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• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: extend paid parental leave (PPL) pay from 18 weeks to 20 weeks from 1 July 2023, with two weeks reserved on a 'use it or lose' basis for each claimant; remove the notion of primary, secondary and tertiary claimants and the requirement that the primary claimants of parental leave pay must be the birth parent; make paid parental leave consist only of flexible PPL days and remove the requirement to not return to work in order to be eligible; introduce a $350,000 family income limit under which families can be assessed if they do not meet the individual income test; and allow an eligible father or partner to receive parental leave pay regardless of whether the birth parent meets the income test, residency requirements or is serving a newly arrived resident's waiting period. Also makes consequential amendments to eight Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: increase the maximum period of flexible paid parental leave by 2 weeks each year from 1 July 2024 to 26 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the reserved period for partnered claimants by one week each year from 1 July 2025 to 4 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the number of days that can be taken concurrently by multiple claimants to 4 weeks by 1 July 2025; and make minor and technical amendments relating to eligibility for parental leave pay in exceptional circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017

  ,

  Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

  and two related instruments to respond to certain recommendations of the

  Independent Review of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017

  in relation to parliamentary business resources and special purpose aircraft travel;

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022

  to make consequential and technical amendments; and

  Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

  and two other Acts to provide that members’ remuneration is payable on a fortnightly rather than monthly basis. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Parliamentary Service Determination 2013

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill gives effect to recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s

  Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces

  by establishing the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service as an independent statutory agency to provide human resources and certain other services for parliamentarians and persons employed under the

  Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

  . Also establishes the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Advisory Board and the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Consultative Committee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to increase the rate of the passenger movement charge from $60 to $70 from 1 July 2024. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Times Reporting Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Payment Times Reporting Act 2020

  to implement recommendations of the statutory review of the Act and make other amendments in relation to the operation of the Payment Times Reporting Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023 and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill repeals 23 Acts; and makes consequential amendments to 13 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill enables the regulations to impose customs charges in relation to products that are produce of a primary industry and goods consumed by, or used in the maintenance or treatment of, animals, plants, fungi or algae. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill enables the regulations to impose excise levies in relation to products that are produce of a primary industry, goods consumed by, or used in the maintenance or treatment of, animals, plants, fungi or algae and goods connected with nursery products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum