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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donations Reform) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to prohibit political donations from certain industries and from industry representative organisations whose majority members are prohibited donors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (Improved Oversight and Resourcing) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WRIGHT, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to: enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor to review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation; require the monitor to consider whether counter-terrorism and national security legislation is a proportionate response to the national security threat faced; enable Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate committees and the Human Rights Commission to refer matters to the monitor for inquiry; require for all reports of the monitor to be tabled and the government to respond to any recommendations within six months; ensure that the position of monitor is a full time position; establish the Office of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor as a statutory agency and a listed entity; and provide for staff; and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to enable the Human Rights Commission to refer matters to the monitor for inquiry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to link annual wage increases for members of the Australian Defence Force to whichever is the higher of increases in parliamentary allowance or the consumer price index. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Local Content) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to include requirements for the production and dissemination of local content in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Charter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Tax Benefit (Tighter Income Test) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to reduce certain Family Tax Benefit Part A payments by 20 per cent of any income in excess of the ‘income free area’ until the payment reaches zero. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard
  MACDONALD, Sen Ian
  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  URQUHART, Sen Anne 

  Summary

  Establishes a Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis to be responsible for formulating rules and monitoring compliance with those rules for licensing the production, manufacture, supply, use, experimental use and import and export of medicinal cannabis; and provides for a national system to regulate the cultivation, production and use of medicinal cannabis products, and related activities such as research. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom to Marry Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to provide that: people may marry regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity; registered marriage celebrants are not able to discriminate; religious and non-religious private sector celebrants have freedom of conscience not to solemnise marriages; and chaplains in the defence force may exercise a freedom of conscience while maintaining a positive duty to try to ensure that all couples who seek their services are able to marry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Caring for Single Parents) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to enable single parents to access the parenting payment (single) until their youngest child has turned 16 years of age;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for payments under this Act; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible work arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Publish What You Pay) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to require Australian companies involved in extractive industries to disclose any payments made to foreign countries over $100 000 on a country-by-country and project-by-project basis; and require the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to publish the Publish What You Pay reports on their website within 28 days of their receipt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Humanitarian Visa Intake) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to prevent the preclusion of processing or granting a visa at any time in a financial year when fewer than 20 000 humanitarian visas have been granted; and require the minister to present to Parliament quarterly reports setting out the number of each class of humanitarian visas granted during the previous quarter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum