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• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility for Commonwealth offences from 10 years of age to 14 years of age. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduces offences for entities that make or accept cash payments of $10 000 or more. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Bill of Rights Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Gives effect to certain provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by: declaring an Australian Bill of Rights; providing that any Commonwealth, state or territory law that is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights is invalid to the extent of the inconsistency; specifying that Commonwealth, state and territory laws must be interpreted consistently with the Bill of Rights; and providing the Australian Human Rights Commission with a range of additional powers and functions in relation to the rights and freedoms in the Bill of Rights. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Real Time Disclosure of Political Donations) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to require political parties, state branches of political parties and political campaigners to provide a notice to the Australian Electoral Commission of political donations received over the disclosure threshold amount of $13 800 within five business days of receiving the donation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Stop Work to Stop Warming) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: introduce a new category of ‘protected climate change industrial action’ to provide workers with an express right to take such action; allow employees and employers to include matters relating to climate change in their enterprise agreements; and permit employees to take ‘protected industrial action’ being action taken in support of securing an enterprise agreement, about such matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to: impose a cap on the total payments that can be made under a consumer lease (known as rent-to-buy schemes); require small amount credit contracts (SACCs) (known as payday loans) to have equal repayment and payment intervals; remove the ability for SACC providers to charge monthly fees in respect of the residual term of a loan where a consumer fully repays the loan early; prevent lessors and credit assistance providers from undertaking door-to-door selling of leases at residential homes; introduce anti-avoidance protections; and increase penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: extend the end date for existing cashless debit card (CDC) trial areas from 30 June 2020 to 30 June 2021 and establish an end date for the CDC trial in the Cape York area of 31 December 2021; remove the cap on the number of CDC trial participants; remove the exclusion to allow people in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay trial area to be able to voluntarily participate in the CDC trial; establish the Northern Territory and Cape York areas as CDC trial areas and transition income management participants in these sites onto the CDC trial in 2020; enable the secretary to advise a community body when a person has exited the CDC trial and remove the requirement that an evaluation be conducted by an independent expert within 6 months of the completion of a review of the CDC trial. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: restrict access to the relocation scholarship to students relocating within Australia and students studying in Australia; align pensioner education supplement fortnightly rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students; and provide that payments of the pensioner education supplement cease during semester breaks and holiday periods; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to align education entry payment rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to substitute references to the newstart allowance with references to the jobseeker payment following commencement of the

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: amend the residency requirements for the age pension and the disability support pension by changing certain timeframes which need to be met before claims will be deemed payable to eligible recipients; and increase the maximum liquid assets waiting period for youth allowance, austudy, newstart allowance (or jobseeker payment from 20 March 2020) and sickness allowance from 13 weeks to 26 weeks; proposed

  New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Act 2019

  to make contingent amendments to a transitional provision; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to cease payment of the pension supplement after six weeks temporary absence overseas and immediately for permanent departures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum