TOTAL RESULTS: 141

• Defence Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable a policy framework to broaden and expand the conditions under which a positive test result of prohibited substances must be disregarded;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to: extend the application of employment, partnership and education protections to all types of Reserve service; extend the application of financial liability and bankruptcy protections to full time service that is operational service; protect reservists in the workplace from harassment or detriment including victimisation relating to their status or service as a reservist; and introduce a civil penalty regime to complement existing criminal offences;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  and the proposed

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  ;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  ,

  Navigation Act 2012

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to transfer hydrographic, meteorological and oceanographic functions from the Royal Australian Navy to the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation; and

  Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015

  to: align certain provisions with other military superannuation schemes; and clarify the definition of an eligible child of a member or invalid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Disability Services Amendment (Linking Upper Age Limits for Disability Employment Services to Pension Age) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Disability Services Act 1986

  to link the upper age limit of the Disability Employment Services - Disability Management Service program to the age pension eligibility age under the

  Social Security Act 1991

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Diverted Profits Tax Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2017, the bill imposes a diverted profits tax at a rate of 40 per cent on the amount of a significant global entity’s diverted profits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 May 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to close the Child Dental Benefits Schedule from 30 June 2016; and establish the Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme to enable capped annual grants of financial assistance to be made to the states and territories for a five-year period from 1 July 2016 to provide dental services to all children and concession cardholder adults; and

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  and

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dairy Produce Amendment (Dairy Service Levy Poll) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  to remove the requirement for the dairy industry to hold a dairy levy poll every five years; and enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to require the industry services body to establish a levy poll advisory committee to consider the levy rate every five years, require the industry services body to hold a levy poll if a variation to the rate is recommended by the advisory committee, and include a mechanism for dairy farmer members of Dairy Australia Limited to request a poll if they disagree with the advisory committee’s decision not to convene a levy poll. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (First Principles) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the First Principles Review of Defence by: amending the

  Defence Act 1903

  to: give full command of the Australian Defence Force to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF); and consolidate the statutory treatment of the components of the Defence Force Cadets; amending 27 Acts to make consequential amendments; and repealing the

  Air Force Act 1923

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  and incorporating relevant provisions of these Acts into the

  Defence Act 1903

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Superannuation and ADF Cover) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on or after 1 July 2016, the bill amends: 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Air Force Act 1923

  ,

  Defence Act 1903

  ,

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  to remove the need for permanent ADF members to take part-time leave without pay if they wish to render flexible service; and the proposed

  Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation (Enhancement of Military Justice) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: clarify the character and status of service convictions for Commonwealth purposes; remove provisions in respect of the trial of offences under the law prior to the Act; create services offences of ‘assault occasioning actual bodily harm’ and ‘unauthorised use of a Commonwealth credit card’; clarify the elements of the service offence of ‘commanding or ordering a service offence to be committed’; replace the power to issue recognisance release orders with a system of fixing non-parole periods; replace dollar amounts as maximum fines with a penalty units system; and make technical amendments;

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to recognise the office of the Director of Defence Counsel Services; and

  Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009

  to extend the appointment, remuneration and entitlement arrangements of the current Chief Judge Advocate and the full-time Judge Advocate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to provide for parliamentary approval of overseas service by members of the Australian Defence Force; and

  Air Force Act 1923

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Trade Controls Act 2012

  in relation to: providing an additional 12 month implementation period before offence provisions and record-keeping requirements commence; removing controls on the supply of Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL) technology; extending the exception to the offence of supplying DSGL technology without a permit; narrowing the scope of publication and brokering offences; establishing offences for brokering dual-use DSGL goods or technology; including additional exceptions to the brokering offence; prohibiting the brokering of military or dual-use DSGL technology where the supply would prejudice Australia’s defence, security or international relations; directing a person to seek a permit for brokering dual-use DSGL goods or technology; requiring the minister to consider prescribed criteria when deciding whether an activity would prejudice Australia’s security, defence or international relations; and providing for reviews of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum