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• Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017, the bill establishes a mandatory reporting regime to enable the production of statistics on petroleum, other fuels such as biofuels, and fuel-related products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to remove the requirement for the Indigenous Business Australia’s corporate plan to be tabled;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005

  to enable the appropriate consenting authority to waive the exercise of its statutory consent power by providing written notice;

  Auditor-General Act 1997

  to align the annual reporting requirements of the Auditor-General with his or her responsibility to the Parliament; and

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: enable commissioners to compel the provision of a written statement; increase the penalty for failure to comply with a summons or notice to produce; replace references to penalties expressed as a number of dollars with penalties expressed as a number of penalty units; and enable the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to be given custody of Royal Commission records by regulation. Also repeals the

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978

  and

  Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991

  ; and amends the

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1983

  to make amendments consequential on the repeal of those Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to: enable statutory research and development corporations to undertake marketing activities funded by voluntary contributions; remove the requirement that the corporations can undertake marketing only where a marketing levy is attached to the corporation; and enable corporations to undertake incidental activities such as consulting about, or planning, marketing activities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• People of Australia’s Commission of Inquiry (Banking and Financial Services) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into unethical, unlawful and improper conduct in the banking, financial services and related sectors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities Amendment (PPS Leases) Bill 2017

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  Date

  01 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to: extend the minimum duration of personal property securities (PPS) leases from more than one year to more than two years; and provide that leases of an indefinite term will not be deemed to be PPS leases unless and until they run for a period of more than two years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment (Ending the Rorts) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to: require parliamentarians, when claiming travel benefits, to provide details of business undertaken while travelling; provide for an annual audit of parliamentarians’ travel; provide for an audit of all parliamentarians’ travel from 8 September 2013 to date; and require the audit body to report possible offences in relation to the travel claims or benefits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Polar Code) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to implement amendments to Annexes I, II, IV and V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships to restrict the discharge of oil, noxious liquid substances, sewage and garbage from certain ships operating in polar waters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

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  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to: amend the short title of the Act to the

  Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002

  ; impose certain limits on access to the parliamentary retirement travel entitlement; reduce the number of trips available under the entitlement; remove the ability of spouses or de facto partners (other than those of a former prime minister) to access the entitlement; reduce the entitlement of spouses or de facto partners of a former prime minister; and require that all travel under the entitlement be subject to a public benefit test;

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to: apply a 25 per cent loading to any adjustment to a prescribed travel benefit; and limit the domestic travel entitlement of dependent children of senior officers to those under 18 years of age; and

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  and

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to enable the recovery of payments made which are beyond the entitlement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to provide that the rate of passenger movement charge of $60 to apply from 1 July 2017 will not increase for a minimum period of five years from that date. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s

  Advisory report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014

  and the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report

  For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice

  by amending the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to require agencies, organisations and certain other entities to provide notice to the Australian Information Commissioner and affected individuals of an eligible data breach. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum