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• Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Human Right Commission Act 1986

  ,

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  ,

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: establish a merit based and publicly advertised appointment process for members of the Australian Human Rights Commission (including the President); and provide that the total term of appointment, including any reappointments, for members of the commission must not exceed seven years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change Bill 2022, the bill makes consequential amendments to 14 Acts to incorporate Australia's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under the Paris Agreement into legislation for relevant Commonwealth entities and schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022, the bill: outlines Australia's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of a 43% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero by 2050; requires the minister to prepare and table an annual climate change statement; requires the Climate Change Authority to give the minister advice in relation to the annual statement and future greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; and provides for periodic reviews of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022, the bill repeals the

  National Skills Commissioner Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022, the bill establishes Jobs and Skills Australia, as a statutory body within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, to provide advice and collect, analyse, share and publish data and other information on Australia's current and emerging labour market and its current, emerging and future skills and training needs and priorities (including in relation to apprenticeships), and the adequacy of the Australian system for providing vocational education and training (including training outcomes). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment (Incapacity Payments) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to: enable veterans engaged in an approved rehabilitation program and undertaking full-time study to continue to receive incapacity payments at 100 per cent of their normal weekly earnings for an additional year, to 1 July 2023; and enable back-payments for student veterans who should have been eligible for the higher rate of payment to cover the period from 1 July 2022 until the Act's commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the cashless welfare arrangements (also known as the cashless debit card or CDC program) and provide for certain exiting program participants to enter alternative income management arrangements, including on a voluntary basis; and

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

  ,

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  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

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card income test limits to $90 000 a year for a single person and $144 000 a year for couples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide an income tax exemption for certain recovery grants made to small businesses and primary producers impacted by Cyclone Seroja in April 2021;

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Act 2018

  to facilitate the closure and transitional arrangements associated with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) replacing the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT);

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and its wholly owned subsidiary established for the purpose of delivering the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 12 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum