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• Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  POCOCK, Sen Barbara 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: prevent employers from contacting employees outside of work hours; and provide that employees are not required to monitor, read or respond to work communications from their employer outside of work hours. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CASH, Sen Michaelia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to prohibit a person from knowingly, and without reasonable excuse, displaying a Nazi symbol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Improving Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—February 2023) Instrument 2023

  to amend the regulatory framework for medicinal cannabis by: re-scheduling medicinal cannabis, thereby allowing prescription by any medical practitioner; adopting a definition for cannabis as a regulated product that allows a higher level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); and allowing whole plant cannabis products with certain limits of THC and cannabidiol to be sold over the counter at a chemist or veterinary clinic to persons over 18 years of age. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Governor-General Act 1974

  to cease the payment of allowances to a former Governor-General, or a spouse of a former Governor-General, where they have engaged in serious misconduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Inciting Illegal Disruptive Activities) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ANTIC, Sen Alex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to introduce three new offences relating to the incitement of trespass, property damage or theft and unlawful obstruction of traffic in central business districts and other centres of significant business or cultural activity in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: lower the minimum voting age in Australian federal elections and referenda from 18 to 16 years; provide for 16 and 17 year olds to be included in the certified list of voters (but not to be given a penalty notice if they do not vote); and provide that an eligible voter, who is not yet on the electoral roll or enrolled at their correct address, is able to cast a provisional vote on election day. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  RENNICK, Sen Gerard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to add COVID-19 vaccination status as an attribute protected from discrimination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  NAMPIJINPA PRICE, Sen Jacinta 

  Summary

  Reinstates measures that previously applied under the

  Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012

  which were aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm to vulnerable communities in the Northern Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education and Other Legislation Amendment (Abolishing Indexation and Raising the Minimum Repayment Income for Education and Training Loans) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  ,

  Trade Support Loans Act 2014

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to remove indexation on certain education and training loans; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to: define 'median wage'; and raise the minimum repayment income and amend the percentage of income a person is liable to repay the Commonwealth for certain education and training loans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  BABET, Sen Ralph 

  Summary

  The bill: clarifies that children born alive are persons; requires health practitioners to provide medical care, treatment and statistics on children born alive as a result of terminations; and provides that the mother of a child born alive is not liable to prosecution for an offence in respect of that child. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum