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• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Corrective Services Authorities) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to provide state and territory corrective services authorities with the ability to access telecommunications data. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Security Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  to: expand the definition of unlawful interference; establish an additional purpose of safeguarding against operational interference and expanding the existing security direction power to include making directions in relation to a specific threat of operational interference; enable the minister to declare critical industry participants, with additional requirements; include additional requirements in relation to security plans and programs; provide for the use and disclosure of protected information; expand the powers of aviation and maritime security inspectors to undertake compliance activities; apply the investigation and civil penalty provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; remove timeframes in relation to the provision of certain information; and require mandatory reporting of cyber security incidents; and

  Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: allow all documents to be signed or executed electronically; allow certain additional categories of documents to be sent electronically; amend the criteria with which an entity must comply before they are relieved from their obligations to provide a document to a member; and make consequential amendments; the

  Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2022

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2022

  ; the

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to allow documents under the National Credit Code to be given in either physical or electronic form, or by the provision of an electronic postcard; the

  National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009

  to include application, transitional and saving provisions; the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995

  to remove certain requirements relating to payments; and 11 Acts to provide that notices required or permitted to be published in newspapers can now be published in a manner that results in the notice being accessible to the public and reasonably prominent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Streamlining and Improving Economic Outcomes for Australians) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide certain foreign financial service providers with exemptions from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence and from the fit and proper person test; and enable the minister to determine regulators that administer broadly comparable regulatory regimes;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to impose financial reporting and auditing requirements on registrable superannuation entities that are consistent with those that currently apply to public companies and registered schemes; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable small business entities to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for an order staying, or otherwise affecting, the operation or implementation of decisions of the Commissioner of Taxation that are being reviewed by the AAT. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Radioactive Waste Agency Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Administrative Actions) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable Services Australia to use computer programs to manage the Register of Approved Placements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Family Support) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend eligibility to family members of working age veterans who are experiencing vulnerabilities that give rise to a need for support, whether or not the veteran is participating in a rehabilitation program or has rendered warlike service; and expand the range of supports available to family members under the family support package;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are exempt from income tax; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that family support payments for veterans and their families are not income for the purposes of the social security income test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Brisbane Airport Curfew and Demand Management Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: imposes a curfew and certain related restrictions on aircraft movements at Brisbane Airport; provides for the development of a long term operating plan that deals with the management of aircraft movements and airspace at Brisbane Airport; and provides for consultation procedures. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Airports Act 1996

  and

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: lower the donation disclosure threshold from $13 800 to $1000 for individual donations and require aggregation under the threshold; expand the definition of 'gift'; introduce a cap of $50 000 on the total amount of donations a donor can provide during an electoral cycle; require real-time disclosure by gift recipients to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) within two business days of the donation threshold being reached or exceeded; require the AEC to publish donation returns by reporting entities on the Transparency Register as soon as reasonably practicable; introduce an electoral expenditure cap to limit the amount of money that can be spent on federal election campaigns; prohibit political donations from particular industries, including fossil fuel entities, gambling companies, liquor companies and the tobacco industry; and increase certain penalties for corporations 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Moratorium on New Coal, Gas and Oil Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit environmental approvals of new coal, gas and oil projects; revoke existing environmental approvals of coal, gas and oil projects that haven't commenced; and prohibit new petroleum exploration permits being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum exploration permits; and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to prohibit petroleum production licences being granted or renewed in Commonwealth waters and cancel current petroleum licences where petroleum recovery operations have not commenced. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum