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• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995

  to: remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations; remove the levy on the import of equipment that operates using ozone depleting substances; enable the minister to delegate the power to exempt a person from paying the levy; and make other minor amendments, including to update the drafting style. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

  to: remove the cap on the rate that levies can be set at and provide for the rate of levy to be prescribed by regulations; enable the minister to delegate the power to exempt a person from paying the levy; and make other minor amendments, including to update the drafting style. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Reform (Closing the Hole in the Ozone Layer) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2022 and Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

  in relation to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program by: imposing controls that are currently imposed through licence conditions, such as the ban on import of bulk gas in non-refillable containers; clarifying licence and exemptions requirements; increasing the time allowed for submitting reports and payment levies; adopting the standard provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  , including certain minor modifications; updating the offence and civil penalty provisions; introducing information gathering powers including the ability to issue a notice to produce; providing the option of licence suspension as an alternative to immediate cancellation of financial penalties; providing for an internal review mechanism for reviewable decisions; and allowing the use or disclosure of certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and provide a temporary increase of $4,000 to eligible age pensioners and veterans’ existing and initial unused concession balance until 30 June 2023, enabling eligible recipients to earn up to another $4,000 before the income test is applied and their payments affected. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement to exclude from tax within Australia payments and credits made to Indian residents by Australian customers for technical services provided remotely that are covered by the Agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to increase the maximum penalty applicable for anti-competitive behaviour and certain breaches of competition consumer law; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: establish a civil penalty regime prohibiting the use of, and reliance on, unfair contract terms in standard form contracts; and expand the class of contracts that are covered by the unfair contract terms. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the

  Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces

  by amending: the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: prohibit conduct that subjects another person to a workplace environment that is hostile on the ground of sex; introduce a positive duty on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate unlawful sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, as far as possible; state that an object of the Act is to achieve substantive equality between men and women; and amend the definition of harassment on the ground of sex to remove the reference to conduct of a 'seriously' demeaning nature; the

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: enable the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to monitor and assess compliance with the positive duty; provide the AHRC with a function to inquire into systemic unlawful discrimination; enable a representative body to progress a complaint on behalf of one or more affected persons from conciliation at the AHRC to application to the court; insert a cost protection provision; and amend one of the discretionary grounds on which a complaint may be terminated by the President of the AHRC; the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  to require Commonwealth public sector organisations to report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency on their gender equality indicators; five Acts to clarify that victimising conduct can form the basis of a civil action for unlawful discrimination in addition to a criminal complaint; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: provide families earning up to $80,000 a child care subsidy (CCS) rate of 90 per cent, and families earning over $80,000 a CCS rate that tapers down by one percentage point for each additional $5,000 of family income until it reaches zero per cent for families earning $350,000; and provide additional discretion to allow payment of CCS for absences in exceptional circumstances;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: expand existing financial reporting requirements to all types of approved child care providers; enable the publication of certain information received from large child care providers online; require child care providers to collect gap fees via electronic funds transfer; make good governance an eligibility requirement for provider approval; enable the secretary to specify the information an attendance report by a provider must contain; clarify the interactions with CCS where providers waive gap fees for families in prescribed events or circumstances; and extend the period for passing on fee reduction amounts to families in limited circumstances;

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Act 2021

  to remove the existing higher CCS for families with multiple children (due to commence from July 2023);

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide for a base level of 36 subsidised hours of child care per fortnight for First Nations children, regardless of activity levels; permit child care providers to offer a discount on child care fees to staff engaged as educators, without this affecting the amount of CCS payable for the educator; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Atomic Energy Act 1953

  to enable the minister to: grant a new rehabilitation authority to the mine operator of the Ranger Uranium Mine for the purpose of authorising rehabilitation, remediation and monitoring operations; vary the existing authority, including to extend the period in which it is in force for the purposes of the rehabilitation of the site; and declare that the relevant authority is no longer in force for areas of the site where rehabilitation requirements have been satisfied. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (AFP Powers and Other Matters) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the sunset dates for certain Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism powers from 7 December 2022 to 7 December 2023. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum