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• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Wellbeing of Veterans and Their Families) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a new position on the Repatriation Commission and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to represent the families of veterans;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the provision of assistance or benefits to former Australian Defence Force members to assist them to transition into civilian work; and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for the quarterly energy supplement to holders of gold cards under the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2020 in response to the Federal Court's decision in

  Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation

  [2019] FCA 1849, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to narrow the scope of petroleum-based oils and synthetic equivalents for which excise duties are imposed for the purposes of the Product Stewardship for Oil Scheme to exclude diesel and other fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

  to waive the requirement for permission holders to remit the environmental management charge to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for the period 1 January to 31 March 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Establishes the office of the National Skills Commissioner to provide advice and collect, analyse, share and publish data on Australia’s workforce skills needs, efficient prices for vocational education and training (VET) courses, the public and private return on government investment in VET and other matters relating to the VET system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 2020 in response to the Federal Court's decision in

  Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation

  [2019] FCA 1849, the bill amends the

  Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000

  to amend the definition of 'oils' to apply only to lubricant oils, fluid oils and other oils and greases manufactured from base oils. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: enable regional commercial radio broadcasting licensees to nominate to split exemption periods from local news and information content obligations into two periods, together totalling no more than five weeks; amend the minimum service standard obligations which apply after a trigger event occurs; and permit regional and remote commercial television broadcasting licensees to be deemed to have complied with the multi-channel Australian content quota obligation in certain circumstances; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to delegate an information-gathering power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require students commencing from 1 January 2021, and all students from 1 January 2023, to have a unique student identifier (USI) in order to be eligible for Commonwealth assistance; provide that a student's HELP balance is taken to be reduced immediately after the census date for HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, VET FEE-HELP assistance, and immediately after the census day for vocational education and training (VET) student loans; provide undergraduate students seeking FEE HELP loans with an exemption from the requirement to pay the 25 per cent loan fee for units of study with census dates from 1 April to 30 September 2020; and make minor and technical amendments; and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to require that all applications for VET student loans made on or after 1 January 2021 must include the student's USI. Also validates certain HELP loans and VET student loans by enabling the secretary to determine certain students who, due to having more than one Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number, have exceeded the HELP loan limit, and allow these students to repay the resulting excess debt amounts through the taxation system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: clarify the interaction between federal, state and territory electoral funding and disclosure regimes following the High Court decision in

  Spence v Queensland

  [2019] HCA 15; make technical amendments in relation to entity registration and public election funding rules; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to extend the electronically assisted voting method to Australians working in Antarctica. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Continuing the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: continue the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner beyond 1 July 2020; and amend the functions of the office. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Strengthening Banning Orders) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  National Disability Insurance Scheme 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  to: broaden the circumstances in which the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner may make a banning order against a National Disability Insurance Scheme provider or other person; and clarifies the commissioner's related powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum