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• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Tax Transparency in Procurement and Grants) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to impose disclosure, consideration and reporting requirements on government agencies and Commonwealth entities entering into contracts with companies or providing grants to persons or companies that are, or have related entities, domiciled in prescribed tax havens. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protecting Australian Dairy Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine a base minimum price for milk for each dairy season; require the minister to refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the effectiveness of determining a base price for milk and the potential effectiveness of a divestiture regime for the dairy industry; and establish a mandatory industry code for the food and grocery industry, including the dairy industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Air Pollution) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Implements Australia’s obligations in relation to sulphur emissions from ships under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships by amending the

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

  to: enable ships to use non-compliant fuel from 1 January 2020 if they are fitted with a scrubber or other equivalent compliance methods to reduce sulphur from their emissions to below the prescribed limit; prohibit the carriage of high sulphur fuel for propulsion purposes on board a ship from 1 March 2020 (carriage ban); exempt naval and foreign government vessels from the application of the Act; and clarify obligations of fuel oil suppliers to verify fuel quality. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Work Test) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: enable the paid parental leave work test period for a pregnant woman in an unsafe job to be moved from the 13-month period prior to the birth of her child to the 13-month period before she had to cease work due to the hazards connected with her employment and the subsequent risk to her pregnancy; and extend the permissible break in the paid parental leave work test to enable parents to have a gap of up to 12 weeks between two working days and still meet the work test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Product Stewardship Amendment (Packaging and Plastics) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Product Stewardship Act 2011

  to: establish a mandatory product stewardship scheme for manufacturers, importers and distributors of consumer packaging and certain single-use plastics; and prescribe targets, prohibitions, design and labelling requirements, and financial contributions in relation to packaging and products identified under the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2019 to partially implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018), the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to remove references to the Joint Petroleum Development Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Post-election Report) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to change the deadline for publishing the post-election report of election commitments, which is prepared and published by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), from before the end of 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for a general election to the later of either 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for the general election to which the report relates or 7 days before the first sitting day of either or both Houses of the Parliament after the general election to which the report relates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2018 to partially implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018), the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to remove references to the Joint Petroleum Development Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Allowing Australians to Decide Who Comes Here) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ANNING, Sen Fraser 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election in relation to the level and composition of migration to Australia. 

  Bill

• Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BURSTON, Sen Brian 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund to investigate the establishment of an Australia Fund to provide support and reconstruction for rural and manufacturing industries in times of crisis, and review bankruptcy and insolvency laws in relation to businesses in times of crisis; provides for the functions, powers and procedures of the committee; provides for the tabling of the committee's report; and provides that the committee ceases to exist after it presents its final report. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum