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• Aged Care Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Responds to certain recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Final Report of the Aged Care Taskforce by establishing a new framework for the delivery of funded aged care services to individuals under the Commonwealth aged care system, including providing for: a Statement of Rights for individuals and a Statement of Principles for government agencies and bodies; requirements for an individual to access funded aged care services; mechanisms for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner to consider and decide on applications for registration as a provider and applications for approval of a residential care home; arrangements for funding of aged care services; governance arrangements for the broader aged care system; regulatory mechanisms; the use and disclosure of information, and establishment of a First Nations Aged Care Commissioner. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: impose obligations on digital communications platform providers in relation to the dissemination of content on a digital communications platform that contains information that is reasonably verifiable as false, misleading or deceptive, and is reasonably likely to cause or contribute to serious harm of a specified type (misinformation and disinformation); expand the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s compliance and enforcement powers in relation to misinformation and disinformation; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 3 other Acts; and amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make an amendment contingent on the commencement of the

  Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: strengthen existing offences for urging force or violence and create new offences for threatening force or violence against targeted groups and members of groups; and expand the list of groups protected by the public display of prohibited hate symbols offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill imposes charges to recover the cost of providing services that benefit groups of Guarantee of Origin scheme participants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  and

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Guarantee of Origin scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill: establishes the voluntary Guarantee of Origin scheme to certify renewable electricity and products such as hydrogen; and provides for the creation of certificates that contain information about the attributes of the renewable electricity or product that they represent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Privacy Act 1988

  and 7 other Acts to introduce a range of measures to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information, including expanding the Information Commissioner’s powers, facilitating information sharing in emergency situations or following eligible data breaches, requiring the development of a Children’s Online Privacy Code, providing protections for overseas disclosures of personal information, introducing new civil penalties, and increasing transparency about automated decisions which use personal information;

  Privacy Act 1988

  to introduce a statutory tort to provide redress for serious invasions of privacy; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to introduce criminal offences targeting the release of personal data using a carriage service in a manner that would be menacing or harassing (known as ‘doxxing’). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2024 Tax and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: modify the foreign resident capital gains withholding payments regime to increase the withholding rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent and remove the threshold before which withholding applies; allow employers to make single touch payroll declarations for extended periods; and provide the Commissioner of Taxation with a power to retain tax refunds for a 90-day period to enable the commissioner to obtain financial institution details for the refund to be paid into; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend the time in which small or medium business taxpayers may apply to have a tax assessment amended. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Establishes the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers Special Account to make grants of financial assistance to support remuneration increases for workers in the early childhood education and care sector. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: extend the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime to additional services that are recognised by the Financial Action Task Force as posing high money laundering and terrorism financing risks; reframe and clarify the AML/CTF program and customer due diligence obligations; enable the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre to require the disclosure of information and conduct examinations; and update the AML/CTF regime to reflect changing business structures, technologies and illicit financing methodologies; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential or contingent amendments to 10 other Acts; and repeals the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Expansion) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Implements the

  Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

  by amending the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to provide a free rate of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom that will incrementally reduce to free; and provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate that applied before the commencement of the protocol for certain products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to establish the National Student Ombudsman as a new statutory function of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to deal with complaints about, and conduct investigations into, actions of higher education providers. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and 3 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  DANIEL, Zoe, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: prohibit the broadcasting of gambling advertisements on certain television and radio broadcasting services; and prohibit the provision of gambling advertisements on certain online content services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Integrity and Reducing Building Costs) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  DUTTON, Peter, MP 

  Summary

  Re-establishes the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Removing Criminals from Worksites) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  DUTTON, Peter, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: expand the circumstances in which a person may be automatically disqualified from office and make it a criminal offence for a person who is disqualified from holding office in a registered organisation to continue to hold office or act in a manner that would significantly influence the organisation; provide for a disqualification scheme that allows the Federal Court to disqualify an official from holding office in certain circumstances; expand the grounds for the cancellation of registration of organisations by the Federal Court; and enable the Federal Court to make orders instead of cancellation of registration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Limits on Immigration Detention) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  TINK, Kylea, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: prohibit the detention of minors; and introduce a 90-day limit on immigration detention which can only be extended if the minister decides that, having regard to principles of international law, an extended period of detention is necessary as a last resort and is reasonable and proportionate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and 4 other Acts providing students with income contingent loans to provide that the calculation of a person’s loan or debt will take into account changes in the consumer price index or the wage price index; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to require higher education providers to allocate a minimum of 40 per cent of their student services and amenities fees revenue to student-led organisations; rename enabling courses ‘FEE-FREE Uni Ready Courses’ for students in Commonwealth supported places and establish a Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding cluster for these courses; facilitate the establishment of a grant for eligible domestic students undertaking mandatory placements in identified priority areas (the Commonwealth Prac Payment); add Adelaide University to the list of Table A providers to reflect the merger of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia; and provide a power for the minister to make transitional rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening Sponsorship and Nomination Processes) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish a framework for a new temporary skilled worker visa, the Skills in Demand visa; and establish a public register of approved sponsors who have nominated skilled workers for entry to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: consolidate compensation and rehabilitation entitlements; amend various allowance and support schemes; and standardise the merits review pathway for veterans’ entitlements decisions;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to consolidate the Repatriation Commission and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to transfer provisions relating to the Repatriation Medical Authority and the Specialist Medical Review Council;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to change the disability compensation cessation date; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  to include application and transitional provisions. Also makes consequential amendments to 30 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ban on Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to ban the broadcast, datacast and publication of licensed interactive wagering services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  TINK, Kylea, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for a National Housing and Homelessness Plan; establishes the National Housing Consumer Council to provide advice on the plan from the perspective of consumers; and establishes a National Housing and Homelessness Advocate to independently monitor the progress of the plan and to undertake reviews into systemic housing issues. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  LEESER, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a commission of inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  GEE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Requires businesses to accept cash payments for certain transactions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes and Online Safety Legislation Amendment (Combatting Online Notoriety) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  COLEMAN, David, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert an offence provision relating to the posting of harmful material to increase notoriety;

  Online Safety Act 2021

  to expand the powers of the eSafety Commissioner to include administering a complaints system for criminal activity material; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable a court to make an order directing a person to cease using certain online services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair and Transparent Elections) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  CHANEY, Kate, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  in relation to: lowering the disclosure threshold to $1,000; real-time disclosure of donations; prohibiting misleading or deceptive electoral or referendum matter; broadening the definition of gift; funding disclosure requirements; introduction of a major-donor donation cap; prohibiting certain political donations; limiting pre-election government advertising; and postal vote processes; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to provide that registered independent candidates are treated the same as political parties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum