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• Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Export Control Bill 2019 to create a new framework for regulating the export of goods, including agricultural products and food, from Australian territory, the bill: repeals 19 Acts; makes consequential amendments to nine Acts; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Control Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019, the bill streamlines and consolidates existing legislation to create a new framework for regulating the export of goods, including agricultural products and food, from Australian territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: increase the combined Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) loan limit to $152 700 for students undertaking eligible aviation courses with approved providers on or after 1 January 2020; enable the minister to determine the aviation courses for which the higher HELP loan limit will apply; reduce indexation on a person’s outstanding accumulated HELP debt while they are teaching in a school in a very remote location of Australia; and provide for all or part of a person’s HELP debt associated with their initial teacher education course to be remitted after they have undertaken an equivalent of four years’ full time work in a very remote location of Australia; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Act 2018

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to allow the Department of Human Services restricted access to higher education data and VET student loans data in order to administer student benefits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement a tuition protection model for students participating in the VET Student Loans program and for higher education students accessing FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP assistance at a private education provider or TAFE, the bill amends the:

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide for the administration of each sector by a Tuition Protection Director with specific functions; provide for each sector to be supported by a separate Tuition Protection Fund Advisory Board; require non-exempt providers to contribute annual levies, commensurate with their size and risk; establish two special accounts (the VET Student Loans Tuition Protection Fund and the HELP Tuition Protection Fund); provide assistance to students who may complete their studies with another provider or may have their loan balance re-credited for units of study commenced but not completed due to the provider’s default; and impose certain obligations on default providers and replacement providers;

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to enable the secretary to refuse to revoke an approval on request if certain compliance action is being taken; and

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Emergency Response Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019, the bill: makes consequential amendments to six Acts to support the establishment of the Emergency Response Fund; provides for transitional arrangements; and repeals the

  Nation-building funds Act 2008

  to abolish the Education Investment Fund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Emergency Response Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019, the bill uses uncommitted funds from the Education Investment Fund to establish the Emergency Response Fund (comprised of the Emergency Response Fund Special Account and the investments of the Emergency Response Fund) as a dedicated investment vehicle to provide an additional funding source for future emergency response and natural disaster recovery. Also establishes the Home Affairs Emergency Response Fund Special Account. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Heritage Listing for the Bight) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to grant National Heritage status to the Great Australian Bight. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Control Amendment (Banning Cotton Exports to Ensure Water Security) Bill 2019 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Control Act 1982

  to prohibit the export of cotton grown in Australia three years from the day the provisions of the bill commence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Supporting Craft Brewers) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to extend concessional rates of excise to brewers that supply draught beer in kegs or other containers that have a capacity of eight litres or more that are designed for use with a pressurised gas delivery system or pump delivery system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to expand the ability of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation to finance infrastructure projects by increasing its callable capital and granting it a new overseas infrastructure financing power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum