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• Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish a mandatory code of conduct that applies to news media businesses and digital platform corporations when bargaining in relation to news content made available by digital platform services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

  to: enhance the existing framework for managing risks relating to critical infrastructure by introducing: additional positive security obligations for critical infrastructure assets, including a risk management program, to be delivered through sector-specific requirements and mandatory cyber incident reporting; enhanced cyber security obligations for assets of national significance; government assistance to relevant entities for critical infrastructure sector assets in response to significant cyber attacks; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020

  ;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to exclude certain decisions from judicial review; AusCheck Act 2007 to enable background checks should they be required as part of a critical infrastructure risk management program;

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  and

  Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  ; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for an immunity to apply in relation to the Australian Signals Directorate for conduct occurring outside of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation to existing appropriation amounts for the financial years commencing on 1 July 2020, 1 July 2021 and 1 July 2022; and insert a new funding cap for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2023; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: re-categorise the University of Notre Dame Australia as a Table A provider from 2021; and correct a typographical error. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: consolidate the medicinal cannabis licensing structure into a single licence framework; enable assessments relating to supply chains to be undertaken at the permit stage rather than the earlier licensing stage; allow licences to be granted for a period of up to five years; include a new simplified outline; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to introduce a new regime to enable the secretary to request, but not compel, a person to provide their tax file number;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to clarify that the collection, use and disclosure of personal information or protected information relates not only to the administration of the ABSTUDY scheme, but also to the Assistance for Isolated Children scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments to confirm that the definition of 'social security law' includes legislative instruments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Early Childhood Education and Care Coronavirus Response and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: expand the circumstances in which business continuity payments (BCPs) can be paid to approved child care providers; and correct drafting errors made by the

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Act 2020

  ; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: Administrative Appeals Tribunal review; delegation of funding agreement powers; child care subsidy reconciliation deadlines; ensuring that BCPs will not be offset against future CCS payments during the period 6 April to 12 July 2020 (the relevant period); allowing the minister's rules to specify circumstances in which BCPs paid to providers during the relevant period are to be debts; not including the relevant period in determining cessation of child's enrolment; removing the requirement to report provision of care to children during the relevant period; and provider applications and approvals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Prescribed Fees) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to remove the requirement for new specialists and consultant physicians to pay a $30 prescribed fee when applying for access to higher Medicare rebates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industry Research and Development Amendment (Industry Innovation and Science Australia) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Technology 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Industry Research and Development Act 1986

  to rename Industry and Innovation Australia to Industry Innovation and Science Australia; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Pooled Development Funds Act 1992

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Venture Capital Act 2002

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: allow companies to execute documents, hold meetings, provide notices relating to meetings and keep minutes using electronic means or other alternative technologies until 16 September 2021; and make contingent amendments; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide that all civil penalty proceedings commenced under the continuous disclosure and misleading and deceptive conduct provisions must prove that an entity or officer acted with 'knowledge, recklessness or negligence' in respect of an alleged contravention; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to: provide that if a new employee has an existing 'stapled' superannuation fund and does not choose a fund to receive contributions, their employer is required to make contributions on behalf of the employee into the stapled fund; and ensure that employers are not in breach of various rules, or are not liable for superannuation guarantee charge, in certain circumstances;

  Superannuation Act 1990

  and

  Superannuation Act 2005

  to make consequential amendments;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: require the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to conduct an annual performance test for MySuper products and other products to be specified in regulations; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Act 2021

  , when enacted, and

  Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Act 2020

  , when enacted; require trustees of registrable superannuation entities and self managed superannuation funds and directors of the corporate trustee of a registrable superannuation entity to perform their duties and exercise their powers in the best financial interests of the beneficiaries; reverse the evidential burden of proof for the best financial interests duty so that the onus is on the trustee of a registrable superannuation entity; allow regulations to be made to prohibit certain payments made by trustees of registrable superannuation entities and prescribe additional requirements on trustees and directors of trustee companies of registrable superannuation entities; and allow contraventions of record-keeping obligations specified in regulations to be subject to a strict liability offence; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to remove an exemption from disclosing information about certain investments under the portfolio holdings disclosure rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum