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• Franchising Laws Amendment (Fairness in Franchising) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  O'NEILL, Sen Deborah 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Franchising) Regulation 2014

  to: enable the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman to appoint a mediation and franchising adviser to assist in resolving franchising disputes where mediation has failed, or where both parties agree to arbitration; and give the ombudsman the power to assist with multi-party mediation and arbitration in franchising disputes where multiple parties have identical issues that require resolution;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to increase the civil penalties provisions for breaching the Franchising Code of Conduct; and

  Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act 2015

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Judges’ Pensions Amendment (Pension Not Payable for Misconduct) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Judges' Pensions Act 1968

  to cease the payment of a retired judge's pension where they have engaged in serious misconduct while serving as a judge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions Amendment (Confidentiality Protections) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to apply the limits on the use and disclosure of information given to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability (the commission) in private session, and the restrictions on the ability of such private session information to be used in evidence against the person who gave the information, to information given to the commission for purposes other than in a private session, where the commission has indicated the information is to be treated as confidential and has treated it as such; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (COVID-19 Supplement) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to maintain the coronavirus supplement at the rate of $550 per fortnight for recipients of jobseeker payment, partner allowance, widow allowance, youth allowance, austudy, ABSTUDY Living Allowance, parenting payment, farm household allowance, and special benefit; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend the coronavirus supplement to recipients of disability support pensions and age pensions who receive Commonwealth rent assistance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Transparency) Bill 2020 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to require residential aged care providers to disclose their income, costs of food and medication, staff and staff training, accommodation, administration and monies paid to parent bodies in annual financial transparency reports to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to ensure residential aged care providers include detailed financial information in annual financial statements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment (Making Gambling Businesses Accountable) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: require gambling companies to report to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre if they have reason to suspect a person is paying for gambling services with money obtained illegally; and enable the Federal Court to make compensation orders where gambling companies have provided gambling services to a person who they suspect has paid for the gambling service using money obtained illegally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Federal Integrity Commission Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Australian Federal Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the Federal Integrity Commissioner, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner, Whistleblower Protection Commissioner and Assistant Federal Integrity Commissioners; establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; establishes the Parliamentary Inspector of the Australian Federal Integrity Commission; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Parliamentary Standards Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, 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 parliamentarians 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

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 4) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make refunds of large-scale generation shortfall charges non-assessable non-exempt income for income tax purposes;

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Act 2018

  to: facilitate the closure and any transitional arrangements associated with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) replacing the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT); provide for the transfer of records and documents from the SCT to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; include a power for the Federal Court to remit cases back to AFCA; and include a rule-making power to allow the minister to prescribe matters of a transitional nature;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to increase the maximum amount of penalty units that can be included in regulations that prescribe an industry code from 300 to 600 penalty units; and

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020

  to extend the temporary mechanism which enables ministers to change arrangements for meeting information and documentary requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020, the bill: repeals the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  ; and amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to require Commonwealth entities to consider the potential risks of climate change when performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, and include this information in annual reports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum