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• Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

  to: implement Australia's obligations under the Basel Convention on the Control or Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal; apply the standard provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  and insert new audit powers; update existing criminal offences and introduce new strict liability offences and civil penalties to cover non-compliance relating to the export, import and transit of hazardous waste; increase penalties for offences relating to the export, import and transit of hazardous waste and introduce new aggravated offences where the non-compliance results in injury or damage to human beings or the environment; authorise information sharing between Commonwealth, state and territory governments; introduce recordkeeping requirements and information gathering powers to protect, use and disclose information; and replace the Hazardous Waste Technical Group with a requirement to consult with persons with appropriate expertise; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Mutual Recognition Act 1992

  to: introduce a uniform scheme of automatic mutual recognition (AMR) by enabling an individual who is registered for an occupation in their home state to carry on those activities in other states and territories; enable a state minister to exempt a registration in their state from being subject to AMR for a renewable period of up to five years because of a significant risk to consumer protection, the environment, animal welfare or the health or safety of workers or the public; and enable a state minister to exempt a registration in their state for a temporary period of six months after commencement of the Act, with an option to extend for a further period to 30 June 2022 if needed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001

  to: implement certain recommendations of the

  Independent Review of the Sydney Harbour Federal Trust

  by enabling the Harbour Trust to operate as an ongoing entity, amending processes relating to the appointment of members, increasing the threshold for ministerial approval of contracts to $5 million and providing for indexation of the threshold amount, and amending the processes for entering into long-term leases or licences; extend the existing regulation-making powers; establish compliance and enforcement powers; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions Amendment (Protection of Information) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: apply limitations on the use and disclosure of certain information provided by individuals to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability outside of a private session, where the commission indicated that it would be treated as confidential; enable certain members of a Royal Commission to make non-publication directions; and enable a Commonwealth Royal Commission, during the course of inquiring into a matter, to communicate information and evidence to a Royal Commission, or commission of inquiry, of a state or territory; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exempt certain information given to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability from the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to require a fund, authority or institution to be a registered charity or an Australian government agency, or be operated by a registered charity or an Australian government agency, to be entitled to a deductible gift recipient endorsement;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove the concessional tax treatment for offshore banking units (OBU); and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: remove the ability of the minister to issue determinations or declarations that a person or entity is an OBU; and remove the withholding tax exemption for OBUs for interest (including interest consisting of gold) paid on or after 1 January 2024. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Age of Dependants) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: change the maximum allowable age for people to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent from up to 24 years of age to up to 31 years of age; and enable people with a disability, regardless of their age, to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to enable private health insurers to cover older dependent people; and

  Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015

  to substitute the term of dependent persons for dependent children. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase, from 1 April 2021, the maximum basic rates of all working age social security payments by $50 per fortnight; extend, until 30 June 2021, the criteria for a person to qualify for youth allowance (other) or jobseeker payment in circumstances where the person is in quarantine or self-isolation or caring for a family member or household member in quarantine or self-isolation due to COVID-19; extend, until 30 June 2021, the portability period for certain age pensioners and recipients of the disability support pension unable to return to, or depart from, Australia within 26 weeks due to the impact of COVID-19; and permanently increase the ordinary income-free area for jobseeker payment, youth allowance (other), parenting payment partnered and related payments to $150 per fortnight. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Recreational Vessels Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019

  to extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Water and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016

  to: extend the investment time period of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) by five years to 30 June 2026; expand the functions of the NAIF to include the provision of financial assistance to projects that contribute to Northern Australia's economic and population growth; and amend certain governance and administrative processes of the NAIF. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Online Safety Bill 2021, the bill: repeals the

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  ; makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts; amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  and

  Online Safety Act 2021

  , when enacted, to make amendments contingent on the commencement of certain other Acts; and contains transitional and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum