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• Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Feb 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025, the bill amends the

  Australian National University Act 1991

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to set a statutory limit on the remuneration of vice-chancellors of Australian universities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Divesting from Illegal Israeli Settlements) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  THORPE, Sen Lidia
  PAYMAN, Sen Fatima 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Future Fund Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  and

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Regulations 2022

  to end investments in companies associated with disputed Israeli settlements by the Future Fund Board or registered Australian charities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donations to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SMITH, Sen Dean 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide a tax offset for companies for certain expenditure incurred in undertaking food donations activities for registered food charities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COX, Sen Dorinda
  SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David 

  Summary

  Establishes a commission of inquiry into historic and ongoing injustices against First Peoples in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  VAN, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Act 2022

  to extend the fringe benefits tax exemption for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles until 1 April 2030. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to increase the maximum number of allowable members from four to six in self managed superannuation funds and small APRA funds; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Repairing Assistance and Access) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KENEALLY, Sen Kristina 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: clarify actions that designated communications providers must not be requested or required to do in technical assistance requests, technical assistance notices or technical capability notices; require the Australian Federal Police Commissioner not to approve technical assistance notices issued by the chief officer of state or territory interception agencies unless satisfied that the requirements of the notice are reasonable and proportionate, and compliance with the notice is practicable and technically feasible; remove the ability of the minister to edit and delete information in relevant reports prepared by the Commonwealth Ombudsman; and insert a judicial authorisation requirement in the approval or varying of technical assistance requests, technical assistance notices or technical capability notices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to: introduce powers for aviation security inspectors to conduct covert compliance testing of aviation industry participants' aviation security systems at all regulated locations; provide certain exemptions for aviation security inspectors from civil or criminal liability when they are covertly testing aviation industry participants' aviation security systems; and

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  to: require screening officers to have completed relevant training and to hold relevant qualifications prior to exercising powers or performing screening functions; allow for the making of legislative instruments to determine training, qualifications and other requirements for specified screening officers in the exercise of powers or performance of screening functions, and requirements relating to the use of identity cards and uniforms; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to implement certain recommendations of the

  Review of the impact of the TEQSA Act on the higher education sector

  by: removing references to specific categories of non-threshold standards; removing unnecessary references to 'the Research Minister' and requiring that advice on new standards need only be sought from that minister in certain circumstances; requiring TEQSA to advise the minister and the Higher Education Standards Panel (the panel) before it undertakes a quality review that could have certain impacts; providing that overseas universities can offer a course of study not wholly or mainly provided from Australian premises, and use the word 'university' to represent its operations, without committing an offence; providing that a quorum for TEQSA meetings is a majority of commissioners; expanding the skill set that the minister must ensure is encompassed by the panel members; expanding the functions of the panel; providing a consent-based exception to the offence of unauthorised disclosure or use of information; allowing TEQSA to disclose certain higher education and personal information to the minister, the secretary and relevant officers; and allowing TEQSA to disclose information for research purposes and to a complainant in relation to a complaint without the consent of the body to which the information applies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to expedite the mandated review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of the

  Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018

  , by requiring that it be conducted before the end of the 18 month period beginning on the day the Act received Royal Assent; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to extend the definition of 'interception agency' to include the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, the Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales, the New South Wales Crime Commission, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission of Victoria, the Crime and Corruption Commission of Queensland, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (SA) and the Corruption and Crime Commission (WA). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Unsolicited Communications) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call;

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to enable consumers who register on the Do Not Call Register to opt out of receiving phone calls from charities;

  Spam Act 2003

  to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Reforms) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the

  Report on Reforms for Cooperatives, Mutuals and Member-owned Firms

  (the Hammond report) by amending the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: introduce a definition of 'mutual entity'; clarify for transferring financial institutions and friendly societies that the demutualisation provisions apply only if an entity no longer meets the new definition of a mutual entity; provide for mutual capital instruments as a new bespoke capital instrument for mutual entities; and provide for eligible mutual entities to amend their constitutions by a standardised process to take advantage of the new arrangements; and

  Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving the Energy Efficiency of Rental Properties) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STORER, Sen Tim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to allow landlords to claim a tax offset of up to $2000 per year during a three-year trial period for energy efficiency upgrades to rental properties leased at $300 per week or less. Also provides for an independent review to be conducted after the three-year trial period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011

  to require national broadband network corporations to provide emergency service organisations with access in certain circumstances to towers and associated sites and facilities; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Minister for Communications to specify temporary towers as low-impact facilities in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Axe the Tampon Tax) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RICE, Sen Janet 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to remove the goods and services tax from sanitary products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to consolidate and broaden the existing protections and remedies for corporate and financial sector whistleblowers;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to create a whistleblower protection regime for disclosures of information by individuals regarding breaches of the tax laws or misconduct relating to an entity’s tax affairs; and

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation Laws Amendment (Strengthening Trustee Arrangements) Bill 2017, the bill amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: require trustees to assess on an annual basis whether the outcomes that are being delivered by MySuper products are promoting the financial interests of MySuper members; allow the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to refuse, or cancel, an authority to offer a MySuper product if it has a reason to believe the registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensee may fail to comply with its obligations; impose civil and criminal penalties on directors of RSE licensees who fail to execute their responsibilities to act in the best interests of members, or who use their position to further their own interests to the detriment of members; enable APRA to refuse authority for a change in ownership or control where it has concerns about the person seeking ownership or control, give a direction to a person to relinquish control of a RSE licensee and remove or suspend an RSE licensee where it is subject to the control of its owner; align APRA’s directions powers in relation to the superannuation industry with its broader directions powers in the banking and insurance industries; and require RSE licensees to hold annual members’ meetings;

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to require superannuation funds to disclose on a semi-annual basis investments that they hold directly or through associated entities and initial investments into non-associated entities;

  Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

  to provide APRA with the ability to obtain information on expenses incurred by RSE and RSE licensees in managing or operating the RSE; and

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and 12 other Acts to introduce a new external dispute resolution scheme, known as the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), to resolve disputes about products and services provided by financial firms; and five Acts to: require firms that must participate in the enhanced internal dispute resolution (IDR) framework to report their IDR activities to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in accordance with ASIC requirements; provide ASIC with additional powers to determine the content and form of IDR reporting by IDR Firms and to publish this data at both the aggregate and firm level; and allow ASIC to specify, by legislative instrument, requirements for trustees and retirement savings account providers to provide written reasons for decisions in relation to complaints. Also repeals the

  Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993

  and makes consequential amendments to 11 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Administration Amendment (Corporate Tax Entity Information) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GALLAGHER, Sen Katy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide that the threshold for the public reporting of corporate entity tax information by the Australian Taxation Office for private corporate entities is $100 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  ,

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisations Act 1979

  to establish a regulatory framework to manage national security risks of espionage, sabotage and foreign interference to Australia’s telecommunications networks and facilities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 12 Acts, including the

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  , to merge the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and 31 Acts to make consequential amendments. Also provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter 

  Summary

  Prevents the Commonwealth from entering into agreements with foreign countries that include investor-state dispute settlement clauses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDLAM, Sen Scott 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: require normal warrant authorisation procedures for law enforcement and intelligence agencies that wish to access telecommunications data; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Pharmaceutical Transparency) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: create offences related to the provision of payments, services or certain other inducements to medical practitioners by pharmaceutical companies; and provide for: penalties for making such inducements; and reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  to require the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council to review certain radiofrequency exposure standards every five years, with the first review to be completed within six months of this bill commencing; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require certain owners and occupiers of land to be consulted when a mobile phone tower is to be installed; require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to be satisfied that the precautionary principle is taken into account when the site of a mobile phone tower is determined; remove the exemption for low-impact facilities from state and local government planning processes; remove the exemption on the application of state and territory laws; and require carriers to prepare local telecommunications network plans each financial year, for the next five years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum