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• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: reduce the expenditure required by subscription television broadcasting licensees on new eligible drama expenditure from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; provide for subscription television captioning rules to be made by legislative instrument; remove the requirement that all frequency channels allotted or reserved in a digital radio channel plan be within the same frequency band; provide that a regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee does not breach a licence condition if it is only as a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) making a new licence area population determination; and extend the timeframe for the ACMA to make grants under the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund beyond 30 June 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that the Act does not require or authorise the removal of an unlawful non-citizen who has been found to engage protection obligations through the protection visa process unless the decision finding that the non-citizen engages protection obligations has been set aside, the minister is satisfied that the non-citizen no longer engages protection obligations or the non-citizen requests voluntary removal; and ensure that, in assessing a protection visa application, protection obligations are always assessed, including in circumstances where the applicant is ineligible for a visa due to criminal conduct or risks to security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish a scheme that mandates that service and repair information provided to car dealership networks and manufacturer preferred repairs be made available for independent repairs and registered training organisations to purchase at a fair market price; and

  Copyright Act 1968

  to provide that the statutory licensing scheme for educational institutions does not apply to such information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: establish new federal family violence orders which, if breached, can be criminally enforced; and broaden the protections for Registrars of a Family Court of a State in conducting conferences; six Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to broaden the protections for the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Registrars and Registrars in the Federal Circuit and Family Court in conducting conferences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  ]Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002

  ,

  Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002

  and Research Involving Human Embryos Regulations 2017 to allow for the use of permitted mitochondrial donation techniques under a specified mitochondrial donation licence for the purposes of certain research and training, and in clinical settings; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  ,

  Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002

  ,

  Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002

  , Research Involving Human Embryos Regulations 2017 and Therapeutic Goods (Excluded Goods) Determination 2018 to make consequential and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of Budget Honesty Amendment (Rural and Regional Australia Statements) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to require the Treasurer to release and table regular rural and regional Australia statements to provide information to allow assessment of the impact of government policy decisions on rural and regional Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Water Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  ]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997

  to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Archives and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exclude a right of access to documents provided to, or created by, the Independent Review into the workplaces of Parliamentarians and their staff conducted under the

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner; and

  Archives Act 1983

  to provide that these documents would not come into the open access period until 99 years after the year the documents came into existence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: enable former permanent humanitarian visa holders who transition to a resident return visa to retain their eligibility for Higher Education Loan Program assistance; and make minor and technical amendments; and

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: clarify and extend the application of the Act to former registered providers; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum