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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002

  to provide that forestry operations covered by a regional forest agreement are exempted from Part 3 of the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008

  to require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to ensure that school education provides a balanced presentation of opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues; and

  Australian Education Act 2013

  to make financial assistance to a state or territory conditional on the state or territory having certain laws in force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: require national broadcasters, commercial television broadcasting licensees and subscription television licensees to provide a minimum number of hours of television audio description per week; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  The bill: provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and provides for civil penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening Sponsorship and Nomination Processes) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish a framework for a new temporary skilled worker visa, the Skills in Demand visa; and establish a public register of approved sponsors who have nominated skilled workers for entry to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a taxation framework to implement the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules (which ensure that multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate) and an Australian domestic minimum tax for certain multinational enterprise groups with an annual global revenue of at least EUR 750 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill imposes global and domestic minimum taxes in respect of profits of multinational enterprises that have been undertaxed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, the bill amends 5 Acts to make amendments consequential on the introduction of global and domestic minimum taxes in Australia, including amendments to ensure that the taxes interact appropriately with existing Australian taxation laws. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to enable Export Finance Australia to support investments consistent with the National Interest Framework where support is not available through existing funds and programs; and make technical and minor amendments; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Regulation 2016

  to enable the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support renewable energy technologies that are part of the net zero transformation and to administer the Innovation Fund and other programs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Made in Australia Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jul 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the National Interest Framework to support consideration and decision making in relation to public investment that facilitates private sector investment in the national interest. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum