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• Corporations Amendment (Improving Outcomes for Litigation Funding Participants) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Implements the government's response to the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry by amending the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: establish a new kind of managed investment scheme called a class action litigation funding scheme; and introduce additional requirements for the constitutions of managed investment schemes that are class action litigation funding schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Prohibition (Quit Coal) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to limit and prohibit the importation and exportation of thermal coal unless it is being used for research, analysis or display from 2030; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit the establishment of new coal mines or coal-fired power stations; prohibit the mining or burning of coal after 1 January 2030; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Disclosure of Political Donations) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: require registered political parties including state branches, individual political candidates, groups of political candidates or associated entities to: disclose all cumulative donations received equal or above $1000 (non-indexed) from the same person or entity on a quarterly basis to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC); and disclose all cumulative donations received equal or above the indexed AEC threshold ($14 500) from the same person or entity within five business days of receiving the donations; and require the Electoral Commissioner to publish all disclosures on the AEC Transparency Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Stop the Lies) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit misleading and deceptive political advertising during federal elections; prohibit political parties, candidates and campaigners from impersonating or passing off material as being from another candidate; and create a complaints process through the Australian Electoral Commissioner who may order a retraction of the statement or apology to the affected party. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Prohibits discrimination based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, statutory authorities, local governments, and private enterprises. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2021, the bill: repeals the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  ; and amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to require Commonwealth entities to consider the potential risks of climate change when performing functions, duties or exercising powers, and include this information in annual reports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021, the bill: sets a target of achieving net zero emissions by 31 December 2050; aims to reduce net accounting emissions by 60% on 2005 levels by 2030; establishes the Climate Change Commission and provides for its functions, powers, membership and staffing; prescribes a number of guiding principles to which decision makers under the Act must have regard; requires the commission to periodically complete a national climate change assessment (national assessment); requires the minister to prepare a national adaptation plan in response to each national assessment; requires the minister, by legislative instrument, to set an emissions budget for each prescribed emissions budget period; requires the minister to prepare an emissions reduction plan setting out the policies and strategies for meeting each emissions budget; ensures rural and regional Australia shares in the economic benefits from the transition to a net zero emissions economy; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation and provides for its powers, proceedings and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  to amend the short title of the Act to the

  Federation Reform Fund Act 2008

  ; the

  COAG Refund Fund Act 2008

  and eight other Acts to update references to the COAG Reform Fund with references to the Federation Reform Fund; 16 Acts to: update references to COAG with references to the First Ministers Council and define it as a body consisting only of, or including, the Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers; retain the term Ministerial Council, but amends its definition to a body that consists of the Minister of the Commonwealth and each State and Territory who is responsible for the relevant matter; or amend specific names of councils to the generic Ministerial Council term; and 17 Acts to confirm that where Commonwealth legislation makes provisions to protect from disclosure the deliberations and decisions of the Cabinet and its committees, these provisions apply to the deliberations and decisions of the National Cabinet. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: provide for the routine independent auditing of authorised electronic technology used at federal elections; and require voter identification for electors to vote in federal elections; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Australians 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

  in relation to: review of the operation of the Act every 7 years; powers and functions of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations; membership information, including applications, member contact details and electronic communication; subsidiaries and joint ventures; size classification criteria for corporations; meeting and reporting requirements; constitutions for, and officers of, corporations; related party transactions; power to exempt corporations from employee-director requirement; the appointment of independent directors; publication requirements; storage of information requirements; alignment of the Act with the Corporations Act; finalising processes; dealing with unclaimed property; external administration and deregistration; minor technical amendments; and review of financial reports; and

  Native Title Act 1993

  to make minor technical amendments in relation to the Native Title Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum