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• Equal Pay Standard Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a stand-alone scheme for equal pay certification by employers that employ 25 or more people, to operate in addition to all current statutory requirements including the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  , the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Integrity Commission Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Australian National Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the National Integrity Commissioner and commissioners; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence (Honour General Sir John Monash) Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Provides for the posthumous promotion of the late General Sir John Monash to rank of Australian Field Marshal in the Australian Regular Army on 1 January 1931, the date of his return to the Active Duty List. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Kids Off Nauru) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP
  BANDT, Adam, MP
  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to require the temporary transfer of children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, 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

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Timely Publication of Emissions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to require the publication of the quarterly report of estimates of Australia's greenhouse gas inventory within five months of the end of each quarter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  in relation to: approval and registration for prescribed active constituents, chemical products or labels; information to be taken into account by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) in determining applications; limits on use of information; computerised decision-making by the APVMA; notification and publication of voluntary recalls; obligations on holders and applicants to inform the APVMA of new information where it relates to the safety criteria; the definition of ‘registered chemical product’; suspension or cancellation of approval or registration for provision of false or misleading information; supply of registered chemical products with unapproved label; variation of approval of registration during suspension; safety, efficacy, trade and labelling criteria; notice requirements for notices provided to Food Standards Australia New Zealand by the APVMA; and amendment of an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: enable the APVMA to prescribe an accreditation scheme for third party assessment providers; and make minor and machinery changes including the removal of unnecessary and redundant provisions;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to remove the requirement for the APVMA to prepare an annual operational plan; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013

  to align the timing of reviews of agvet legislation. Also repeals the

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A Fair Go for Australians in Trade Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CLARE, Jason, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement that includes certain provisions; requires the Commonwealth to include in all bilateral trade agreements a labour chapter with internationally recognised labour principles; prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement unless the agreement requires skills assessments to be undertaken in Australia; requires the minister to commission an independent national interest assessment of any proposed trade agreement; and provides for the establishment of an accredited trade advisers program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALBANESE, Anthony, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a High Speed Rail Planning Authority to advise on, plan and develop high speed rail on the east coast of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum