TOTAL RESULTS: 140

• Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the Review of Defence Support to National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements by amending the

  Defence Act 1903

  to: permit states and territories to request that the Commonwealth call out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in a wider range of circumstances; enable call out orders to authorise the ADF to operate in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the offshore area; authorise the ADF to respond to incidents that cross a border into a jurisdiction that has not been specified in an order in certain circumstances; allow the ADF to be pre-authorised to respond to land and maritime threats, in addition to aviation threats; increase the requirements for the ADF to consult with state and territory police where it is operating in their jurisdictions; simplify, expand and clarify the power of the ADF to search and seize, and to control movement during an incident; remove the distinction between general security areas and designated areas; for the purposes of expedited call out, clarify that acting ministers are to be treated as substantive ministers and add the Minister for Home Affairs as an alternative authorising minister; and make technical amendments. Also makes a consequential amendment to the

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Instrument Making) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to: replace a number of inquiry-specific regulation-making powers with a consolidated provision relating to inquiries concerning the Defence Force; repeal existing regulation-making powers to prescribe affected land in which buildings and other objects hazardous to aviation can be regulated; enable the minister to declare by legislative instrument an area to be a defence aviation area in which buildings and objects can be regulated for the purposes of removing and reducing hazards to defence aviation; subject certain regulations made in relation to defence aviation areas to monitoring under the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; and allow for the establishment of infringement notice schemes in declared public areas by reference to standard provisions in the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Act 1903

  to enable a policy framework to broaden and expand the conditions under which a positive test result of prohibited substances must be disregarded;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to: extend the application of employment, partnership and education protections to all types of Reserve service; extend the application of financial liability and bankruptcy protections to full time service that is operational service; protect reservists in the workplace from harassment or detriment including victimisation relating to their status or service as a reservist; and introduce a civil penalty regime to complement existing criminal offences;

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  and the proposed

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017

  ;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  ,

  Navigation Act 2012

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to transfer hydrographic, meteorological and oceanographic functions from the Royal Australian Navy to the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation; and

  Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015

  to: align certain provisions with other military superannuation schemes; and clarify the definition of an eligible child of a member or invalid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Disability Services Amendment (Linking Upper Age Limits for Disability Employment Services to Pension Age) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Disability Services Act 1986

  to link the upper age limit of the Disability Employment Services - Disability Management Service program to the age pension eligibility age under the

  Social Security Act 1991

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Diverted Profits Tax Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2017, the bill imposes a diverted profits tax at a rate of 40 per cent on the amount of a significant global entity’s diverted profits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dairy Produce Amendment (Dairy Service Levy Poll) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  to remove the requirement for the dairy industry to hold a dairy levy poll every five years; and enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to require the industry services body to establish a levy poll advisory committee to consider the levy rate every five years, require the industry services body to hold a levy poll if a variation to the rate is recommended by the advisory committee, and include a mechanism for dairy farmer members of Dairy Australia Limited to request a poll if they disagree with the advisory committee’s decision not to convene a levy poll. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (First Principles) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the First Principles Review of Defence by: amending the

  Defence Act 1903

  to: give full command of the Australian Defence Force to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF); and consolidate the statutory treatment of the components of the Defence Force Cadets; amending 27 Acts to make consequential amendments; and repealing the

  Air Force Act 1923

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  and incorporating relevant provisions of these Acts into the

  Defence Act 1903

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Superannuation and ADF Cover) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on or after 1 July 2016, the bill amends: 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Air Force Act 1923

  ,

  Defence Act 1903

  ,

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  to remove the need for permanent ADF members to take part-time leave without pay if they wish to render flexible service; and the proposed

  Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation (Enhancement of Military Justice) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: clarify the character and status of service convictions for Commonwealth purposes; remove provisions in respect of the trial of offences under the law prior to the Act; create services offences of ‘assault occasioning actual bodily harm’ and ‘unauthorised use of a Commonwealth credit card’; clarify the elements of the service offence of ‘commanding or ordering a service offence to be committed’; replace the power to issue recognisance release orders with a system of fixing non-parole periods; replace dollar amounts as maximum fines with a penalty units system; and make technical amendments;

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to recognise the office of the Director of Defence Counsel Services; and

  Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009

  to extend the appointment, remuneration and entitlement arrangements of the current Chief Judge Advocate and the full-time Judge Advocate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Trade Controls Act 2012

  in relation to: providing an additional 12 month implementation period before offence provisions and record-keeping requirements commence; removing controls on the supply of Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL) technology; extending the exception to the offence of supplying DSGL technology without a permit; narrowing the scope of publication and brokering offences; establishing offences for brokering dual-use DSGL goods or technology; including additional exceptions to the brokering offence; prohibiting the brokering of military or dual-use DSGL technology where the supply would prejudice Australia’s defence, security or international relations; directing a person to seek a permit for brokering dual-use DSGL goods or technology; requiring the minister to consider prescribed criteria when deciding whether an activity would prejudice Australia’s security, defence or international relations; and providing for reviews of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum