Search all bills

TOTAL RESULTS: 473

• Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide for an additional approval requirement for enterprise agreements that are not greenfields agreements; require the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to have regard to a range of non-exhaustive factors to guide its assessment of whether an applicant for a protected action ballot order is genuinely trying to reach an agreement; and provide that the FWC must not make a protected action ballot order when it is satisfied that the claims of an applicant are manifestly excessive or would have a significant adverse impact on workplace productivity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Courts Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to provide an arrester with the power to use reasonable force to enter premises to execute an arrest warrant;

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to: confer jurisdiction on the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (the Court) in relation to tenancy disputes; enable additional jurisdiction in relation to tenancy disputes to which the Commonwealth is a party to be conferred on the Court by delegated legislation; and enable delegated legislation to be made to modify the applicable state and territory law where appropriate, and to clarify the jurisdiction and enforcement of an exercise of that jurisdiction; and

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and the

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the: Freedom of Information Act 1982 to provide for: the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to have sole jurisdiction for external merits review of freedom of information (FOI) decisions; the Attorney-General to be responsible for FOI guidelines, collection of FOI statistics and the annual report on the operation of the Act; and the Ombudsman to have sole responsibility for the investigation of FOI complaints; and Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 and Privacy Act 1988 to provide for an Australian Privacy Commissioner as an independent statutory officer holder within the Australian Human Rights Commission. Also repeals the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 to abolish the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; and makes consequential amendments to 22 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Entitlements Guarantee Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012

  to cap the maximum amount of redundancy pay entitlement available under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme at 16 weeks; and make technical amendments to clarify the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to maintain the child care benefit income thresholds at the amounts applicable as at 30 June 2014 for three years from 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: establish the Registered Organisations Commission and provide it with investigation and information gathering powers to monitor and regulate registered organisations; and provide for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner (who will assume the investigations, enforcement advice and assistance responsibilities in relation to registered organisations currently undertaken by the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission); and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: amend the requirements on officers’ disclosure of material personal interests and change grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for office; increase financial accounting and disclosure obligations for registered organisations and their officers; and increase civil penalties and introduce criminal offences for serious breaches of officers’ duties and new offences in relation to the conduct of investigations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the:

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to provide that the same indexed rate is used for determining the amount of excise or excise-equivalent customs duty payable on the fuel and the amount of the fuel tax credit; proposed

  Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2014

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  ; and

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004 to make other consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill establishes the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account to make grants of financial assistance to the states and territories for expenditure in relation to road infrastructure investment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: maintain the indexation pause on the child care rebate limit at $7500 for three years from 1 July 2014; and maintain the child care benefit income thresholds at the amounts applicable as at 30 June 2014 for three years from 1 July 2014; and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Act 2011

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 15 bills to implement a three-year progressive budget repair levy, the bill amends the

  Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Act 1998

  to increase to 49 per cent the rate of family trust distribution tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum