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• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  THORPE, Sen Lidia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

  to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Limits on Immigration Detention) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  TINK, Kylea, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: prohibit the detention of minors; and introduce a 90-day limit on immigration detention which can only be extended in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Online Safety Amendment (Protecting Australian Children from Online Harm) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  COLEMAN, David, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Online Safety Act 2021

  to require the minister to conduct a trial of age verification technologies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023, the bill enables certain licences issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to be treated as Australian naval nuclear power safety licences for the purposes of the

  Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2023

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a framework to regulate the nuclear safety aspects of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine enterprise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to insert a modified ‘equal access’ cost protection provision in relation to federal unlawful discrimination court proceedings; and

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  and

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Childhood Gender Transition Prohibition Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  BABET, Sen Ralph
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits health practitioners from performing gender clinical interventions intended to transition a minor’s biological sex, subject to limited exemptions; and prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into arrangements involving the expenditure or payment of money that provides or facilitates the provision of such a procedure or treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crown References Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum