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• Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Australia) Bill 2024, the bill provides for transitional provisions and amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and 8 other Acts to support the establishment of Environment Protection Australia (EPA) and the Head of Environment Information Australia. Also amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: confer compliance powers on the EPA; introduce protection orders and audit powers; and provide for the minister and secretary to delegate powers to the Chief Executive Officer of the EPA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes Environment Protection Australia as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Times Reporting Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  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

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (More Support in the Safety Net) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 10 per cent;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase jobseeker payment for certain recipients who have an assessed partial capacity to work due to physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to expand the circumstances in which a carer may temporarily cease providing care without losing eligibility for the carer payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  in relation to: new requirements for the ‘fit and proper’ provider test; giving certain information to registered providers; management of provider applications; registration requirements; automatic cancellation of a provider’s registration in certain circumstances; ministerial powers to determine enrolment limits on overseas students; and automatic suspension and cancellation of specified courses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Excise Act 1901

  to: remove renewal requirements and renewal fees for excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; confer a new discretion to issue entity level excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; and establish a public register of excise and excise-equivalent warehouses licences and licensed premises; and

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to remove licence requirements for certain onshore producers of crude oil and condensate. Also makes consequential and minor amendments to 4 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Extending the FBT Exemption for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  VAN, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Act 2022

  to extend the fringe benefits tax exemption for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles until 1 April 2030. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Postal Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to: enable the disclosure of information and documents to prescribed persons; extend the operation of secondary disclosure provisions; expand the range of permissible circumstances in which a mail article may be opened and examined by Australia Post and border agencies; streamline certain administrative arrangements; and make minor and technical amendments; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum