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• Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to: streamline the process for calling out members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves, including for the purposes of responding to natural disasters or emergencies; and provide ADF members, other Defence personnel and members of foreign forces with immunity from criminal or civil liability in certain cases while performing duties to support civil emergency and disaster preparedness, recovery and response;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to ensure that Reserve members who are subject to a Reserve Call Out Order will continue to receive the existing protections; and

  Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015

  ,

  Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015

  and

  Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991

  to ensure that Reserve members rendering continuous full-time service will receive the same entitlement to superannuation and related benefits regardless of whether it was voluntary or not. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021

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  Date

  12 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: expand the operation of the disciplinary infringement scheme to provide a means of dealing with minor breaches of military discipline; remove the subordinate summary authority and correct a number of anomalies with regard to the respective jurisdiction of discipline officers and summary authorities, and between the different types of summary authority, in relation to the type of breach of military discipline, the rank of defence members with which each can deal, and the powers and punishments available to each level of authority; establish new service offences for failure to perform duty or carry out an activity, cyber-bullying, failure to comply with removal order (in relation to material on social media that constitutes cyber-bullying) and failure to comply with requirement to notify change in circumstances (in relation to the receipt of a benefit or allowance); and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Online Safety Act 2021

  ; and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to permit the use of the Australian Defence Force to protect States and Territories in response to domestic security and violence situations and to protect Commonwealth interests where State and Territory jurisdictions do not apply. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Air Force Act 1923

  ,

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2000

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  Date

  28 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017

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  Date

  29 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable a policy framework to broaden and expand the conditions under which a positive test result of prohibited substances must be disregarded;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to: extend the application of employment, partnership and education protections to all types of Reserve service; extend the application of financial liability and bankruptcy protections to full time service that is operational service; protect reservists in the workplace from harassment or detriment including victimisation relating to their status or service as a reservist; and introduce a civil penalty regime to complement existing criminal offences;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  and the proposed

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  ;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  ,

  Navigation Act 2012

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to transfer hydrographic, meteorological and oceanographic functions from the Royal Australian Navy to the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation; and

  Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015

  to: align certain provisions with other military superannuation schemes; and clarify the definition of an eligible child of a member or invalid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Geneva Conventions Act 1957

  to establish a third universal emblem, the 'Red Crystal', for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to ensure the emblem is covered by existing offence provisions relating to the improper use of emblems of the Geneva Conventions;

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable the making of regulations to provide medical and dental treatment (including pharmaceuticals) to an Australian Defence Force member or cadet or their family; and

  Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952

  to: provide that the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap is a special defence undertaking and a prohibited area; clarify that the Defence power is not the only constitutional basis relied upon to support the Act; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation (Enhancement of Military Justice) Bill 2015

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  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: clarify the character and status of service convictions for Commonwealth purposes; remove provisions in respect of the trial of offences under the law prior to the Act; create services offences of ‘assault occasioning actual bodily harm’ and ‘unauthorised use of a Commonwealth credit card’; clarify the elements of the service offence of ‘commanding or ordering a service offence to be committed’; replace the power to issue recognisance release orders with a system of fixing non-parole periods; replace dollar amounts as maximum fines with a penalty units system; and make technical amendments;

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to recognise the office of the Director of Defence Counsel Services; and

  Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009

  to extend the appointment, remuneration and entitlement arrangements of the current Chief Judge Advocate and the full-time Judge Advocate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Housing Authority Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review) and the recommendations of an interdepartmental committee, the bill amends the

  Defence Housing Authority Act 1987

  to: rename the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) as Defence Housing Australia; reduce the size of the Board and create an advisory committee; expand the scope of the services DHA can provide and enable it to expand operations to include the provision of services to other Commonwealth agencies; remove DHA’s exemption from Commonwealth taxation and require it to make State and Territory tax equivalent payments to the Commonwealth; and remove outdated provisions. Also amends the

  Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990

  and

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to reflect the name change to Defence Housing Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, the bill establishes a home ownership assistance scheme to provide a home loan interest subsidy to eligible members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who are serving on or after 1 July 2008. Also provides transitional eligibility for certain ADF members under existing home loan subsidy schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum