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• Migration Amendment (Temporary Visa Extensions and Reinstatements) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MCKIM, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable uniform and automatic extensions to time-limited temporary visa subclasses, where the visa holder has been unable to enter Australia due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Spam Amendment (Unsolicited Political Communications) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and

  Spam Act 2003

  to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  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

• Aged Care Amendment (Registered Nurses Ensuring Quality Care) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to require all approved aged care facilities to have at least one registered nurse on duty at all times to provide care and supervise the provision of care to residents of approved aged care facilities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: provide for the routine independent auditing of authorised electronic technology used at federal elections; and require voter identification for electors to vote in federal elections; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958

  and

  Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

  to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Environment Watchdog Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment and undertake certain functions relating to communities; establish an Office of Monitoring, Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance within the EPA; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Water Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Requires the Treasurer to establish a Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund to underwrite insurance for the live performance industry to enable future live performance events. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  KENEALLY, Sen Kristina 

  Summary

  Establishes a mandatory requirement for Commonwealth, state or territory entities, corporations and partnerships to report to the Australian Cyber Security Centre ransomware payments paid in response to a ransomware attack. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Targeted Sanctions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  RICE, Sen Janet 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for either House of Parliament, or certain parliamentary committees, to request the minister to table a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to persons that are responsible for serious human rights abuses or corruption; requires the minister to table in both Houses a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to certain persons responsible for the coup in Myanmar in 2021; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum