provide that ministers must not direct agency heads on individual employment matters; require agency heads to put in place measures to enable decision-making to occur at the lowest appropriate classification; require regular capability reviews; require the Secretaries Board to request and publish regular long-term insights reports; require agencies to publish annual APS Employee Census results and respond to relevant findings through an action plan; and remove the requirement to seek the APS Commissioner’s consent to delegate powers and functions to Australian Defence Force members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine Indemnity) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BABET, Sen Ralph 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to provide that indemnities cannot be granted to manufacturers of vaccines in relation to the use of a vaccine. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  COX, Sen Dorinda 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  in relation to prescribing consultation requirements with traditional owners, knowledge holders and other relevant persons when preparing environment plans;

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009

  in relation to: meaning of relevant person; and protection of cultural heritage; and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill provides for payments to recipient bodies, Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia and for crediting to the National Residue Survey Special Account of amounts connected with various levies and charges imposed on behalf of Australia’s primary industries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum