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• Federal Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Immunity) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to provide a judge of Division 2 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) with the same protection and immunity as a judge of Division 1 of the FCFCOA; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

  to: declare an international organisation of which Australia is not a member as an international organisation; confer privileges and immunities on categories of officials not prescribed in the Act where requested by an international organisation and agreed to by Australia; and provide greater flexibility to grant certain privileges and immunities to international organisations and connected persons. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Amendment (Administrative Changes) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012

  in relation to: registration requirements for customised greenhouse and energy minimum standards (GEMS) products; deemed compliance; exemptions from requirements of GEMS determinations; specifying product classes in GEMS determinations; requirements in GEMS determinations which have labelling requirements but do not set minimum standards for energy use; certain arrangements and references to the GEMS Regulator; grandfathering of compliant products; powers of the GEMS Regulator to extend the time to pay application fees; and clarification that one of the objects of the Act is to facilitate the operation of the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Legislative Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Women 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  to: require the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to publish gender pay gap information of relevant employers for each reporting period; rename the current 'minimum standards' as 'gender equality standards'; require relevant employers to provide executive summary and industry benchmark reports to all members of their governing body; include 'sexual harassment', 'harassment on the ground of sex' or 'discrimination' as gender equality indicators; change the title of the 'Director' of the WGEA to 'Chief Executive Officer'; and make a technical amendment to the definition of 'reporting period'. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Responds to the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in

  Pearson v Minister for Home Affairs

  [2022] FCAFC 203 by amending the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide a clear basis for aggregate sentences (that is, one sentence imposed in respect of more than one offence) to be taken into account in a consistent manner for all relevant purposes under the Act and the

  Migration Regulations 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Biosecurity) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to: enable the minister to determine certain biosecurity measures and requirements for individuals or classes of individuals who are entering Australian territory for the purposes of preventing a disease or pest that is considered to pose an unacceptable biosecurity threat, and establish civil penalty provisions for noncompliance; expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; provide for the use and disclosure of certain information, including protected information; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods and conveyances; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities and provide for additional annual reporting; and amend provisions relating to approved arrangements, administration, auditing and consideration of compensation claims. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Implements Australia's obligations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships by amending the:

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to: introduce controls for discharges of residues of noxious liquid substances known as 'persistent floaters' in northern European waters; and ban the use of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters;

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to extend controls on ship harmful anti-fouling systems to include the chemical biocide, cybutryne; and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to make minor technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: broaden the remit of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to make agreements with any person under review who acknowledges inappropriate practice (including bodies corporate); and introduce new sanctions for persons who fail to respond to a notice to produce documents to the Director of the PSR or to a PSR Committee, or fail to appear at hearings;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to provide for: the recovery of interest payable on certain debts; the application of administrative penalties to Shared Debt Recovery Scheme debts; the use of financial information gathering powers in debt recovery; Administrative Appeal Tribunal reviews where one or more garnishee notices are issued in relation to certain debts; and clarification of the Commonwealth's ability to recover debts from a person or the estate of a person. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation (Salary) Regulations

  (now renamed to the

  Superannuation (CSS) Salary Regulations 1978

  ), with effect from 1 July 1986, to provide that individuals who were provided with rent-free housing on and after 1 July 1986 will not have the value of that housing included in their default superannuation salary. Also provides for an exemption to cover certain individuals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Self-Employment Programs and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Regulations 1984

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify that the Acts operate in the same way in relation to payments under the Self-Employment Assistance program as payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum