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• Nature Repair Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, the bill creates a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 to create a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to: provide for the use and disclosure of protected information; provide for the minister to consult with the biodiversity minister before giving a direction about the Clean Energy Regulator’s powers and functions; amend the functions of the regulator to include functions conferred on it by a biodiversity law; include additional requirements for a person to be appointed as a member of the regulator; and provide for the delegation of the regulator’s functions and powers; and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to: provide that the minister may determine requirements for the conduct of audits by registered greenhouse and energy auditors; and provide for a register of greenhouse and energy auditors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Strengthening Quality and Integrity in Vocational Education and Training No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  in relation to: the automatic lapse of a registered training organisation (RTO); preventing an RTO from adding new courses to its scope of registration in the first 2 years of registration; increasing the period within which the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator can conduct an internal review of decisions; the order of initial applications for registration; suspension of applications for registration; offence and civil penalty provisions for false and misleading representations made by RTOs; and an increase in penalty units; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011

  to provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Data Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  to: support data collection and arrangements in relation to the use and disclosure of vocational education training data; and enable the Ministerial Council to delegate certain powers in relation to data provision requirements; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011

  to include transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 3) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  in relation to: the framework for security assessments; and security vetting and security clearance related activities;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  and 10 other Acts in relation to: the protection of the identities of Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Australian Signals Directorate and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation staff; and the protection of intelligence information and documents; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  in relation to authorisation processes for certain intelligence activities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to prohibit the conferral of certain powers of the Attorney-General upon another minister;

  Law Officers Act 1964

  to remove the ability of the Attorney-General to delegate certain powers;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide defences for four offences relating to tampering or interfering with telecommunications carrier facilities, unauthorised modification of data and unauthorised impairment of electronic communications;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: amend the membership of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; and provide that the minister may direct the Australian Secret Intelligence Service to undertake activities of a specific or general nature, or by way of a class or classes;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to use, record and disclose spent convictions information;

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  to provide annual reporting requirements in relation to public interest disclosures received by, and complaints made to, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS);

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to remove six intelligence agencies from the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s jurisdiction;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to remove the exemption for documents relating to the non-intelligence functions of the Australian Hydrographic Office;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  and

  Archives Act 1983

  to require proceedings in relation to security records under the

  Archives Act 1983

  to be heard in the Security Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT); and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Archives Act 1983

  to provide that the IGIS is obliged to provide evidence in proceedings only where the material in the proceedings relates to agencies the IGIS oversees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018

  to: amend existing processes and concepts relating to review of determinations, treatment of serious criminal convictions and applications by persons in gaol, and the disclosure of protected information; make technical amendments; and provide for the reassessment of determinations on certain finalised applications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation as a corporate Commonwealth entity to invest in projects in priority areas of the Australian economy through the provision of financial accommodation and the acquisition of equity interests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry to provide access to information about occupational respiratory diseases and support the identification of industries, occupations, job tasks and workplaces where there is a risk of exposure to respiratory disease-causing agents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exempt protected information included in the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry from disclosure under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum