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• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment (Restoring the Debt Ceiling) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to limit the amount the government can borrow, by providing that the Australian Office of Financial Management cannot issue further stock if it would result in the value of stock and securities on issue to be an amount greater than 35% of Australia’s gross domestic product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (A Living Wage) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to increase the national minimum wage to at least 60 per cent of the median full-time weekly wage, as determined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Restoring Penalty Rates) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHORTEN, Bill, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that modern awards cannot be varied to reduce penalty rates or the hours to which penalties rates apply if the variation is likely to result in a reduction in the take-home pay of an employee; and provide that any such determination by the Fair Work Commission made on or after 21 June 2017 is of no effect. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regional, Rural and Remote Education Commissioner Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes the Regional, Rural and Remote Education Commissioner to establish a national focus for education, training and research to enhance access, outcomes and opportunities in regional Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Giving the Community Rights on Phone Towers) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require owners and occupiers of land to be notified of a proposal to build or modify a telecommunications tower within 500 metres of their property; provide that notified owners and occupiers have 30 days in which to respond to the proposed development; provide that new telecommunications towers cannot be declared to be low impact; prevent the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) from considering commercial interests when determining the importance of a facility in a telecommunications network; require the ACMA, when considering developments near community sensitive sites, to be satisfied that all alternative sites are unfeasible; and enable appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision made by the ACMA to issue a facility installation permit. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Validation of Port Appointment) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Confirms the validity of the appointment of a proclaimed port in the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands contained in the

  Commonwealth of Australia Gazette

  No. GN 3, 23 January 2002, by: clarifying the geographical coordinates of the area of waters within the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands specified in the appointment; ensuring that there was a properly proclaimed port at Ashmore and Cartier Islands at all relevant times; and ensuring that things done under the

  Migration Act 1958

  which relied directly or indirectly on the terms of the appointment are valid and effective. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Animal Export Legislation Amendment (Ending Long-haul Live Sheep Exports) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee
  HINCH, Sen Derryn
  STORER, Sen Tim 

  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

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering Voting Age and Increasing Voter Participation) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: lower the minimum (non-compulsory) voting age in Australian federal elections and referenda from 18 to 16 years; allow 14 and 15 year olds to be added to the electoral roll in preparation for their eligibility to vote at 16 years of age; provide for 16 and 17 year olds to be included in the certified list of voters (but not to be given a penalty notice if they do not vote); and provide that an eligible voter, who is not yet on the electoral roll or enrolled at their correct address, is able to cast a provisional vote on election day. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FITZGIBBON, Joel, MP 

  Summary

  Provides for the appointment of an Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports to review the operation of the

  Export Control Act 1982

  and the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  so far as they relate to the regulation of live animal exports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Refugee Protection Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes the Asia Pacific Asylum Seeker Solution (APASS) as a regional framework for the Australian Government, in partnership with other countries within the Asia Pacific region, to provide for the protection and processing of asylum seekers and refugees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum