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• Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  to: provide clarity and consistency in relation to powers to detain and move vessels and people; clarify the relationship between the Act and other laws; and provide for the minister to give directions about the exercise of maritime powers;

  Migration Act 1958

  to: introduce temporary protection for those who engage Australia’s non-refoulement obligations and who arrive in Australia illegally; create the authority to make deeming regulations; create the Safe Haven Enterprise Visa class; introduce a fast track assessment process and remove access to the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT); establish the Immigration Assessment Authority within the RRT to consider fast track reviewable decisions; clarify the availability of removal powers independent of assessments of Australia’s non-refoulement obligations; codify Australia’s interpretation of its protection obligations under the Refugees Convention; clarify the legal status of children of unauthorised maritime arrivals and transitory persons; and enable the minister to place a statutory limit on the number of protection visas granted; and

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  ,

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  ,

  Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

  and Migration Regulations 1994 to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  National Water Commission Act 2004

  to abolish the National Water Commission; amends the

  Water Act 2007

  to transfer certain functions to the Productivity Commission; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide that: from 1 January 2015, where a job seeker’s payment is suspended following a failure to attend an appointment with their employment services provider, it will not be restored until the job seeker attends their next appointment; and from 1 July 2015, if it is determined that a job seeker has no reasonable excuse for missing their first appointment, they will not be back paid for the period of non-compliance; and broaden the existing delegation powers to include regulations or other instruments; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to exclude certain job seekers aged 55 years or over from certain concessional treatment otherwise available. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973

  to abolish the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation (AWDC); provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of AWDC’s property management functions, and assets and liabilities to the Commonwealth; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  ,

  Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990

  and

  Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 6) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  The bill amends: six Acts to rename the clean energy supplement as the energy supplement and cease indexation of the supplement from 20 September 2014; the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to pause indexation of assets value limits for working age allowances, student payments and parenting payment single for two years from 1 July 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: require certain disability support pension recipients to actively participate in a program of support; limit the six-week overseas portability period for students payments from 1 January 2015; limit the overseas portability period for disability support pension from 1 January 2015; extend to 19 weeks the portability period for seniors health cardholders; and restrict qualification for relocation scholarship payments; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation on assets test free areas for all pensions (other than parenting payment single) for three years from 1 July 2017; exclude from the social security and veterans’ entitlements income test payments made under the Young Carer Bursary Programme from 1 January 2015; and include tax-free superannuation income in the assessment of income for qualification for the seniors health card; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  in relation to family tax benefit (from 1 July 2015) by: limiting the large family supplement; removing the per-child add-on; and reducing the primary earner income limit; the

  Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012

  to provide that the State pay equity order (Western Australia) made on 29 August 2013 is a pay equity order for the purposes of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account and amend the amounts by which the account will be credited accordingly; and the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Scheme 2004 and Veterans’ Children Education Scheme to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the senior supplement for holders of the Commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans’ affairs gold card from 20 June 2015; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amend the:

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to: amend the short title of the Act to the

  Legislation Act 2003

  to reflect the consolidation of the legislative frameworks of the publication of Commonwealth Acts and the registration of Commonwealth instruments; clarify the definition of ‘legislative instrument’ and ‘legislative character’; provide that certain instruments are notifiable instruments which are registrable but not subject to parliamentary scrutiny or sunsetting; establish the Federal Register of Legislation; and allow the First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial changes to Acts and instruments in the Register;

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to: clarify references to ministers, departments and other government authorities; and confirm the continued validity of the exercise of powers, functions and duties under Commonwealth agreements following machinery of government changes. Also consequentially repeals four Acts and amends 51 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Amending Acts 1970 to 1979 Repeal Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Repeals 656 amending and repeal Acts enacted from 1970 to 1979. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: remove certain requirements that related to the initial planning of services in the broadcasting services bands spectrum; remove the requirement for reports made by certain subscription television licensees and channel providers under the New Eligible Drama Expenditure Scheme to be independently audited; remove the requirement for codes of practice to be periodically reviewed; remove the requirement for certain licensees to provide an annual list of their directors; clarify the calculation of media diversity points in overlapping licence areas; provide for grandfathering arrangements for certain broadcasting licensees; and make technical amendments for references to legislative instruments;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to remove redundant licensing and planning provisions that regulated the digital switchover and restack processes; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  and

  Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010

  to: allow building owners who receive unsolicited offers for the sale or lease of their office space and transactions between wholly-owned subsidiaries to be excluded from energy efficiency disclosure obligations; enable certain auditing authorities to directly provide or approve ratings used in Building Energy Efficiency Certificates (BEEC); enable businesses to nominate a commencement date for a BEEC which is later than the date of issue; remove the need for new owners and lessors to reapply or pay the application fee for fresh exemptions if there is an existing one in place for a building; and remove the standard energy efficiency guidance from each BEEC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum