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• Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to provide improved occupational health and safety protection for Commonwealth employees, particularly in relation to an employer’s duty of care and workplace arrangements provisions. Also amends the

  Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001

  to repeal certain redundant references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 to implement the recommendation of the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review to establish an Office of National Intelligence (ONI), the bill: repeals the

  Office of National Assessments Act 1977

  ; amends 18 Acts to make consequential amendments; amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to make amendments contingent on the

  National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 to implement the recommendation of the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review to establish an Office of National Intelligence (ONI), the bill establishes the ONI as an independent statutory agency within the Prime Minister’s portfolio reporting directly to the Prime Minister, and subsuming the role, functions and staff of the Office of National Assessments (ONA). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Appropriates money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet certain Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations in relation to the World Bank’s International Development Association and debt relief schemes, including the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund; the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund; and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resourses 

  Summary

  Further to the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 and the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to: extend the operation of the Act to provide that a person commits an offence if a regulated entity interferes with offshore infrastructure activities; clarify the dual role of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) in regulating the Act and the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure framework, including in relation to NOPSEMA's duties, money and annual reporting requirements; and clarify that the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator may also be appointed as the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar; and

  Coral Sea Islands Act 1969

  ,

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  ,

  Sea Installations Act 1987

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 to facilitate and regulate the development of electricity infrastructure in Commonwealth waters, the bill imposes an offshore electricity infrastructure levy on offshore electricity infrastructure licence holders or those engaging in offshore infrastructure activities prescribed by regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021 to facilitate and regulate the development of electricity infrastructure in Commonwealth waters, the bill: prohibits offshore renewable energy infrastructure and offshore electricity transmission infrastructure in the Commonwealth offshore area without a licence; provides for the minister to declare specified areas suitable for offshore infrastructure activities and to grant licences allowing proponents to undertake offshore infrastructure activities in specified areas; provides for safety and protection zones to protect offshore electricity infrastructure; establishes the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar to administer the licensing scheme, including maintaining a register of licences and managing the licence application process; identifies the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority as the Offshore Infrastructure Regulator with work health and safety, environmental management, infrastructure integrity and regulatory functions; provides for directions, compliance and enforcement powers; and provides for the protection of worker safety through modified application of the

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  to: require the registered holder of titles to pay an annual fee for the term of the title; and amend the long title of the Act and rename it as the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 5 bills which rewrites and replaces the legislation currently providing for the administration of Australia’s offshore petroleum resources, the bill replaces the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Fees Act 1994

  by providing for annual fees to be payable in relation to petroleum exploration permits, retention leases and production, infrastructure and pipeline licences; and makes transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2021, the bill imposes a temporary levy on offshore petroleum production to recover the Commonwealth's costs of decommissioning the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields and associated infrastructure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum