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• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Cheaper Home Batteries) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: include home batteries as an eligible technology to create small-scale technology certificates under the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme; and provide for an independent review of the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Protecting Australians from Censorship) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from de-platforming, or censoring the posts of, members of Parliament, candidates in elections, registered political parties or Australian journalistic enterprises; and prohibits providers of large foreign social media services from censoring philosophical discourse on their social media services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Faster Internet for Regional Australia) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: include performance benchmarks for statutory infrastructure providers (SIPs) relating to internet connections, fault rectifications, appointment keeping and internet speed; and require SIPs to disclose performance data to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for immediate publication on a quarterly basis, or within 30 days following a serious outage; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination and Other Legislation Amendment (Save Women’s Sport) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHANDLER, Sen Claire 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Sports Commission Act 1989

  to require the Australian Sports Commission to promote women’s participation in sport, including by supporting the provision of single-sex sport for women and girls; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that the provision of single-sex sports, services and facilities for women and girls is consistent with the objects of the Act; insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’; and provide that it is not unlawful to exclude persons of one sex from participation in any sporting activity intended for persons of a different sex. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework relating to potentially defamatory content posted on social media by: deeming a person who administers or maintains a social media page not to be a publisher of third-party material; deeming a social media service provider to be the publisher of material that is published on their service if it is posted in Australia; creating a conditional defence for social media service providers in defamation proceedings relating to material on their service that is posted in Australia if the provider meets certain conditions; empowering courts to issue end-user information disclosure orders to require providers of social media services to give the applicant relevant contact details and country location data in certain circumstances; requiring social media companies to have a nominated entity incorporated in Australia able to discharge certain key obligations; and enabling the Attorney-General to intervene in defamation proceedings on behalf of the Commonwealth and authorise a grant of legal assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Concession for Australian Medical Innovations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to introduce the patent box regime to provide concessional tax treatment for ordinary and statutory income derived by a corporate taxpayer from exploiting a medical or biotechnology patent for the financial years commencing on or after 1 July 2022; and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to include application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for a national voluntary agriculture biodiversity stewardship market to enable agricultural landholders to receive a tradeable certificate for undertaking projects that enhance or protect biodiversity in native species. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Identification) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGRATH, Sen James 

  Summary

  Responds to recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' reports into the conduct of the 2013, 2016 and 2019 elections by amending the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to require voters to provide an acceptable form of identification, or alternatively an attestation from another enrolled person who does have an acceptable form of identification, in order to cast an ordinary pre-poll or polling day vote in federal elections and referendums. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Tax Integrity and Supporting Business Investment) Bill 2022 to reduce the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Australian Agriculture Worker Program or the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  to amend the title of the Act to the

  Income Tax (Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum