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• Privacy Amendment (Protecting Children from Paparazzi) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to provide for a new criminal offence for those who harass the children of celebrities or any other person due to that person’s vocation or occupation, through their attempt to photograph or record the child’s image or voice, whether by following or lying in wait for the child. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Sports Betting Reform) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to: require gambling services to provide prescribed training to certain employees; enable the Federal Circuit Court of Australia to grant injunctions for the purposes of transaction blocking; place restrictions on the conduct of restricted wagering services in relation to sports betting and provide for offences and civil penalties if they are contravened; place restrictions on the broadcasting of restricted wagering service advertisements and provide for offences and civil penalties if they are contravened; provide for the compliance and enforcement of the new offences and civil penalty provisions; require the Interactive Gambling Regulator to keep a register of individuals who wish to self-exclude from restricted wagering services and provide for the administration of, and the protection of information in, the register; and provide for the appointment of the Interactive Gambling Regulator and the functions of the position; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to provide that Australian Privacy Principle 7 (direct marketing) does not apply to the extent that restricted wagering services provisions of the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  apply. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Financial Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: amend the financial agreement regime to remove existing uncertainties around requirements for entering, interpreting and enforcing agreements, make changes to the coverage of spousal maintenance matters in agreements, provide for a statement of principles to outline their binding nature, and to reinforce the binding nature of the agreements; strengthen protections from violence in certain procedural matters; strengthen Australia’s response to international parental child abduction; update the arrest powers of the family court; assist the operation of the family law courts; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Strategic Assets) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to prevent foreign persons or entities from acquiring a 10 per cent or greater interest in Australian land, water or other assets that are of strategic economic or strategic defensive importance to Australia 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Advocacy) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to: amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Charter in relation to the delivery of services to rural and regional Australia in each state and territory; impose certain requirements on the ABC and the ABC Board; and provide for the establishment, functions and membership of the Rural and Regional Advisory Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Bill 2015, the bill amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: amend account keeping and licence fee administration arrangements for commercial broadcasters and datacasting transmitter licensees; remove duplicative requirements for licensees, publishers and controllers to notify the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) of certain changes in control of regulated media assets; and provide a consistent classification arrangement for all television programs, including films;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to clarify the complaints handling and information gathering functions of the ACMA;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to remove the ability of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to issue tariff filing directions to certain carriers and carriage service providers;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to amend the statutory information collection powers of the ACMA and the ACCC;

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  ,

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to enable the development of an industry-based scheme for the management of telephone numbering resources. Also repeals 53 Acts and removes redundant provisions in four Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for a mandatory minimum sentence and increased maximum penalties for the offences of trafficking firearms or firearms parts within Australia, and into and out of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: cease the child care benefit (CCB) and child care rebate; introduce a child care subsidy (CCS) which is subject to both an income and activity test; introduce various rates of additional child care subsidy (ACCS) that are available in certain circumstances; and make amendments in relation to CCS and ACCS claims, reviews of decisions, provider approvals, and compliance obligations of approved providers of child care services;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  in relation to goods and services tax treatment of new child care funding programs; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: circumstances in which applications for approval of a child care service are taken not to have been made; backdating of CCB service approvals; reassessments of child care service conditions of continued approval; and cessation of enrolment advances. Also makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  and

  Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

  to remove the prohibition on legalising euthanasia; and repeals the

  Euthanasia Laws Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: create new income support payment and compliance arrangements for individuals living in remote Australia who are eligible for activity tested income support payments including newstart, youth allowance, parenting payment, disability support pension and special benefit; and remove spent provisions in relation to the Northern Territory Community CDEP Transition Payment and the Community Development Employment Project Scheme; and the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Act 2015

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum