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• Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to disclose information to a non-corporate Commonwealth entity that is responsible for enforcing one or more laws of the Commonwealth;

  Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010

  to allow the Australian information Commissioner to delegate certain functions or powers; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to: expand the Australian Information Commissioner's enforcement and information sharing powers; and increase penalties for serious or repeated interferences with privacy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Implements certain 'Your Future, Your Super' reforms by amending the:

  Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004

  to: remove the existing choice of fund provisions; enable the Commonwealth to make employer superannuation contributions for new parliamentarians to a chosen, stapled or default fund in various circumstances; and provide for the determination of a default fund for parliamentarians if an existing default fund is unable to accept new members due to failing the annual performance test for MySuper products for two consecutive years;

  Superannuation Act 2005

  to provide for the determination of an alternative default fund for Australian Public Service employees if the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan is unable to accept new members due to failing the annual performance test for MySuper products for two consecutive years;

  Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011

  and

  Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to enable the Commonwealth to make employer superannuation contributions for judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to a chosen, stapled or default fund in various circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy (COVID Check-in Data) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Prevents Commonwealth, state or territory authorities from using or providing COVID-19 check in data for law enforcement purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protecting Pensioners from the Cashless Debit Card Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HILL, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide that the cashless debit card regime sunsets on 31 January 2022; require the minister to prepare a local services and jobs plan in conjunction with communities where the cashless debit card regime is in operation; and require the minister to publish the full cost to the Commonwealth of the operation of the cashless debit card regime, all contracts between the Commonwealth and Indue Ltd and all documents relating to the Cashless Debit Card Technology Working Group. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (COVID-19 Work Test) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to provide that a person in receipt of a COVID-19 Australian Government payment or the COVID-19 disaster payment will be considered to be performing qualifying work for the purpose of the paid parental leave work test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: continue the pause on the indexation of private health insurance income thresholds used in determining the tier for the private health insurance rebate and the Medicare levy surcharge for a further two years; and adjust the formula for recommencement of indexation at the current income thresholds from 1 July 2023. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Age of Dependants) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: change the maximum allowable age for people to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent from up to 24 years of age to up to 31 years of age; and enable people with a disability, regardless of their age, to be covered under a family private health insurance policy as a dependent;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to enable private health insurers to cover older dependent people; and

  Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015

  to substitute the term of dependent persons for dependent children. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Sustainable Procurement Principles) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to: include a definition of 'sustainable procurement principles'; create a duty for Commonwealth entities to ensure procurement of recycled goods and consideration of sustainable procurement principles when making procurement and purchasing decisions; and require the minister to consider sustainable procurement principles when drafting new procurement instruments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 2020 in response to the Federal Court's decision in

  Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation

  [2019] FCA 1849, the bill amends the

  Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000

  to amend the definition of 'oils' to apply only to lubricant oils, fluid oils and other oils and greases manufactured from base oils. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Times Reporting (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020, the bill amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner of Taxation to disclose certain tax information to the Payment Times Reporting Regulator for the purposes of administering the Payment Times Reporting Scheme; and

  Payment Times Reporting Act 2020

  , when enacted, to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum