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• Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Tax (Imposition) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2024 and Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) (Consequential Provisions and Other Matters) Bill 2024, the bill imposes a tax equivalent to the amount of the payment surcharge that has already been collected by a Commonwealth entity, where the authorisation of the past collection of a payment surcharge is beyond the other powers of the Commonwealth to some extent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: establish a hydrogen production tax offset that is available at a rate of $2 for a kilogram of eligible hydrogen for companies that satisfy certain eligibility requirements; and establish a critical minerals production tax incentive for expenditure incurred in carrying out registered processing activities; and

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to enable Indigenous Business Australia to borrow money for a purpose in connection with the performance of its functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for transitional arrangements to support the commencement of the

  Aged Care Act 2024

  ; makes consequential amendments to the

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  ; and repeals the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  My Health Records Act 2012

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and 5 other Acts to establish a framework which requires key health information to be shared with the My Health Record system, subject to certain exceptions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable the Minister to determine prohibited things in relation to immigration detention facilities and detainees, if the Minister if satisfied that possession or use of that thing might be a risk to the health, safety or security of persons in the facility, or to the order of the facility; expand powers to search, screen and seize prohibited things in relation to immigration detention facilities and detainees without a warrant; and enable, in certain circumstances, a detainee to continue to have access to alternative means of communication following seizure of a communication device. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Establishes a minimum age for social media use and an obligation on providers of an age-restricted social media platform to take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users from having an account with the platform. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Clarifies that information or a record obtained under specified warrants issued to the Australian Federal Police in connection with Operation Ironside was not intercepted while passing over a telecommunications system and was obtained lawfully under the relevant warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to expand the Midwife Professional Indemnity Scheme to include intrapartum care provided outside of a hospital, including homebirths and Birthing on Country models of care. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Women 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  to require certain employers with 500 or more employees to select and meet, or improve against, certain gender equality targets over a 3 year period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: update key definitional terms including the meaning of ‘gift’, ‘disclosure threshold’ and ‘candidate’ and introduce the category of ‘nominated entity’; require expedited disclosure of gifts; consolidate financial reporting obligations; and make machinery amendments in relation to electoral and referendum operations;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: establish an annual gift cap, an overall gift cap and a State and Territory gift cap; establish annual caps on electoral expenditure; expand on existing obligations in relation to Commonwealth campaign accounts; introduce a new system of administrative funding and increase election funding; streamline reporting obligations for Senate groups; and make technical amendments in relation to compliance and enforcement powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum