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  • Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    12 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Privacy Act 1988
    and 7 other Acts to introduce a range of measures to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information, including expanding the Information Commissioner’s powers, facilitating information sharing in emergency situations or following eligible data breaches, requiring the development of a Children’s Online Privacy Code, providing protections for overseas disclosures of personal information, introducing new civil penalties, and increasing transparency about automated decisions which use personal information;
    Privacy Act 1988
    to introduce a statutory tort to provide redress for serious invasions of privacy; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to introduce criminal offences targeting the release of personal data using a carriage service in a manner that would be menacing or harassing (known as ‘doxxing’). 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treasury Laws Amendment (2024 Tax and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2024

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    Date
    12 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: modify the foreign resident capital gains withholding payments regime to increase the withholding rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent and remove the threshold before which withholding applies; allow employers to make single touch payroll declarations for extended periods; and provide the Commissioner of Taxation with a power to retain tax refunds for a 90-day period to enable the commissioner to obtain financial institution details for the refund to be paid into; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to extend the time in which small or medium business taxpayers may apply to have a tax assessment amended. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Bill 2024

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    Date
    12 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Establishes the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers Special Account to make grants of financial assistance to support remuneration increases for workers in the early childhood education and care sector. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    11 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
    to: extend the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime to additional services that are recognised by the Financial Action Task Force as posing high money laundering and terrorism financing risks; reframe and clarify the AML/CTF program and customer due diligence obligations; enable the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre to require the disclosure of information and conduct examinations; and update the AML/CTF regime to reflect changing business structures, technologies and illicit financing methodologies; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential or contingent amendments to 10 other Acts; and repeals the
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Expansion) Bill 2024

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    Date
    11 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Implements the
    Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
    by amending the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to provide a free rate of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom that will incrementally reduce to free; and provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate that applied before the commencement of the protocol for certain products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Bill 2024

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    Date
    11 Sep 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    to establish the National Student Ombudsman as a new statutory function of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to deal with complaints about, and conduct investigations into, actions of higher education providers. Also makes consequential amendments to the
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    and 3 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Family Law Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    22 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Family Law Act 1975
    to: enable the court to control and manage the conduct of property and other non-child-related proceedings, including to address family violence and ensure appropriate evidence is before the court; codify the duty of disclosure relevant to financial information; amend the arbitration regime for court-ordered or privately arranged family law arbitrations; provide a regulatory framework for Children’s Contact services; safeguard against the disclosure and adducing of evidence arising from communications made in the course of professional confidential relationships; and
    Family Law Act 1975
    and 5 other Acts to clarify various aspects of family law and support the operation of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia. Also provides for a review of the amendments made by this proposed Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Administrative Review Tribunal (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends 52 Acts to make consequential and technical amendments arising from the enactment of the
    Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024
    . Also repeals the
    Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Integrity and Reducing Building Costs) Bill 2024 (No. 2)

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    Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    CASH, Sen Michaelia 
    Summary
    Re-establishes the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Removing Criminals from Worksites) Bill 2024 (No. 2)

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    Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
    to: expand the circumstances in which a person may be automatically disqualified from office and make it a criminal offence for a person who is disqualified from holding office in a registered organisation to continue to hold office or act in a manner that would significantly influence the organisation; provide for a disqualification scheme that allows the Federal Court to disqualify an official from holding office in certain circumstances; expand the grounds for the cancellation of registration of organisations by the Federal Court; and enable the Federal Court to make orders instead of cancellation of registration. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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