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• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Implements Australia's obligations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships by amending the:

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to: introduce controls for discharges of residues of noxious liquid substances known as 'persistent floaters' in northern European waters; and ban the use of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters;

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to extend controls on ship harmful anti-fouling systems to include the chemical biocide, cybutryne; and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006

  to make minor technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: broaden the remit of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to make agreements with any person under review who acknowledges inappropriate practice (including bodies corporate); and introduce new sanctions for persons who fail to respond to a notice to produce documents to the Director of the PSR or to a PSR Committee, or fail to appear at hearings;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to provide for: the recovery of interest payable on certain debts; the application of administrative penalties to Shared Debt Recovery Scheme debts; the use of financial information gathering powers in debt recovery; Administrative Appeal Tribunal reviews where one or more garnishee notices are issued in relation to certain debts; and clarification of the Commonwealth's ability to recover debts from a person or the estate of a person. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation (Salary) Regulations

  (now renamed to the

  Superannuation (CSS) Salary Regulations 1978

  ), with effect from 1 July 1986, to provide that individuals who were provided with rent-free housing on and after 1 July 1986 will not have the value of that housing included in their default superannuation salary. Also provides for an exemption to cover certain individuals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Self-Employment Programs and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Regulations 1984

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify that the Acts operate in the same way in relation to payments under the Self-Employment Assistance program as payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamation) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, if supported by a ballot of relevant members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Governor-General Amendment (Salary) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Governor-General Act 1974

  to set the salary for the next Governor-General. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to: introduce an additional community supply support payment for eligible supplies of pharmaceutical benefits made by approved pharmacists; freeze indexation of the general patient co-payment for 1 year and indexation of the concessional co-payments for 5 years; phase-out the $1 allowable discount that pharmacies can choose to offer to patients; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Creative Australia Amendment (Implementation of Revive) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Creative Australia Act 2023

  to establish First Nations Arts and Writing Australia within Creative Australia and expand the governance structure of Creative Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to strengthen offences targeting the creation and non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material online, including material that has been created or altered using AI technology (commonly referred to as ‘deepfakes’). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum