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14 Feb 2022
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House of Representatives
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BANDT, Adam, MP
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: prohibit environmental approvals of new coal, gas and oil projects; revoke existing environmental approvals of coal, gas and oil projects that haven't commenced; and prohibit new petroleum exploration permits being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum exploration permits; and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to prohibit petroleum production licences being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum licences where petroleum recovery operations have not commenced.
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14 Feb 2022
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HAINES, Helen, MP
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Amends the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
to: include home batteries as an eligible technology to create small-scale technology certificates under the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme; and provide for an independent review of the operation of the scheme.
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14 Feb 2022
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House of Representatives
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CHRISTENSEN, George, MP
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The bill: prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from de-platforming, or censoring the posts of, members of Parliament, candidates in elections, registered political parties or Australian journalistic enterprises; and prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from censoring philosophical discourse on their social media services.
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14 Feb 2022
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House of Representatives
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HAINES, Helen, MP
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Amends the:
Telecommunications Act 1997
to: include performance benchmarks for statutory infrastructure providers (SIPs) relating to internet connections, fault rectifications, appointment keeping and internet speed; and require SIPs to disclose performance data to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for immediate publication on a quarterly basis, or within 30 days following a serious outage; and Competition and Consumer Act 2010
and Telecommunications Act 1997
to make consequential amendments.
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16 Feb 2022
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
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Establishes the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
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16 Feb 2022
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Criminal Code Act 1995
to provide for increased minimum and maximum penalties and new aggravated offences for the offences of trafficking prohibited firearms or firearm parts within Australia, and into and out of Australia.
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16 Feb 2022
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Health
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to enable Services Australia to use computer programs to manage the Register of Approved Placements.
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16 Feb 2022
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House of Representatives
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Veterans’ Affairs
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Amends the:
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
to: extend eligibility to family members of working age veterans who are experiencing vulnerabilities that give rise to a need for support, whether or not the veteran is participating in a rehabilitation program or has rendered warlike service; and expand the range of supports available to family members under the family support package; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are exempt from income tax; and Social Security Act 1991
to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are not income for the purposes of the social security income test.
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17 Feb 2022
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Home Affairs
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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: amend the geographical jurisdiction provision for computer offences; introduce standalone offences for extortive conduct associated with ransomware and dealing with data obtained by unauthorised access or modification; introduce aggravated offences relating to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure assets and producing, supplying or obtaining data under arrangement for payment; and increase maximum penalties for certain other computer offences; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to ensure that existing information gathering powers and freezing orders in relation to financial institutions can also be exercised in relation to digital currency exchanges; and Crime Act 1914
and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to ensure that law enforcement agencies can seize digital assets (including cryptocurrency) discovered during the execution of a warrant and suspected to be proceeds of crime.
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17 Feb 2022
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Education, Skills and Employment
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Amends the:
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: amend the student identifier requirements for a person's eligibility to receive Commonwealth assistance; provide for new Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt arrangements for rural, remote or very remote health practitioners; provide that units of study undertaken as part of an enabling course will not count towards a student's student learning entitlement; extend the FEE-HELP loan fee exemption to 31 December 2022; provide that domestic students undertaking a microcredential course are eligible for FEE-HELP; and provide that New Zealand citizens are eligible for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP only if they are a resident in Australia for the duration of the unit; and Higher Education Support Act 2003
and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
to make technical amendments.
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