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• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2021 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995

  to: remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations; and remove the levy on the import of equipment that operates using ozone depleting substances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2021 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

  to remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2021 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

  in relation to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program by: imposing controls that are currently imposed through licence conditions, such as the ban on import of bulk gas in non-refillable containers; clarifying licence and exemptions requirements; increasing the time allowed for submitting reports and payment levies; adopting the standard provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  , including certain minor modifications; updating the offence and civil penalty provisions; introducing information gathering powers including the ability to issue a notice to produce; providing the option of licence suspension as an alternative to immediate cancellation of financial penalties; providing for an internal review mechanism for reviewable decisions; and allowing the use or disclosure of certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Voter Choice Through Optional Preferential Voting and the Robson Rotation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGRATH, Sen James 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: replace compulsory preferential voting with optional preferential voting for House of Representatives elections; enable voters to allocate preferences to candidates of their choosing only; provide vote saving provisions for voters who do not preference each and every candidate; provide for the position of candidates listed on House of Representatives ballots papers to be re-ordered between ballot papers (the Robson Rotation); and distribute batches of ballot papers which list each candidate in favourable positions equally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Illegal Detention of Australian Journalists (Free Julian Assange) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: protects Australian journalists from detention and prosecution by foreign governments by defining journalism as including conduct engaged in the ordinary course of legitimate journalism, such as publishing and passively receiving information and conduct engaged in for the purpose of journalistic activity that would not be an offence in Australia; provides for offences for detaining Australians for legitimate journalistic activities; and provides that conduct engaged in by Julian Assange for the purpose of WikiLeaks is legitimate journalistic activity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Fight for Australia’s Coastline) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to: cancel Petroleum Exploration Permit 11, and Petroleum Exploration Permit/T/49P (King Island, Tasmania); prevent any petroleum exploration leases for the Otway Basin/12 Apostles being granted; and prohibit any further petroleum exploration in the three areas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996

  to: facilitate the funding of emergency responses under emergency biosecurity response deeds other than the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement, including the proposed Emergency Response Deed for Aquatic Animal Diseases; provide for the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing certain matters; and remove redundant provisions that relate to honey, as honey-related levies are no longer paid to Animal Health Australia;

  Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002

  to: broaden the scope of permissible uses for Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levies to include the promotion or maintenance of the health of an EPPR plant; provide for the secretary to determine by notifiable instrument a body in relation to a specified EPPR plant product; and remove redundant provisions that provide for the redirection of excess levies to research and development purposes; and

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  and

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Candidate Eligibility) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Responds to a recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters'

  Report on the conduct of the 2019 federal election and matters related thereto

  by amending the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to streamline the candidate qualification checklist relating to eligibility under section 44 of the Constitution and clarify when a response to a question is mandatory. 

  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