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• 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

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Youth 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021, Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021 and Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Act 2021

  , when enacted, to remove references to the annual registration and entry to market charges. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 5) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: increase the producer offset for films that are not feature films released in cinemas to 30 per cent of total qualifying Australian production expenditure; increase the minimum qualifying Australian production expenditure threshold for claiming the producer offset and the post, digital and visual effects offset to $1 million; remove the 65 commercial hour cap on claiming qualifying Australian production expenditure for a drama series and seasons of a drama series; and create limitations on what a company can count as a films qualifying Australian production expenditure; 15 Acts to make amendments consequential on new debt restructuring and liquidation processes for eligible incorporated small businesses; and 16 Acts in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021

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  Date

  03 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

  to enable the Treasurer to make rules for economic response payments to provide support to an entity where they are adversely affected by restrictions imposed by a state or territory public health order that is directed at controlling the transmission of COVID-19;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable tax information to be disclosed to Australian government agencies for the purposes of administering COVID-19 business support programs;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make payments received by eligible businesses under certain COVID-19 business support programs and Commonwealth COVID-19 disaster payments exempt from income tax; and

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020

  to reinstate a temporary mechanism for ministers to change arrangements relating to meeting information and document requirements under Commonwealth legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to remove the lower eligibility age restriction of 2 years to allow eligible children from 0 years of age to access the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: enable Export Finance Australia to make equity investments, including to support infrastructure investments in the Indo-Pacific or export-linked projects in Australia; and provide Export Finance Australia with the ability to offer guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions without also needing to provide a loan to the same transaction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of the United Nations Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

  to: specify that certain counter-terrorism financial sanctions lists and revocations be made by legislative instrument; and confirm the validity of action that has been taken, or which may need to be taken, in respect of conduct in relation to existing counter-terrorism financial sanctions listings that were made but not registered on the Federal Register of Legislation at the time of their making. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: make refunds of large-scale generation shortfall charges exempt from income tax; and remove the requirement for superannuation trustees to provide an actuarial certificate when calculating exempt current pension income using the proportionate method, where all members of the fund are fully in the retirement phase for all of the income year;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: increase the maximum amount of penalty units that can be included in regulations that prescribe an industry code from 300 to 600 penalty units; clarify that if regulations prescribe an industry code, the industry code may confer on a person or body functions and powers in relation to the code; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to create an information sharing mechanism to allow the family law courts to access certain superannuation information held by the Commissioner of Taxation for the purpose of permitting family law proceedings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: expand the operation of the disciplinary infringement scheme to provide a means of dealing with minor breaches of military discipline; remove the subordinate summary authority and correct a number of anomalies with regard to the respective jurisdiction of discipline officers and summary authorities, and between the different types of summary authority, in relation to the type of breach of military discipline, the rank of defence members with which each can deal, and the powers and punishments available to each level of authority; establish new service offences for failure to perform duty or carry out an activity, cyber-bullying, failure to comply with removal order (in relation to material on social media that constitutes cyber-bullying) and failure to comply with requirement to notify change in circumstances (in relation to the receipt of a benefit or allowance); and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Online Safety Act 2021

  ; and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum