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09 Dec 2020
- Chamber
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Senate
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MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to: provide for ten days paid domestic and family violence leave in a 12-month period; provide for employees to access paid domestic and family violence leave at their base pay rate for usual hours of work in the period the leave was taken; enable an employee and employer to agree additional paid or unpaid leave can be taken in addition to the 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave; clarify and expand the reasons for which a person can take paid domestic and family violence leave; and strengthen the privacy obligations placed on employers in relation to an employee who takes paid family and domestic violence leave.
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04 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Industrial Relations
- Summary
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Amends the:
Fair Work Act 2009
to: prohibit terms of a modern award or an enterprise agreement requiring or permitting contributions for the benefit of an employee to be made to any fund other than a superannuation fund, a registered worker entitlement fund or a registered charity; require any term of a modern award or enterprise agreement that names a worker entitlement fund or insurance product to provide for an employee to choose another fund or insurance product; prohibit any term of a modern award, enterprise agreement or contract of employment permitting or requiring employee contributions to an election fund for an industrial association; and prohibit any action with the intent to coerce an employer to pay amounts to a particular worker entitlement fund, superannuation fund, training fund, welfare fund or employee insurance scheme; Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
to: require registered organisations to have written financial management policies that have been approved by the committee of management; require registered organisations to report certain loans, grants and donations; require specific disclosure by registered organisations of the financial benefits obtained by them and persons linked to them in connection with employee insurance products, welfare fund arrangements and training fund arrangements; introduce a range of new penalties relating to compliance by registered organisations with financial management, disclosure and reporting requirements; and make minor technical amendments; and Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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12 Sep 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Requires separating couples to self-assess and narrow their family law disputes promptly within a defined statutory time frame.
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31 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment and undertake certain functions relating to communities; establish an Office of Monitoring, Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance within the EPA; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and Water Act 2007
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Assent
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
, Corporations Act 2001
and three other Acts to: expand the role of the Financial Services and Credit Panel to operate as a single disciplinary body for financial advisers; create new penalties and sanctions for financial advisers who have breached their obligations under the Corporations Act 2001
; introduce a two-stage registration process for financial advisers; transfer functions from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to the minister and to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and introduce a single registration and disciplinary system for financial advisers who provide tax (financial) advice services; and Corporations Act 2001 to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020
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22 Aug 2018
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Senate
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PATRICK, Sen Rex
- Summary
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Amends the:
Archives Act 1983
to require the reporting of external legal expenses incurred by the National Archives of Australia; Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
to: ensure that the Information Commissioner holds specified qualifications; and require the separate appointment of the Australian Information Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner and the Freedom of Information (FOI) Commissioner; and Freedom of Information Act 1982
to: enable the transfer of Information Commissioner reviewable decisions to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT); require the consistent application of exemptions by decision makers in the context of a review by the Information Commissioner; prevent the Information Commissioner from making FOI decisions if he or she does not hold specified qualifications; prevent agencies from publishing FOI information until at least 10 days after the applicant has received his or her copy of the information; and require the reporting of external legal expenses for each Information Commission or AAT FOI matter that has concluded.
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- Date
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05 Dec 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
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Prohibits the mining of thermal coal in the Galilee Basin in Queensland.
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13 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Amends the
Governor-General Act 1974
to cease the payment of allowances to a former Governor-General, or a spouse of a former Governor-General, where they have engaged in serious misconduct.
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25 Jul 2019
- Chamber
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Senate
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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The bill: prohibits mining activities, including prospecting or exploring for minerals or other geological material, in the Great Australian Bight marine area; establishes civil penalties for mining in the Bight; and requires the minister to submit the Great Australian Bight for consideration as a World Heritage Site.
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23 Nov 2021
- Chamber
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Senate
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GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes.
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