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  • Date
    28 Feb 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection charges to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 Feb 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024, the bill: provides for the collection and administration of biosecurity protection levies and charges; applies the standard provisions of the
    Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
    ; and provides for the use and disclosure of certain information. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 Feb 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection levies to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Establishes a scheme for courts to make Commonwealth workplace protection orders to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 Oct 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    and
    Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003
    to implement two recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme by: imposing a statutory duty on agency heads and their staff to assist the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO) in the performance of their functions; and expanding the powers of the Ombudsman and IGTO to access agency records;
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    to clarify that the Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence is entitled to reasonable facilities and assistance when making preliminary inquiries of the head of an intelligence agency; and
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    to: enable the Ombudsman and IGTO to access documents and other records by remote means; and make technical and contingent amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends 52 Acts to make consequential and technical amendments arising from the enactment of the
    Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024
    . Also repeals the
    Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    22 Jun 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    and
    Intelligence Services Act 2001
    to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments;
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    and
    Office of National Intelligence Act 2018
    to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS;
    Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
    to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee;
    Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
    to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; and
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    20 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to separate the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and establish the AER as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Education 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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