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• Fair Work Amendment (Improving Paid Parental Leave for Parents of Stillborn Babies) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KENEALLY, Sen Kristina 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to ensure that parents of stillborn babies can access the same employer-paid paid parental leave that they would be entitled to regardless of whether the pregnancy ended in a stillbirth or a live birth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: remove the annual child care subsidy (CCS) cap so that there will no longer be a limit on the amount of CCS that families, over a specified income, can receive each year; and increase the maximum subsidy rate of CCS for second and subsequent children, where a family has more than one child under 6 years of age. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and three other Acts to: expand the role of the Financial Services and Credit Panel to operate as a single disciplinary body for financial advisers; create new penalties and sanctions for financial advisers who have breached their obligations under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; introduce a two-stage registration process for financial advisers; transfer functions from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to the minister and to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and introduce a single registration and disciplinary system for financial advisers who provide tax (financial) advice services; and Corporations Act 2001 to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Debt Waiver) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to waive the repayment of certain classes of debts for farm household allowance (FHA) recipients arising from the business income reconciliation process for FHA payments between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Security (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Security Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  ,

  Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the minimum stockholding obligation and the fuel security services payment; and

  Fuel Security Act 2021

  , when enacted, to make amendments consequential on the commencement of the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Security Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Security (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021, the bill: establishes a minimum stockholding obligation for corporate entities that undertake certain activities (broadly, importing and refining) in relation to certain transport fuels to hold a minimum quantity of those fuels nationally; and enable a production payment for refinery operators (referred to as a fuel security services payment) to provide an adjustable cent per litre payment to refineries in return for a commitment to continue refining until at least 30 June 2027. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021, the bill amends five Acts to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021, the bill: establishes the Financial Regulatory Assessment Authority to assess and report on the effectiveness and capability of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and prohibits the unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information provided to the Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: establish new federal family violence orders which, if breached, can be criminally enforced; and broaden the protections for Registrars of a Family Court of a State in conducting conferences; six Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to broaden the protections for the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Registrars and Registrars in the Federal Circuit and Family Court in conducting conferences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Early Childhood Education and Care Coronavirus Response and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: expand the circumstances in which business continuity payments (BCPs) can be paid to approved child care providers; and correct drafting errors made by the

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Act 2020

  ; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: Administrative Appeals Tribunal review; delegation of funding agreement powers; child care subsidy reconciliation deadlines; ensuring that BCPs will not be offset against future CCS payments during the period 6 April to 12 July 2020 (the relevant period); allowing the minister's rules to specify circumstances in which BCPs paid to providers during the relevant period are to be debts; not including the relevant period in determining cessation of child's enrolment; removing the requirement to report provision of care to children during the relevant period; and provider applications and approvals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum