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• National Health Amendment (Effect of Prosecution—Approved Pharmacist Corporations) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to enable the suspension or revocation of an approved pharmacist’s approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits where the approval is held by an approved pharmacist corporation and a director is charged or convicted with a PBS related offence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  National Disability Insurance Scheme 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  to: define National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports; clarify the process for reassessment of participant status; provide for participants to transition to a new framework plan; provide for new framework plans that include a flexible budget and budget for stated supports; provide for old framework plans to have a total funding amount; update the circumstances in which the National Disability Insurance Agency will manage funds; require participants spend money only on NDIS supports and in accordance with their plan; exempt NDIS rules from sunsetting; impose conditions on approved quality auditors to not employ or engage a person against whom a banning order has been made; and expand the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner’s delegation powers. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Cancer Screening Register Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016

  to add lung cancer in the definition of ‘designated cancer’ and in the coverage of the National Cancer Screening Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022, the bill establishes the National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate and report on serious or systemic corruption in the Commonwealth public sector, refer evidence of criminal corrupt conduct for prosecution and undertake education and prevention activities regarding corruption. Also provides for oversight of the commission by establishing a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission and an independent Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022, the bill amends: 25 Acts to make consequential amendments, including to confer powers on the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner that are currently conferred on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity's Integrity Commissioner; and the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to confer industry assistance powers on the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner. Also repeals the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  and includes transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Act 2016

  to: provide that regulations may prescribe matters that will be the subject of multiple separate charges, which may be incurred by a licence holder during a particular charging period; and enable the regulations to specify an amount of a charge or a method for working out a charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Modern Slavery Act 2018

  to establish the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory office holder within the Attorney-General’s portfolio to provide an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Ministers of State Act 1952

  to require the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to publish a notifiable instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation to advise that the Governor-General has chosen, summoned and sworn an Executive Councillor to the Federal Executive Council, appointed an officer to administer a Department of State of the Commonwealth, directed a Minister of State to hold an office, or has revoked any of these positions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment (Incapacity Payments) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to: enable veterans engaged in an approved rehabilitation program and undertaking full-time study to continue to receive incapacity payments at 100 per cent of their normal weekly earnings for an additional year, to 1 July 2023; and enable back-payments for student veterans who should have been eligible for the higher rate of payment to cover the period from 1 July 2022 until the Act's commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Bridging Visas, Serious Offenders and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Act 2023

  , which responded to the High Court’s judgement in

  NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

  (S28/2023), the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide for additional conditions to be placed on bridging visas granted to non-citizens released from immigration detention; and clarify the authority for the collection and use of information gathered by an electronic monitoring device. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum