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• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: nine Acts to: exempt certain payments, known as the adjusted disability pension, from the social security income test; and remove the Defence Force Income Support Allowance; the

  Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986

  to: remove the disability income rent test; replace references to 'disability pension' with references that clarify the nature of the payment as a compensation payment; and adjust the mechanism for indexation of certain payments; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to establish a non-liability rehabilitation pilot to provide veterans with access to rehabilitation support without the requirement to have lodged a compensation claim. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Making Aged Care Fees Fairer) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: enable aged care recipients to access clear information regarding the administrative and management fees charged for home care services; ensure that home care charges are spent on home care services provided rather than on administrative or management charges for provision of those services; enable aged care recipients to exit a home care agreement without financial penalty; and access relevant information regarding the costs of home care packages by approved providers in their local area when looking to enter into a home care agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Federal Integrity Commission Bill 2021 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Australian Federal Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the Federal Integrity Commissioner, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner, Whistleblower Protection Commissioner and Assistant Federal Integrity Commissioners; establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; establishes the Parliamentary Inspector of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Prohibition (Quit Coal) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to limit and prohibit the importation and exportation of thermal coal unless it is being used for research, analysis or display from 2030; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit the establishment of new coal mines or coal-fired power stations; prohibit the mining or burning of coal after 1 January 2030; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Disclosure of Political Donations) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: require registered political parties including state branches, individual political candidates, groups of political candidates or associated entities to: disclose all cumulative donations received equal or above $1000 (non-indexed) from the same person or entity on a quarterly basis to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC); and disclose all cumulative donations received equal or above the indexed AEC threshold ($14 500) from the same person or entity within five business days of receiving the donations; and require the Electoral Commissioner to publish all disclosures on the AEC Transparency Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Stop the Lies) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit misleading and deceptive political advertising during federal elections; prohibit political parties, candidates and campaigners from impersonating or passing off material as being from another candidate; and create a complaints process through the Australian Electoral Commissioner who may order a retraction of the statement or apology to the affected party. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy (COVID Check-in Data) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Prevents Commonwealth, state or territory authorities from using or providing COVID-19 check in data for law enforcement purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protecting Pensioners from the Cashless Debit Card Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HILL, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide that the cashless debit card regime sunsets on 31 January 2022; require the minister to prepare a local services and jobs plan in conjunction with communities where the cashless debit card regime is in operation; and require the minister to publish the full cost to the Commonwealth of the operation of the cashless debit card regime, all contracts between the Commonwealth and Indue Ltd and all documents relating to the Cashless Debit Card Technology Working Group. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Basic Expectations and Defamation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WEBSTER, Anne, MP 

  Summary

  Enables the minister to set basic expectations of social media service providers regarding the hosting of defamatory material on social media platforms, and ensures that service providers are liable for defamatory material hosted on their platforms which is not removed within a reasonable timeframe. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Unsolicited Political Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  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