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• Defence (Honour General Sir John Monash) Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Provides for the posthumous promotion of the late General Sir John Monash to rank of Australian Field Marshal in the Australian Regular Army on 1 January 1931, the date of his return to the Active Duty List. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Kids Off Nauru) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP
  BANDT, Adam, MP
  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to require the temporary transfer of children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, 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 repayments 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

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Timely Publication of Emissions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to require the publication of the quarterly report of estimates of Australia's greenhouse gas inventory within five months of the end of each quarter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Restricting Non-European Migration) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ANNING, Sen Fraser 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election in relation to the level and composition of migration to Australia. 

  Bill

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Appointment of Directors) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STORER, Sen Tim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to insert additional requirements in relation to the process for appointing non-executive directors to the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to remove the exemption for religious educational institutions to discriminate against students and teachers on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, marital or relationship status or pregnancy; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to ensure that religious exemptions from anti-discrimination provisions do not extend to educational institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A Fair Go for Australians in Trade Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CLARE, Jason, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement that includes certain provisions; requires the Commonwealth to include in all bilateral trade agreements a labour chapter with internationally recognised labour principles; prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement unless the agreement requires skills assessments to be undertaken in Australia; requires the minister to commission an independent national interest assessment of any proposed trade agreement; and provides for the establishment of an accredited trade advisers program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A Fair Go for Australians in Trade Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CARR, Sen Kim 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement that includes certain provisions; requires the Commonwealth to include in all bilateral trade agreements a labour chapter with internationally recognised labour principles; prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement unless the agreement requires skills assessments to be undertaken in Australia; requires the minister to commission an independent national interest assessment of any proposed trade agreement; and provides for the establishment of an accredited trade advisers program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALBANESE, Anthony, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a High Speed Rail Planning Authority to advise on, plan and develop high speed rail on the east coast of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum