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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: require actions that would emit between 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions in any one year to be assessed for approval under Part 9 of the Act; require the minister, when approving any such action or when considering whether to enter into a conservation agreement, to consider Australia’s national carbon budget and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; require the minister to reject the approval of actions that would emit over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions; require the Climate Change Authority to develop a national carbon budget to 2050 and to annually assess the budget; prohibit the minister, subject to certain exceptions, from using alternative approval processes for certain emissions intensive actions; and introduce penalties for undertaking certain emissions intensive actions without approval if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002

  to provide that forestry operations covered by a regional forest agreement are exempted from Part 3 of the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prevent the minister from approving an action which involves the clearing of koala habitat; and remove the exemption of regional forest agreements from requirements of the Act where there is, may, or is likely to have significant impacts on koalas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to require that labour hire workers covered by certain modern awards receive at least the same rate of pay as other employees performing the same work. 

  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

• Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  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

• 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

• Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  in relation to: casual employment; small business redundancy exemptions in insolvency contexts; enabling multiple franchisees to access the single-enterprise stream; transitioning from multi-enterprise agreements; model terms; regulated labour hire arrangement orders; workplace delegates’ rights; discrimination against employees subjected to family and domestic violence; sham contracting; exemptions to waive entry requirements for suspected underpayment and increasing maximum penalties for underpayments; compliance notices; introduction of a criminal offence for wage theft; the definition of employment; minimum standards and increased dispute resolution for employee-like workers performing digital platform work and regulated road transport industry contractors; and removal of a sunsetted clause relating to applications to vary modern awards;

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to remove provisions relating to the withdrawal of parts of amalgamated organisations;

  Independent Contractors Act 2006

  to provide that the Act applies to independent contractors performing work remunerated at an amount exceeding the new contractor high income threshold;

  Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013

  to expand the functions of the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency in relation to silica safety and silica-related diseases;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to implement presumptive liability provisions for first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder; and

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to: introduce an offence of industrial manslaughter; and amend the offences and penalties framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Gives effect to the National Strategic Framework for Information Sharing between the Family Law and Family Violence and Child Protection Systems by amending the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to expand the information sharing framework for information relating to family violence, child abuse and neglect risks in parenting proceedings before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and the Family Court of Western Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: amend the parenting order framework by refining the list of ‘best interests’ factors, removing the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility and related equal time and substantial and significant time provision, and clarifying the circumstances in which a court can vary an existing parenting order; redraft provisions relating to compliance with, and enforcement of, parenting orders; amend definitions relating to the concept of ‘family’ to be more inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and traditions; permit the appointment of independent children’s lawyers (ICLs) in matters brought under the Hague Convention and require ICLs to meet with a child and give them an opportunity to express a view; clarify restrictions on communicating identifiable information arising in family proceedings; and enable standards and requirements to be prescribed for professionals who prepare family reports;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to make consequential amendments;

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to: allow registrars of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) to be delegated the power to impose a make-up time parent order in contravention proceedings; bring forward the review of the Act by 2 years; and provide that a judge of the Family Court of Western Australia can be dually appointed as a judge of Division 1 of the FCFCOA; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to introduce ‘harmful proceedings orders’ and extend the ‘overarching purpose of family law practice and procedure’ and the accompanying duty to all proceedings instituted under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum