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• Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to link annual wage increases for members of the Australian Defence Force to whichever is the higher of increases in parliamentary allowance or the consumer price index. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Boosting Superannuation for Women) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that discrimination by an employer against a female employee is not unlawful if the discrimination involves the employer making a superannuation contribution that is more than otherwise required by law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Local Content) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to include requirements for the production and dissemination of local content in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Charter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide for an additional approval requirement for enterprise agreements that are not greenfields agreements; require the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to have regard to a range of non-exhaustive factors to guide its assessment of whether an applicant for a protected action ballot order is genuinely trying to reach an agreement; and provide that the FWC must not make a protected action ballot order when it is satisfied that the claims of an applicant are manifestly excessive or would have a significant adverse impact on workplace productivity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Tax Benefit (Tighter Income Test) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to reduce certain Family Tax Benefit Part A payments by 20 per cent of any income in excess of the ‘income free area’ until the payment reaches zero. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard
  MACDONALD, Sen Ian
  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  URQUHART, Sen Anne 

  Summary

  Establishes a Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis to be responsible for formulating rules and monitoring compliance with those rules for licensing the production, manufacture, supply, use, experimental use and import and export of medicinal cannabis; and provides for a national system to regulate the cultivation, production and use of medicinal cannabis products, and related activities such as research. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom to Marry Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to provide that: people may marry regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity; registered marriage celebrants are not able to discriminate; religious and non-religious private sector celebrants have freedom of conscience not to solemnise marriages; and chaplains in the defence force may exercise a freedom of conscience while maintaining a positive duty to try to ensure that all couples who seek their services are able to marry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Gambling Harm Reduction (Protecting Problem Gamblers and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Provides a framework for the operation of poker machines by: restricting the operation of poker machines; implementing mandatory precommitment capabilities; restricting ATM withdrawals from within poker machine premises; and providing for a regulator, civil penalties, and minimum uniform national standards and national monitoring network. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Tax Transparency) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEIGH, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Act 2013

  to bring forward to the 2012 13 financial year the requirement for the Commissioner of Taxation to publish certain tax information for corporate entities with a total income of $100 million or more. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Caring for Single Parents) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to enable single parents to access the parenting payment (single) until their youngest child has turned 16 years of age;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for payments under this Act; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible work arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum