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  • Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to enable the Minister to determine prohibited things in relation to immigration detention facilities and detainees, if the Minister if satisfied that possession or use of that thing might be a risk to the health, safety or security of persons in the facility, or to the order of the facility; expand powers to search, screen and seize prohibited things in relation to immigration detention facilities and detainees without a warrant; and enable, in certain circumstances, a detainee to continue to have access to alternative means of communication following seizure of a communication device. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Online Safety Act 2021
    to establish a minimum age for social media use and an obligation on providers of an age-restricted social media platform to take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users from having an account with the platform; and
    Age Discrimination Act 2004
    to make a consequential amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Clarifies that information or a record obtained under specified warrants issued to the Australian Federal Police in connection with Operation Ironside was not intercepted while passing over a telecommunications system and was obtained lawfully under the relevant warrants. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    20 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to expand the Midwife Professional Indemnity Scheme to include intrapartum care provided outside of a hospital, including homebirths and Birthing on Country models of care. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024

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    Date
    20 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Women 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
    to require certain employers with 500 or more employees to select and meet, or improve against, certain gender equality targets over a 3 year period. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

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    Date
    18 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
    to: update key definitional terms including the meaning of ‘gift’, ‘disclosure threshold’ and ‘candidate’ and introduce the category of ‘nominated entity’; require expedited disclosure of gifts; consolidate financial reporting obligations; and make machinery amendments in relation to electoral and referendum operations;
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to: establish an annual gift cap, an overall gift cap and a State and Territory gift cap; establish annual caps on electoral expenditure; expand on existing obligations in relation to Commonwealth campaign accounts; introduce a new system of administrative funding and increase election funding; streamline reporting obligations for Senate groups; and make technical amendments in relation to compliance and enforcement powers. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Second Protocol Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: implement Australia’s obligations under the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area; and amend certain provisions relating to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus and the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals and Other Measures) Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: set the general rate of customs duty applicable to over 450 tariff headings and subheadings to free; provide that the preferential rate of customs duty applied to goods covered by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is not higher than the general rate of customs duty; repeal spent phasing rates of duty; and extend for 24 months the free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Free TAFE Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Skills and Training 
    Summary
    Provides financial assistance to the state and territories for the delivery of free TAFE and vocational education and training places. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: provide for the cessation of certain bridging visas where the holder of the visa has been granted permission by a foreign country to enter and remain in that country; enable the minister to make a decision that a protection finding would no longer be made in relation to a non-citizen who holds a visa as a removal pathway non-citizen; create an immunity from civil liability in relation to certain acts or omissions; provide for the collection, use and disclosure of criminal history information or information to foreign countries; provide for spending authority for third country reception arrangements; and make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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