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• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation and Science 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to implement certain recommendations of the

  Review of the impact of the TEQSA Act on the higher education sector

  by: removing references to specific categories of non-threshold standards; removing unnecessary references to 'the Research Minister' and requiring that advice on new standards need only be sought from that minister in certain circumstances; requiring TEQSA to advise the minister and the Higher Education Standards Panel (the panel) before it undertakes a quality review that could have certain impacts; providing that overseas universities can offer a course of study not wholly or mainly provided from Australian premises, and use the word 'university' to represent its operations, without committing an offence; providing that a quorum for TEQSA meetings is a majority of commissioners; expanding the skill set that the minister must ensure is encompassed by the panel members; expanding the functions of the panel; providing a consent-based exception to the offence of unauthorised disclosure or use of information; allowing TEQSA to disclose certain higher education and personal information to the minister, the secretary and relevant officers; and allowing TEQSA to disclose information for research purposes and to a complainant in relation to a complaint without the consent of the body to which the information applies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit certain conduct in electricity retail, contract and wholesale markets, broadly relating to retail pricing, financial contract market liquidity and conduct in wholesale spot markets; provide remedies which the ACCC may use if it reasonably believes a corporation has engaged, or is engaging, in prohibited conduct in the electricity sector; enable the Treasurer, following the receipt of a prohibited conduct recommendation from the ACCC, to issue a written order to a corporation or another body to make offers to enter into electricity financial contracts with third party entities; enable the Treasurer, following the receipt of a prohibited conduct recommendation from the ACCC, to apply to the Federal Court (the court) for a divestiture order and for the court to make related orders that a corporation or another body corporate dispose of interests in securities or assets that are part of its electricity business; set out the notice and recommendation procedures that must be followed before an order can be made in respect of a corporation or another body corporate; confer new compulsory information gathering powers on the Australian Energy Regulator (AER); allow the AER to share information with other agencies; and facilitate the conferral of functions related to the regulation of retail electricity prices on the AER. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal-Fired Power Funding Prohibition Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Prohibits the Commonwealth government or its agencies from funding the refurbishment, building or purchase of, or providing indirect assistance to, a coal-fired power station. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Heritage Listing for the Bight) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to grant National Heritage status to the Great Australian Bight. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Human Rights and Corruption (Magnitsky Sanctions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DANBY, Michael, MP 

  Summary

  Based on the precedents of the

  Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 2016

  (US) and the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill 2018 (UK), the bill provides the minister with the discretion to impose certain sanctions for the purposes of compliance with United Nations obligations or other international obligations, or for the purposes of preventing or responding to gross human rights abuse or violations, or acts of significant corruption. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Animal Export Prohibition (Ending Cruelty) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Act 1997

  and

  Export Control Act 1982

  to: permanently ban from 1 July 2021 the export of live animals for slaughter; and establish interim requirements to ensure that live animals are treated humanely after being exported. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Bill 2018 (No. 2)

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Export Control Act 1982

  and proposed

  Export Control Act 2018

  to restrict the long haul export of live sheep and lambs during the northern hemisphere summer months of July, August or September in a five year transitional period, or at any time after that period, where the voyage is by ship and of duration exceeding 10 days, and where a place in that voyage is either the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (regardless of whether it is the final destination) 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Urgent Medical Treatment) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PHELPS, Kerryn, MP
  WILKIE, Andrew, MP
  BANDT, Adam, MP
  BANKS, Julia, MP
  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families, if they are assessed by two or more treating doctors as requiring medical treatment; and require the temporary transfer of all children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for statutory codes of conduct for the members of each house of parliament and their staff; creates a statutory basis for parliamentarians’ registers of interests; establishes a Parliamentary Integrity Advisor to provide independent, confidential advice and guidance to Members and their staff in relation to the applicable codes of conduct; and establishes a Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to assist in the assessment, investigation and resolution of alleged breaches of the applicable codes of conduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum