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• Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill replaces the

  Disability Services Act 1986

  by establishing a framework for the funding and regulation of programs for the benefit of people with disability, and their families and carers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to enable the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and the Minister for the Environment and Water to perform their respective regulatory functions in relation to Australia’s acquisition and operation of conventionally-armed, nuclear powered submarines and their supporting infrastructure and facilities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008

  to: remove the post-separation timeframe for accessing the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme; reduce the qualifying service periods for initial access to the scheme and the minimum service periods for each subsidy tier; provide for subsidised borrowers to continue to access the scheme in circumstances where a genuine error, mistake or accident has occurred that would otherwise amount to a subsidy ceasing event; and provide a power to make and recover payments, including overpayments, which may occur in the administration of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

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

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend eligibility to veterans and their family members who are at risk of or in crisis, whether or not the veteran is participating in a rehabilitation program or has rendered warlike service; and expand the range of supports available to family members under the current family support package;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that acute support packages for veterans and their families are exempt from income tax; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that acute support packages for veterans and their families are not income for the purposes of the social security income test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: expand the operation of the disciplinary infringement scheme to provide a means of dealing with minor breaches of military discipline; remove the subordinate summary authority and correct a number of anomalies with regard to the respective jurisdiction of discipline officers and summary authorities, and between the different types of summary authority, in relation to the type of breach of military discipline, the rank of defence members with which each can deal, and the powers and punishments available to each level of authority; establish new service offences for failure to perform duty or carry out an activity, cyber-bullying, failure to comply with removal order (in relation to material on social media that constitutes cyber-bullying) and failure to comply with requirement to notify change in circumstances (in relation to the receipt of a benefit or allowance); and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Online Safety Act 2021

  ; and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to remove the lower eligibility age restriction of 2 years to allow eligible children from 0 years of age to access the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime MInister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 to implement a scheme to authorise and regulate access to Australian Government data, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  in relation to the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 to implement a scheme to authorise and regulate access to Australian Government data, the bill: authorises public sector data custodians to share data with accredited users in accordance with specific authorisations, purposes, principles and agreements; specifies the specific responsibilities imposed on data scheme entities; establishes and specifies the functions and powers of the National Data Commissioner as the regulator of the scheme; establishes and specifies the functions and membership of the National Data Advisory Council as an advisory body to the commissioner in relation to sharing and use of public sector data; and establishes the regulation and enforcement framework for the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Designs Act 2003

  to: implement recommendations of the former Advisory Council on Intellectual Property review of the designs system by: providing designers a 12-month grace period to apply for design protection after publishing or using their design to protect designers from losing their rights through inadvertent disclosure; introducing an infringement exemption for prior use; streamlining the initial steps for registering a design; correcting an anomaly to the innocent infringer defence where infringement occurs between filing and registration; providing exclusive licensees with legal standing to take infringement action through the courts; and extending the power of the Registrar of Designs to make directions about the forms of documents to 'approved forms' for designs; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to: streamline the process for calling out members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves, including for the purposes of responding to natural disasters or emergencies; and provide ADF members, other Defence personnel and members of foreign forces with immunity from criminal or civil liability in certain cases while performing duties to support civil emergency and disaster preparedness, recovery and response;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to ensure that Reserve members who are subject to a Reserve Call Out Order will continue to receive the existing protections; and

  Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015

  ,

  Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015

  and

  Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991

  to ensure that Reserve members rendering continuous full-time service will receive the same entitlement to superannuation and related benefits regardless of whether it was voluntary or not. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum