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• End Cruel Cosmetics Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to prohibit the developing, manufacturing, selling, advertising or importing into Australia of cosmetics, or ingredients in cosmetics, which have been tested on live animals; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Repeal) (No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of matters and the reporting obligations of the agency which succeeds the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDWIG, Sen Joe 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: enable commercial fishing activities to be declared commercial fishing activities on an interim basis or for a period of no longer than 24 months; require written submissions of declaration affected persons to be considered before making final declarations; create penalties and offences for engaging in declared commercial fishing activities; provide for an expert panel to be established to conduct an assessment of the potential environmental impacts of declared commercial fishing activities; and require the expert panel to publish its assessments and table them in Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Repeal Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of records and final reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Small Business 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to remove the requirement for employers to provide paid parental leave to eligible employees, unless an employer chooses to manage the payment to employees and the employees agree for the employer to pay them. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to: remove the requirement for a ministerial declaration for a corporation to be eligible to be granted a licence for self-insurance; enable certain corporations to apply to join the Comcare scheme; allow a former Commonwealth authority to apply to be a self-insurer in the Comcare scheme and be granted a group licence if it meets the national employer test; enable group licences to be granted to related corporations; and extend coverage to corporations that are licenced to self-insure;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to exclude access to workers’ compensation when injuries occur during recess breaks away from an employer’s premises or a person engages in serious and wilful misconduct; and

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC); amends the

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to make amendments consequent on the repeal; abolishes the CEFC Transitional Special Account established as a temporary measure; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SINGH, Sen Lisa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to establish a framework for the mandatory notification by regulated entities of serious data breaches to the Australian Information Commissioner and to affected individuals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Save Our Sharks Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Voids the exemption granted on 10 January 2014 in relation to 72 baited drum lines deployed to catch sharks in Western Australia; and prevents the minister from granting further exemptions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Control Act 1982

  to prohibit the export of live-stock for slaughter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum