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  • Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2024

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    Date
    07 Dec 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023, the bill: abolishes the Administrative Appeals Tribunal by repealing the
    Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
    ; and makes amendments to 138 Acts consequential on the establishment of the Administrative Review Tribunal. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    07 Dec 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    ,
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    and
    Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards Act 1999
    to amend the operation of the statutory infrastructure provider regime;
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to issue remedial notices to developers who do not install functional fibre-ready facilities in proximity to a development;
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
    to enable the disclosure by the ACMA of certain information;
    Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
    to enable the minister to determine service areas that relate to a primary universal service provider; and
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    and
    Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
    to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023

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    Date
    30 Nov 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Digital ID Bill 2023, the bill makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Digital ID Bill 2024

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    Date
    30 Nov 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill: establishes an accreditation scheme for entities providing digital ID services; expands the Australian Government Digital ID System; and provides for privacy safeguards and a range of governance arrangements, including establishing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as the Digital ID Regulator and expanding the role of the Information Commissioner to regulate privacy protections for digital IDs. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023

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    Date
    16 Nov 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Tax Agent Services Act 2009
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    : to expand the operation of the promoter penalty provisions; and enable the sharing of certain protected information;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to extend whistleblower protections to eligible whistleblowers who make disclosures to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB); and reverse the burden of proof for certain claims of protection;
    Tax Agent Services Act 2009
    in relation to the TPB Register and the TPB’s delegation powers; and
    Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
    to limit the proportion of petroleum resource rent tax assessable income that can be offset by deductions to 90 per cent. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023

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    Date
    30 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Proposes an alteration to the Constitution to recognise First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. [
    The bill was passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament. The proposal was not approved at the subsequent referendum on 14 October 2023
    .] 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Extending the FBT Exemption for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles) Bill 2024

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    Date
    15 May 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    VAN, Sen David 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024

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    Date
    26 Mar 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: require non-citizens who are on a removal pathway and have exhausted all avenues to remain in Australia to cooperate with steps taken for the purpose of arranging their lawful removal from Australia; and make minor and technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair and Transparent Elections) Bill 2024 (No. 2)

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    Date
    25 Mar 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    POCOCK, Sen David
    LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
    THORPE, Sen Lidia
    WATERS, Sen Larissa 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    in relation to: lowering the disclosure threshold to $1,000; real-time disclosure of donations; prohibiting misleading or deceptive electoral or referendum matter; broadening the definition of gift; funding disclosure requirements; introduction of a major-donor donation cap; prohibiting certain political donations; limiting pre-election government advertising; postal vote processes; and increasing Senate representation for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory; and
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Do Not Call Register Act 2006
    to provide that registered independent candidates are treated the same as political parties. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024

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    Date
    21 Mar 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    to provide a national framework to regulate the importation, domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession and advertisement of all vapes, irrespective of nicotine content or therapeutic claims. Also makes consequential amendments to the
    Customs Act 1901
    ,
    Industrial Chemicals Act 2019
    and
    Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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