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• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Cheaper Home Batteries) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: include home batteries as an eligible technology to create small-scale technology certificates under the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme; and provide for an independent review of the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Protecting Australians from Censorship) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from de-platforming, or censoring the posts of, members of Parliament, candidates in elections, registered political parties or Australian journalistic enterprises; and prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from censoring philosophical discourse on their social media services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Faster Internet for Regional Australia) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: include performance benchmarks for statutory infrastructure providers (SIPs) relating to internet connections, fault rectifications, appointment keeping and internet speed; and require SIPs to disclose performance data to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for immediate publication on a quarterly basis, or within 30 days following a serious outage; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Radioactive Waste Agency Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Administrative Actions) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable Services Australia to use computer programs to manage the Register of Approved Placements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Family Support) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend eligibility to family members of working age veterans who are experiencing vulnerabilities that give rise to a need for support, whether or not the veteran is participating in a rehabilitation program or has rendered warlike service; and expand the range of supports available to family members under the family support package;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are exempt from income tax; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are not income for the purposes of the social security income test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Ransomware Action Plan) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: amend the geographical jurisdiction provision for computer offences; introduce standalone offences for extortive conduct associated with ransomware and dealing with data obtained by unauthorised access or modification; introduce aggravated offences relating to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure assets and producing, supplying or obtaining data under arrangement for payment; and increase maximum penalties for certain other computer offences;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to ensure that existing information gathering powers and freezing orders in relation to financial institutions can also be exercised in relation to digital currency exchanges; and

  Crime Act 1914

  and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to ensure that law enforcement agencies can seize digital assets (including cryptocurrency) discovered during the execution of a warrant and suspected to be proceeds of crime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: amend the student identifier requirements for a person's eligibility to receive Commonwealth assistance; provide for new Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt arrangements for rural, remote or very remote health practitioners; provide that units of study undertaken as part of an enabling course will not count towards a student's student learning entitlement; extend the FEE-HELP loan fee exemption to 31 December 2022; provide that domestic students undertaking a microcredential course are eligible for FEE-HELP; and provide that New Zealand citizens are eligible for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP only if they are a resident in Australia for the duration of the unit; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Australia’s Economic Accelerator) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: allow the minister to make grants to support arrangements to increase industry-led study and postgraduate research and to assist higher education providers to undertake research (the Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA) program) which progresses the development of technologies and services to a state of commercial investor readiness in sectors aligned with areas of national priority; establish a governance framework to support the delivery of the AEA program; and provide for the protection, disclosure and use of AEA program information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Implements certain 'Your Future, Your Super' reforms by amending the:

  Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004

  to: remove the existing choice of fund provisions; enable the Commonwealth to make employer superannuation contributions for new parliamentarians to a chosen, stapled or default fund in various circumstances; and provide for the determination of a default fund for parliamentarians if an existing default fund is unable to accept new members due to failing the annual performance test for MySuper products for two consecutive years;

  Superannuation Act 2005

  to provide for the determination of an alternative default fund for Australian Public Service employees if the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan is unable to accept new members due to failing the annual performance test for MySuper products for two consecutive years;

  Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011

  and

  Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to enable the Commonwealth to make employer superannuation contributions for judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to a chosen, stapled or default fund in various circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum