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• Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for a national voluntary agriculture biodiversity stewardship market to enable agricultural landholders to receive a tradeable certificate for undertaking projects that enhance or protect biodiversity in native species. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Enhanced Risk Management) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to: expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; create a mechanism to make a human biosecurity group direction; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; and provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities, such as surveillance programs for pests and diseases. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Archives Amendment Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission report on Commonwealth record-keeping and the role of the National Archives of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Amendment Bill 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Arts, Sport, Environment and Territories portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework relating to potentially defamatory content posted on social media by: deeming a person who administers or maintains a social media page not to be a publisher of third-party material; deeming a social media service provider to be the publisher of material that is published on their service if it is posted in Australia; creating a conditional defence for social media service providers in defamation proceedings relating to material on their service that is posted in Australia if the provider meets certain conditions; empowering courts to issue end-user information disclosure orders to require providers of social media services to give the applicant relevant contact details and country location data in certain circumstances; requiring social media companies to have a nominated entity incorporated in Australia able to discharge certain key obligations; and enabling the Attorney-General to intervene in defamation proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth and authorise a grant of legal assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  ,

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  and

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to amend or insert objects clauses to provide that, in giving effect to the objects of each Act, regard must be had to the indivisibility and universality of human rights and their equal status in international law, and the principle that every person is free and equal in their dignity and rights;

  Charities Act 2013

  to provide that otherwise charitable entities that engage in lawful activities promoting a traditional view of marriage are undertaking those activities for the public benefit and not contrary to public policy; and

  Marriage Act 1961

  to allow religious educational institutions to refuse to provide facilities, goods or services in relation to the solemnisation of a marriage in accordance with their religious beliefs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: extend the Australian Human Rights Commission’s complaints-handling functions to complaints of unlawful religious discrimination under the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  , when enacted; and establish the Religious Discrimination Commissioner as a member of the commission;

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to allow the Inspector-General to inquire into acts or practices of intelligence agencies that may be inconsistent with or contrary to the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  , referred by the Australian Human Rights Commission;

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to provide that civil aviation regulations may be inconsistent with the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  if necessary for the safety of air navigation;

  Fair Work Act 2009

  (FWA) to recognise the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  as an anti-discrimination law for the purposes of the FWA’s general protection provisions;

  Sea Installations Act 1987

  (SIA) to recognise the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  as an anti-discrimination law for the purposes of the SIA; and

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Act 2021

  (Vic). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Religious Discrimination Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, the bill: prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person’s religious belief or activity in a range of areas of public life, including in relation to employment, education, access to premises and the provision of goods, services and accommodation; establishes general and specific exceptions from the prohibition of religious discrimination; provides that certain statements of belief do not constitute discrimination for the purposes of certain specified Commonwealth, state or territory anti-discrimination laws; creates offences in relation to victimisation and discriminatory advertisements; establishes the office of the Religious Discrimination Commissioner; confers certain functions on the Australian Human Rights Commission; and provides for miscellaneous matters including delegation of powers or functions, protection from civil actions and a review of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends 41 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: establish new federal family violence orders which, if breached, can be criminally enforced; and broaden the protections for Registrars of a Family Court of a State in conducting conferences; six Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to broaden the protections for the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Registrars and Registrars in the Federal Circuit and Family Court in conducting conferences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum