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• Education and Other Legislation Amendment (Abolishing Indexation and Raising the Minimum Repayment Income for Education and Training Loans) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  BABET, Sen Ralph 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COVID-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Biosecurity) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to: enable the minister to determine certain biosecurity measures and requirements for individuals or classes of individuals who are entering Australian territory for the purposes of preventing a disease or pest that is considered to pose an unacceptable biosecurity threat, and establish civil penalty provisions for noncompliance; expand pre-arrival reporting requirements for aircraft and vessels; strengthen penalties for non-compliance with negative pratique requirements; provide for the use and disclosure of certain information, including protected information; increase civil and criminal penalties for contraventions of certain requirements in relation to goods and conveyances; amend the process for making certain determinations specifying prohibited, conditionally non-prohibited and suspended goods or granting permits based on risk assessments; provide legislative authority for expenditure for biosecurity-related programs and activities and provide for additional annual reporting; and amend provisions relating to approved arrangements, administration, auditing and consideration of compensation claims. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  CADELL, Sen Ross
  COLBECK, Sen Richard
  FAWCETT, Sen David
  PRICE, Sen Jacinta Nampijinpa
  O'SULLIVAN, Sen Matt
  RENNICK, Sen Gerard
  VAN, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  to remove the prohibition on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to remove the prohibition on the Minister for Environment and Water declaring, approving or considering actions relating to the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Implements Australia's obligations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships by amending the:

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to: introduce controls for discharges of residues of noxious liquid substances known as 'persistent floaters' in northern European waters; and ban the use of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters;

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to extend controls on ship harmful anti-fouling systems to include the chemical biocide, cybutryne; and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to make minor technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Energy Transition Authority Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  Establishes the National Energy Transition Authority as a statutory authority to plan, coordinate and provide advice on the transition to renewable energy, focusing on the facilitation of new economic opportunities for workers and communities who are currently involved in fossil fuel production and associated industries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Privileges Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
  TYRRELL, Sen Tammy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

  to implement a recommendation of the interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to allow a royal commission, whose terms of reference require an examination of government, to analyse and draw inferences or conclusions from evidence that is subject to parliamentary privilege. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum