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• Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide a process for an employee who is a casual or rolling contract employee to request to move to ongoing employment on a part-time or full-time basis; and provide the Fair Work Commission with the power to make a secure employment order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (National Regional Higher Education Strategy) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require the minister to develop a National Regional Higher Education Strategy; and revise the strategy every four years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to recover the costs of delivering services under the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety, the bill amends the:

  Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

  to enable the payment of the amount of the domestic commercial vessel levy to the AMSA;

  Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991

  to clarify that leviable domestic commercial vessels are exempt from the Marine Navigation (Regulations Functions) Levy; and

  Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

  to enable the AMSA to suspend or revoke certificates of survey or detain a domestic commercial vessel in response to non-payment of the domestic commercial vessel levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) Levy Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to recover the costs of delivering services under the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety, the bill imposes a levy on certain domestic commercial vessels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) Levy Collection Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to recover the costs of delivering services under the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety, the bill provides for the collection and administration of the domestic commercial vessel levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance from 1 July 2018;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Rural Finance Reform) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to impose certain obligations and requirements on authorised deposit-taking institutions in relation to loans of up to $5 million to small primary production businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misleading Representations About Broadband Speeds) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to provide that, when a representation is made about the speed, quality or price of a broadband service, that representation must include information about typical speeds, typical busy periods and their impact on average speeds, and any other factors that may affect the performance of the service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAMMOND, Tim, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to: impose a cap on the total payments that can be made under a consumer lease (known as rent-to-buy schemes); require small amount credit contracts (SACCs) (known as payday loans) to have equal repayments and payment intervals; remove the ability for SACC providers to charge monthly fees in respect of the residual term of a loan where a consumer fully repays the loan early; prevent lessors and credit assistance providers from undertaking door-to-door selling of leases at residential homes; introduce anti-avoidance protections; and increase penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v ARJ17

  [2017] FCAFC 125 by amending the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify the allocation of jurisdiction between the Federal Circuit Court and the Federal Court in relation to a migration decision; and

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum