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• 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

• Freeze on Rent and Rate Increases Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
  MCKIM, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to: provide for additional designated housing agreements to include model tenancy standards; and create an instrument-making power allowing the minister to make additional payments to the states on the basis that the states agree to adopt the model tenancy standards, which would include implementing controls on rents and a ban on no-grounds eviction; and

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to: insert an object stating that, in relation to differences of opinion between the Reserve Bank and the Government on questions of policy, the Government is ultimately responsible for monetary and banking policy; and provide that orders made to determine monetary policy can include freezing interest rates for a specified period of time. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Environment Watchdog Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment and undertake certain functions relating to communities; establish an Office of Monitoring, Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance within the EPA; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Water Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  POCOCK, Sen Barbara 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: prevent employers from contacting employees outside of work hours; and provide that employees are not required to monitor, read or respond to work communications from their employer outside of work hours. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  RENNICK, Sen Gerard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to add COVID-19 vaccination status as an attribute protected from discrimination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to require that labour hire workers covered by certain modern awards receive at least the same rate of pay as other employees performing the same work. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prevent the minister from approving an action which involves the clearing of koala habitat; and remove the exemption of regional forest agreements from requirements of the Act where there is, may, or is likely to have significant impacts on koalas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Protecting Environmental Heritage) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to prohibit actions involving large-scale wind and solar energy projects that have, will have, or are likely to have a significant impact on the natural environment, unless done in accordance with an approval by the Minister under Part 9 of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum