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• Home Affairs and Integrity Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: give effect to the allocation of certain ministerial powers following the establishment of a new Home Affairs portfolio; and make changes relating to the Attorney-General’s oversight of intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: amend existing, and introduce new, espionage offences relating to a broad range of dealings with information, including solicitation and preparation and planning offences; introduce new offences relating to foreign interference with Australia’s political, governmental or democratic processes; replace the existing sabotage offence with new sabotage offences relating to conduct causing damage to a broad range of critical infrastructure that could prejudice Australia’s national security; introduce a new offence relating to theft of trade secrets on behalf of a foreign government; amend existing, and introduce new, offences relating to treason and other threats to national security, such as interference with Australian democratic or political rights by conduct involving the use of force, violence or intimidation; introduce a new aggravated offence where a person provides false or misleading information relating to an application for, or maintenance of, an Australian Government security clearance; eight Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to replace certain existing, and introduce new, offences relating to secrecy of information; 20 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to amend the definition of a ‘serious offence’ to include the offences provided for by the bill; and the proposed

  Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2017

  to amend the definitions of ‘electoral donations threshold’, ‘general political lobbying’ and ‘political or governmental influence’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Security of Critical Infrastructure (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure Bill 2017 to provide for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Security of Critical Infrastructure Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Security of Critical Infrastructure (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, the bill provides for the management of the national security risks of espionage, sabotage and coercion arising from foreign involvement in Australia’s critical infrastructure by: establishing a Register of Critical Infrastructure Assets; providing the minister with a power to direct a reporting entity or operator of a critical infrastructure asset to do, or refrain from doing, an act or thing within a specified period of time; empowering the secretary to request certain information from reporting entities and operators of critical infrastructure assets; and providing that the minister can privately declare an asset to be a critical infrastructure asset in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to consolidate and broaden the existing protections and remedies for corporate and financial sector whistleblowers;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to create a whistleblower protection regime for disclosures of information by individuals regarding breaches of the tax laws or misconduct relating to an entity’s tax affairs; and

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Improving National Employment Standards) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to amend the National Employment Standards to enable an employee who experiences family or domestic violence to take up to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave per year or 2 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave for each permissible occasion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment (Debt Ceiling) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to limit the face value of stock and securities that can be on issue under the Treasurer’s standing borrowing authority to $600 billion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  in relation to: strengthened citizenship requirements, including in relation to permanent residency and English language proficiency; the definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘de facto partner’; citizenship by adoption; automatic acquisition of citizenship; citizenship by conferral; residence requirements for citizenship; good character requirements; the bar on approval of citizenship where there are related criminal offences; offence provisions; mandatory and discretionary cancellation of approval of citizenship; ministerial discretion to delay the making of the pledge of allegiance; the maximum period of deferral for making the pledge of allegiance; revocation of citizenship by descent, conferral or under intercountry adoption arrangements; ministerial power to make legislative instruments; use and disclosure of personal information; and consequential amendments; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable the use and disclosure of personal citizenship information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Passports Act 2005

  to enable the minister to make Australian travel document data available for the purposes of, and by the automated means intrinsic to, the identity-matching services to which the Commonwealth, states and territories agreed in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services, agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Identity-matching Services Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Pursuant to the objectives of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services (IGA), agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017, the bill provides for the exchange of identity information between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments by enabling the Department of Home Affairs to collect, use and disclose identification information in order to operate the technical systems that will facilitate the identity-matching services envisaged by the IGA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum