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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

• Parliamentary Privileges Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
  TYRRELL, Sen Tammy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

  to implement a recommendation of the interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to allow a royal commission, whose terms of reference require an examination of government, to analyse and draw inferences or conclusions from evidence that is subject to parliamentary privilege. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation (Salary) Regulations

  (now renamed to the

  Superannuation (CSS) Salary Regulations 1978

  ), with effect from 1 July 1986, to provide that individuals who were provided with rent-free housing on and after 1 July 1986 will not have the value of that housing included in their default superannuation salary. Also provides for an exemption to cover certain individuals. 

  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

• Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the

  Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces

  by amending the:

  Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

  (MoP(S) Act) to: require a notice of termination of employment to specify the ground or grounds that are relied on for the termination; and clarify that the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

  apply to staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act;

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to clarify that parliamentarians are officers of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Act; and

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  and

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  to clarify that staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act are Commonwealth employees for the purposes of the Acts. 

  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

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Improved Grants Reporting) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GALLAGHER, Sen Katy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to provide for reporting and tabling requirements for certain grants which have been approved by a minister based on an application which an official has recommended should be rejected or does not meet relevant selection criteria or which have been approved by a minister, who is a member of the House of Representatives, for a grantee in their electorate. 

  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