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• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of the declared areas provisions for a further 3 years and the control order regime and the preventative detention orders (PDO) regime for a further 15 months;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may review the operation, effectiveness and proportionality of the declared areas provisions prior to their sunset date;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to extend the operation of the stop, search and seizure powers for a further 15 months; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to extend the reporting date for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of continuing detention orders for high risk terrorist offenders to as soon as practicable after 7 December 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to: enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) to report on own-motion inquiries in standalone reports; provide that the INSLM's annual report may include information relating to the performance of the INSLM's functions in relation to a referral from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; specify reporting arrangements for statutory reviews conducted by the INSLM; provide a framework for the engagement of staff (including contractors) to assist the INSLM in the performance of its functions or exercise of its powers; and provide current and former staff of the INSLM with certain legal protections during the course of assisting the INSLM with performing functions or exercising powers of the INSLM. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission report,

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

  by amending the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: amend the definition of 'unlawful discrimination'; and extend the period of time between an alleged incident and the lodging of a complaint in relation to the President's discretion to terminate a complaint;

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that a worker who is sexually harassed at work may apply for a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order to stop the sexual harassment; provide that the FWC can make an order to stop sexual harassment following a single instance of sexual harassment; provide that sexual harassment in connection with an employee’s employment can be a valid reason for dismissal; and extend the minimum entitlement for compassionate leave in relation to miscarriage; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: prohibit discrimination involving harassment on the ground of sex; extend the application of the Act to members of parliament, members of the ACT and Northern Territory legislative assemblies and their staff, judges, staff and consultants employed under the

  Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

  , state employees, including independent contractors; and the public authority of a state; and include definitions of 'worker' and 'persons conducting a business or undertaking' to extend the protection from sexual harassment to all paid and unpaid workers, including volunteers, interns and the self-employed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

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  Date

  23 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to standardise, across all divisions, the powers of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to issue summonses to require persons to give evidence or produce documents;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: procedural fairness; alternative dispute resolution processes; constitution and reconstitution of the AAT; dismissal powers; correction of errors; appointments, authorisations and assignments; taxation of costs; and protection and immunity of reviewers in the Immigration Assessment Authority;

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to applications for review of child support decisions;

  Admiralty Act 1988

  to align the Admiralty Rules with the rules of federal courts;

  Foreign Judgments Act 1991

  ,

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  and

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to provide certain procedural protections to foreign States;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Judiciary Act 1903

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to clarify that hearings conducted remotely using videoconferencing technology are exercised in 'open court';

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to allow for short form reasons in the court's appellate jurisdiction in civil proceedings; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential and technical amendments. Also repeals the

  Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions Amendment (Protection of Information) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: apply limitations on the use and disclosure of certain information provided by individuals to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability outside of a private session, where the commission indicated that it would be treated as confidential; enable certain members of a Royal Commission to make non-publication directions; and enable a Commonwealth Royal Commission, during the course of inquiring into a matter, to communicate information and evidence to a Royal Commission, or commission of inquiry, of a state or territory; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exempt certain information given to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability from the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Emergency Declaration Bill 2020 to implement a recommendation of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, the bill amends: 24 Acts, four regulations and four ordinances that contain powers that are used by the Commonwealth when responding to, or supporting the recovery from, emergencies to enable the use of alternative or simplified statutory tests to streamline the exercise of those powers where a national emergency has been declared; and

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Emergency Declaration Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 to implement a recommendation of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, the bill: establishes a framework for the declaration of a national emergency by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister; enables ministers to suspend, vary or substitute administrative requirements in legislation they administer in certain circumstances; and enables the Prime Minister to require Commonwealth entities to report on available stockpiles, assets and resources, and options and recommendations to respond to a national emergency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: six Acts to remove current provisions providing for regulatory regimes and apply the standard provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; and the

  Regulatory Powers (Standards Provisions) Act 2014

  to make minor amendments to the ability of monitoring powers to be exercised in relation to matters and the descriptions of offence provisions and provisions relating to infringement notices which might apply to the contravention of both a civil penalty and criminal offence provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Native Title Amendment (Infrastructure and Public Facilities) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  to extend the operation of Subdivision JA, which requires native title holders and claimants to be notified about proposed public works and provides them with an opportunity to be consulted about the impact of the proposed future act on their native title rights and interests, for a further 10 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for a State or Territory Supreme Court to make an extended supervision order (ESO) as an alternative to a continuing detention order, which may impose conditions on high risk terrorist offenders;

  National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004

  to provide for the availability of court-only evidence in ESO proceedings;

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to extend the application of the existing control order monitoring warrant provisions to the monitoring of ESOs;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum