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on the use of ‘protected names’ relating to the former Commonwealth-owned shipping line ANL Limited; and remove outdated and unnecessary legislation.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

• 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

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to implement certain recommendations of the

  Review of the impact of the TEQSA Act on the higher education sector

  by: removing references to specific categories of non-threshold standards; removing unnecessary references to 'the Research Minister' and requiring that advice on new standards need only be sought from that minister in certain circumstances; requiring TEQSA to advise the minister and the Higher Education Standards Panel (the panel) before it undertakes a quality review that could have certain impacts; providing that overseas universities can offer a course of study not wholly or mainly provided from Australian premises, and use the word 'university' to represent its operations, without committing an offence; providing that a quorum for TEQSA meetings is a majority of commissioners; expanding the skill set that the minister must ensure is encompassed by the panel members; expanding the functions of the panel; providing a consent-based exception to the offence of unauthorised disclosure or use of information; allowing TEQSA to disclose certain higher education and personal information to the minister, the secretary and relevant officers; and allowing TEQSA to disclose information for research purposes and to a complainant in relation to a complaint without the consent of the body to which the information applies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  The bill: provides a general recognition of veterans and their families; sets out the Australian Defence Force Covenant; provides statements that veterans’ affairs portfolio legislation will be interpreted with a beneficial intention and that the Commonwealth is committed to working cooperatively with veterans, their families and ex-service organisations to address issues facing veterans; and provides that the Commonwealth may issue pins, cards and other artefacts to veterans and their family members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to require the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, in developing and promulgating aviation safety standards, to take into consideration the impacts of costs and the relative risk environment of the different aviation industry sectors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Bonded Medical Programs Reform) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to introduce a statutory scheme (the Bonded Medical Program) which consolidates the existing Bonded Medical Places and Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship schemes under a single legislative framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  National Disability Insurance Scheme 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  to establish a database for nationally consistent worker screening for people who provide NDIS supports and services through a registered NDIS provider. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families and Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008

  to: expand and clarify the object of the National Rental Affordability Scheme; expressly identify the constitutional powers being relied upon and giving the Act operation within the scope of those constitutional powers; and expand and clarify the power to make regulations under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

  and

  Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018

  to postpone the commencement of the substantive provisions of these Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and Farm Household Support Minister’s Rule 2014 to: increase access to the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) program for eligible farmers and their partners to four years in every specified ten year period; and broaden the circumstances in which the off-farm income offset can be applied and increase the upper limit of the offset from $80 000 to $100 000; and

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide for a one-off lump sum payment of $7500 (single recipient) or $6500 (members of a couple) for FHA recipients who have been payable for 1460 days of payment by 30 June 2020; and provide the minister with a power to determine who may qualify for, and the amount of, future relief payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum