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• Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral 1918

  to change the method for determining the number of House of Representatives members for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Risk Screening Protections) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide that: family risk screening information is confidential and cannot be disclosed except in limited circumstances; family safety risk information is inadmissible in court, except in limited circumstances; and court workers (such as registrars and family counsellors) have immunity when involved in family risk screening procedures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Consumer Law—Country of Origin Representations) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to enable regulations to prescribe processes which will be deemed to satisfy the definition of 'substantially transformed' for the purposes of the country of origin provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: clarify the interaction between federal, state and territory electoral funding and disclosure regimes following the High Court decision in

  Spence v Queensland

  [2019] HCA 15; make technical amendments in relation to entity registration and public election funding rules; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to extend the electronically assisted voting method to Australians working in Antarctica. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  in relation to: registration requirements, conditions and decision timings relating to National VET Regulator (NVR) registered training organisations (NVR RTOs); notification requirements for NVR RTOs in relation to changes to the operation of an NVR RTO or events likely to significantly affect an NVR RTO's ability to comply with the VET Quality Framework; reviewable decisions made by the delegate of the NVR; compliance standards and conditions for accredited courses; preparation and publication of audit reports by the NVR; electronic sharing and publication of information authorised by the NVR; information that the NVR is required to enter on the National Register; the NVR's powers to request documents in electronic form, use of enforceable undertakings and to allow for regulatory decisions to be stayed while under reconsideration; cancellation of VET qualifications and statements of attainment; the minister’s powers to issue directions to, and determine certain fees charged by, the NVR; certain offence provisions relating to the delivery of a VET course; processes for the appointment of acting Commissioners, the Deputy Chief Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner of the NVR; and the NVR's annual operational and corporate plans; and to make a number of technical amendments; and

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

  to provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006

  ,

  Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006

  ,

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and six other Acts to: transfer certain aged care regulatory functions and powers from the Secretary of the Department of Health to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner in relation to the approval, monitoring and enforcement of regulatory compliance of providers of aged care; and provide for the reconsideration and review of decisions in relation to the new functions of the commissioner. Also provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to expand eligibility for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme to current and former members of the Australian Defence Force who have at least one day of continuous full-time service, including reservists and peacekeepers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ANL Legislation Repeal Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  ANL Act 1956

  and

  ANL Guarantee Act 1994

  to: remove restrictions on the use of ‘protected names’ relating to the former Commonwealth-owned shipping line ANL Limited; and remove outdated and unnecessary legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Aug 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: expand the existing presumption against bail and parole for persons charged or convicted of a terrorism offence to include persons being considered for bail for a further federal offence, persons the subject of a control order and persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activity; and make it explicit that the best interests of a child must be considered as a primary consideration by the relevant decision maker at the key points in the criminal justice processes of bail, sentencing and parole; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand eligibility for the continuing detention order (CDO) scheme by ensuring that terrorist offenders who are currently serving a period of imprisonment for a terrorism offence and another offence remain eligible for consideration for a CDO at the conclusion of their term of imprisonment; and amend the information disclosure obligations in relation to sensitive national security information in CDO applications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Establishes an independent Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports to oversee the Department of Agriculture in its role as the regulator of Australia’s live-stock exports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum