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• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 1), (No. 3) and (No. 5)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 2), (No. 4) and (No. 6)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (Parliamentary Departments)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends four Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to: clarify the use and management of public resources and the capacity of an accountable authority to issue instructions on resource management and governance matters within entities; require Commonwealth entities to provide annual reports to the relevant minister by the 15th day of the fourth month after the reporting period; clarify the nature of certain legislative instruments and enable the Finance Minister to make other instruments that are not subject to disallowance; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Establishes a system of governance and accountability across Commonwealth entities by: establishing a uniform set of duties for accountable authorities; establishing a uniform set of duties for all officials who use or manage public resources; establishing a comprehensive and uniform reporting framework including requiring the development of corporate plans; placing a duty on entities to establish appropriate systems of risk oversight and management (earned autonomy); enabling Commonwealth entities to partner with the states, territories and not-for-profit sector; and clarifying the Finance Minister’s role in relation to the financial framework. Also requires the minister in consultation with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to cause an independent review of the operation of the Act after three years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, the bill: repeals the

  Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992

  and

  Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011

  ; and makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill consolidates the existing tobacco control framework and introduces new measures to regulate the advertising and presentation of tobacco and e-cigarette (vaping) products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  Further to the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  to: provide that 'personal work-related conduct' does not fall within the public interest disclosure (PID) scheme; amend the process for authorised officers' handling and allocation of disclosures, and principal officers' investigation of disclosures; expand the scope of protections for disclosers and availability of civil remedies for reprisal action taken against a person who has made, or may make, a PID; remove the general secrecy offence; clarify the roles of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security in receiving and investigating complaints about the handling of a disclosure by an agency; establish a procedure for handling disclosures where there is a machinery of government change; amend the definitions of 'agencies', 'public officials' and 'principal officers'; exclude grant recipients from the application of the Act; provide for a review of the Act five years after the commencement of the amendments in the bill; and make minor amendments; and

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022

  ,

  National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2022

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation enacted in November 2022. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a framework to encourage and facilitate reporting of wrongdoing by public officials in the Commonwealth public sector; ensures that Commonwealth agencies properly investigate and respond to public interest disclosures; provides protections to public officials who make qualifying public interest disclosures; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act after two years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum