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  • Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023, the bill amends the:
    Aged Care Act 1997
    and
    Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
    to facilitate the disclosure of protected information to the Inspector-General of Aged Care; and
    National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
    to require the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner to meet an additional public interest test before a corruption investigation can commence in relation to a matter that has previously been investigated by the Inspector-General of Aged Care. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes an independent Inspector-General of Aged Care to monitor, investigate and report on the Commonwealth’s administration of the aged care system, including by identifying system issues through independent reviews and making recommendations for improvement. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Giving Documents and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2023

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    Date
    29 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisations Act 1979
    to: provide the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) with additional security vetting and security clearance functions, including to make security clearance decisions for ASIO and non-ASIO personnel and conduct security vetting and assessment on an ongoing basis, to communicate with a sponsoring agency in relation to the ongoing suitability of a person to hold a security clearance, to furnish security clearance suitability assessments (SCSAs), and to assume responsibility for a security clearance granted to a person by another security vetting agency; enable ASIO and security clearance sponsors to share certain information; and provide for internal, independent and external merits review of ASIO’s SCSAs and security clearance decisions;
    Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
    to enable the Office of National Intelligence to provide quality assurance, reporting, advice and assistance in relation to the highest-level of security clearances issued by the Commonwealth;
    Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
    to enable security clearance decisions and SCSAs to be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    to update a cross reference. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: provide for an increase in customs duties for goods that are the produce or manufacture of Russia or Belarus imported into Australian between 25 April 2022 and 24 October 2023; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine imported between 4 July 2022 and 3 July 2023; permanently extend the free rate of customs duty for certain prescribed medical products and hygiene products; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain electric and low emission vehicles with a customs value less than the luxury car tax threshold imported into Australia on or after 1 July 2022; and correct tariff references for blood-grouping reagents and herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators following their reclassification. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023

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    Date
    16 Feb 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a charge on a person registering to participate in a visa pre-application process. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    16 Feb 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to enable the minister to implement a visa pre-application process to enable the random selection of eligible persons who would then be permitted to apply for a relevant visa. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures) Bill 2022

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    Date
    30 Nov 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Customs Act 1901
    to establish a framework to facilitate time-limited trials of trade and customs practices and technologies, with approved entities, in a controlled regulatory environment;
    Australian Border Force Act 2015
    to provide that the Comptroller-General of Customs' powers to make rules in relation to controlled trials cannot be delegated; and
    Customs Act 1901
    ,
    Customs Regulations 2015
    and
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to make technical amendments to customs legislation, including to provide that Notices of Intention to Propose Customs Tariff Alterations will not be subject to disallowance under the
    Legislation Act 2003
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022

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    Date
    26 Oct 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Indigenous Australians 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986
    to: amend the title of the Act to the
    Aboriginal Land and Waters (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986
    ; exempt certain leases granted by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council from the application of the
    Residential Tenancies Act 1997
    (ACT); increase the payment amount at which the council is required to seek approval from the minister before entering into a contract; amend the council's governance structure and decision making powers to align more closely with other corporate Commonwealth entities; remove the requirement for the council to enter into an agreement to lease with the Director of National Parks before land in the Booderee National Park can be declared as Aboriginal land; clarify that the functions of the council relate only to registered members and eligible children; and update the wording of the term 'physical or mental incapacity'; and eight Acts to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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