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• Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Australian Local Power Agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill: establishes the Australian Local Power Agency (ALPA) to support the development of community energy projects in Australia, increase the competitiveness of renewable energy supplied by community energy projects and ensure that regional communities share in the benefits of renewable energy; provides for ALPA's functions and powers; establishes the Board of ALPA and provides for its functions, members, meetings and committees; and provides for the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer, staff and consultants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a legal framework governing immigration detention in Australia; provides alternatives to immigration detention; and prioritises non-citizens' immediate needs and refugee and international human rights law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Act 1903

  to require parliamentary approval of overseas services by members of the Australian Defence Force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All Visas) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HILL, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable, until 31 December 2021, visas to be granted, regardless of whether the applicant is in Australia or outside Australia (due to restrictions on international travel in and out of Australia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to: amend the reporting requirements of greenhouse gas emissions to include scope 3 emissions (which are indirect greenhouse gas emissions arising as a consequence of the activities of a facility); and require the minister to table Australia’s national greenhouse gas inventory estimates in Parliament every 3 months. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RICE, Sen Janet 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  to establish a new condition on financial assistance provided by the Commonwealth government to neutralise the revenue effect of taxes and charges imposed by states and territories on the purchase and use of electric vehicles; and

  Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Ten Days Paid Domestic and Family Violence Leave) Bill 2020 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCALLISTER, Sen Jenny 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide for ten days paid domestic and family violence leave in a 12-month period; provide for employees to access paid domestic and family violence leave at their base pay rate for usual hours of work in the period the leave was taken; enable an employee and employer to agree additional paid or unpaid leave can be taken in addition to the 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave; clarify and expand the reasons for which a person can take paid domestic and family violence leave; and strengthen the privacy obligations placed on employers in relation to an employee who takes paid family and domestic violence leave. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit the importation into Australia of goods from Xinjiang province in the People's Republic of China as well as goods from other parts of China that are produced by using forced labour. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Benefit to Australia) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to broaden the objects clause of the Act to require the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to take into account the benefit to the Australian community when granting new leases or renewing existing leases. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum