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• Aged Care Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to the protection of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds, the bill amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide for new prudential regulatory arrangements in relation to the management of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds and entry contributions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to: implement a Serious Incident Response Scheme for residential aged care and flexible care delivered in a residential aged care setting; and expand the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner's powers to administer and enforce the requirements of the scheme and the responsibilities of approved providers and related offences; and

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture and Water Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Levies Legislation Amendment (Honey) Bill 2016, the bill amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to cease the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) Advisory Board;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: amend the information that the APVMA is required to provide to Food Standards Australia New Zealand; and amend an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: remove the requirements for an export licence to export meat by-products and for certain documents to be tabled; and repeal obsolete provisions;

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to make minor technical amendments;

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the requirements for certain documents to be tabled;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to remove the ability of the secretary to delegate their general rule-making power;

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  to cease the Fishing Industry Policy Council;

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to renew an existing permit without existing permit holders needing to re-apply; transfer the functions of the Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and cease the panel; and remove the text of the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America;

  Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012

  to enable the secretary to delegate certain powers;

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for the chairs of the statutory research and development corporations; and

  Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2016

  to clarify dates for water-related reviews and change a commencement date. Also repeals the

  Rural Adjustment Act 1992

  to cease the National Rural Advisory Council, makes consequential amendments to the

  Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997

  and repeals 12 redundant Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the

  Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces

  by amending: the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: prohibit conduct that subjects another person to a workplace environment that is hostile on the ground of sex; introduce a positive duty on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate unlawful sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, as far as possible; state that an object of the Act is to achieve substantive equality between men and women; and amend the definition of harassment on the ground of sex to remove the reference to conduct of a 'seriously' demeaning nature; the

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: enable the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to monitor and assess compliance with the positive duty; provide the AHRC with a function to inquire into systemic unlawful discrimination; enable a representative body to progress a complaint on behalf of one or more affected persons from conciliation at the AHRC to application to the court; insert a cost protection provision; and amend one of the discretionary grounds on which a complaint may be terminated by the President of the AHRC; the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  to require Commonwealth public sector organisations to report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency on their gender equality indicators; five Acts to clarify that victimising conduct can form the basis of a civil action for unlawful discrimination in addition to a criminal complaint; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020, Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020 and Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020 to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the

  Supply Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  ,

  Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2019-2020

  and

  Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Act (No. 2) 2019-2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Measures No. 5) Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017

  to add benchmark administrator licensees to the list of entities from which the Australian Securities and Investments Commission may recover its regulatory costs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Passports Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a new framework for the operation of Australia’s passport system, the bill replaces the

  Passports Act 1938

  , particularly dealing with: entitlement of Australians to a passport; retention of the administrative review regime; increased penalties for fraud; measures to minimise the impact of lost and stolen passports; and measures for refusal or cancellation of passports on certain law enforcement grounds. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Passports Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a new framework for the operation of Australia’s passport system, the bill replaces the

  Passports Act 1938

  , particularly dealing with: entitlement of Australians to a passport; retention of the administrative review regime; increased penalties for fraud; measures to minimise the impact of lost and stolen passports; measures for refusal or cancellation of passports on certain law enforcement grounds; use of emerging technologies for ePassports; and privacy provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to: enable the Director of Biosecurity to require each person who intends to enter, or enters, Australian territory on an incoming aircraft or vessel to provide information and produce a passport or other travel document for the purpose of assessing the level of biosecurity risk associated with the person and any goods that the person has with them; enable the director to scan any passport or travel document so produced and collect and retain personal information; create a civil penalty provision for persons who do not comply with the requirement to produce a passport or travel document; introduce a procedural fairness requirement for the relevant director to give notice of a proposed variation to the biosecurity industry participant covered by an approved arrangement and invite the participant to given a written submission within 14 days in relation to the proposed variation; streamline existing notice requirements in relation to a proposed suspension or revocation of an approved arrangement; introduce an alternative sanction of a reprimand which may be given if the relevant director does not consider it appropriate to vary, suspend or revoke an approved arrangement after receiving the biosecurity industry participant’s written submission; increase civil penalties for certain contraventions or failure to comply with certain requirements; make a technical amendment to clarify the Act’s intent; and insert new strict liability offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Biosecurity) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  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