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• Air Services Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Air Services Act 1995

  to: include in the functions of Airservices Australia (AA) the protection of community amenity and residential areas from the effects of the operation and use of aircraft; require AA to consult and cooperate with government, sectors of the aviation industry and communities when modifying or creating flight paths; require AA to provide a complaints mechanism during the consultation process; provide that AA publish details of consultations; provide that AA must request the minister to appoint a Community Aviation Advocate to represent communities possibly affected by changed flight paths; provide for the composition of the AA Board; require AA to include details of any complaints in the annual report; and provide for the establishment of an Aircraft Noise Ombudsman; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to require the minister to appoint a Community Aviation Advocate in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Amendment) (Tagging Live-stock) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to provide that all live-stock exported from Australia are fitted with an electronic tag and that data from the tag is captured at all stages of the export supply chain. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of Budget Honesty Amendment (Regional Australia Statements) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

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

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Transparency) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FARRELL, Sen Don 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1000; ensure that, for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to declared expenditure incurred by the eligible political party, candidate or Senate group, or the sum payable calculated on the number of first preference votes received where they have satisfied the four per cent threshold, whichever is the lesser; provide for the recovery of gifts of foreign property, anonymous gifts and undisclosed gifts; introduce new offences and penalties; and increase penalties for existing offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Pay Protection) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to require employers to pay a base rate of pay, full rate of pay and any casual loading that is not less than the relevant award or national minimum wage for employees covered by an enterprise agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Putting Local Workers First) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHORTEN, Bill, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require employers nominating 457 visa workers under labour agreements, and as standard business sponsors, to meet certain labour market testing requirements; require certain sponsors in specified sectors to employ their guest workers under a Labour Agreement; and introduce an Australian Jobs Test that requires employers to demonstrate their contribution to local employment and skills development as part of their application to sponsor temporary workers; and Migration Regulations 1994 to: require the minister to publish policy guidelines relating to the negotiation of certain agreements; require certain 457 visa applicants to hold a relevant licence or undertake a mandatory skills assessment; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Code of Procedure Harmonisation) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015

  , the bill amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: harmonise and streamline provisions in relation to the code of procedure for review of decisions by the Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; clarify the operation of certain provisions relating to the conduct of review; clarify the notification requirements in relation to oral decisions of the MRD; and make technical amendments in relation to the giving of documents and the mechanism for review of decisions by the Immigration Assessment Authority in relation to family groups; and

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture and Water Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Levies Legislation Amendment (Honey) Bill 2016, the bill amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to cease the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) Advisory Board;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: amend the information that the APVMA is required to provide to Food Standards Australia New Zealand; and amend an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: remove the requirements for an export licence to export meat by-products and for certain documents to be tabled; and repeal obsolete provisions;

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to make minor technical amendments;

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the requirements for certain documents to be tabled;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to remove the ability of the secretary to delegate their general rule-making power;

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  to cease the Fishing Industry Policy Council;

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to renew an existing permit without existing permit holders needing to re-apply; transfer the functions of the Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and cease the panel; and remove the text of the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America;

  Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012

  to enable the secretary to delegate certain powers;

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for the chairs of the statutory research and development corporations; and

  Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2016

  to clarify dates for water-related reviews and change a commencement date. Also repeals the

  Rural Adjustment Act 1992

  to cease the National Rural Advisory Council, makes consequential amendments to the

  Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997

  and repeals 12 redundant Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Preliminary Assessment Process) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BURSTON, Sen Brian 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: require the Australian Human Rights Commission to undertake a preliminary assessment of a complaint before proceeding to a full inquiry and attempt to conciliate; set out the steps of the preliminary assessment process; and provide for the termination of a complaint at any time during the preliminary assessment process. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Full Face Coverings in Public Places) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to prohibit the wearing of full face coverings in public places under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth if the threat level under the National Terrorism Threat Advisory System is higher than ‘possible’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum