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• Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KAKOSCHKE-MOORE, Sen Skye
  GRIFF, Sen Stirling
  HINCH, Sen Derryn
  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: create a criminal offence for a person over 18 years of age to intentionally misrepresent their age in online communications to a person they reasonably believe to be under 16 years of age for the purposes of encouraging a physical meeting, or with the intention of committing an offence; and impose penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Privacy Act 1988

  to prohibit conduct related to the re-identification of de-identified personal information published or released by Commonwealth entities; and

  Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for a mandatory minimum sentence and increased maximum penalties for the offences of trafficking firearms or firearms parts within Australia, and into and out of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Great Australian Bight Environment Protection Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Prohibits mining activities, including prospecting for or exploring for minerals or other geological material, in the Great Australian Bight marine area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Racial Discrimination Law Amendment (Free Speech) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  BURSTON, Sen Brian
  CULLETON, Sen Rodney
  DAY, Sen Bob
  HANSON, Sen Pauline
  HINCH, Sen Derryn
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to repeal Part IIA which prohibits offensive behaviour based on racial hatred; and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  and

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom to Marry Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that authorised celebrants are not bound to solemnise marriage; and remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to make consequential amendments. Also includes a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Aug 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory
  ABETZ, Sen Eric
  BACK, Sen Chris
  BURSTON, Sen Brian
  BUSHBY, Sen David
  CULLETON, Sen Rodney
  DAY, Sen Bob
  DUNIAM, Sen Jonathon
  FAWCETT, Sen David
  HANSON, Sen Pauline
  HINCH, Sen Derryn
  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  MACDONALD, Sen Ian
  MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget
  O'SULLIVAN, Sen Barry
  PATERSON, Sen James
  REYNOLDS, Sen Linda
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
  SMITH, Sen Dean
  WILLIAMS, Sen John 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to amend section 18C (which makes unlawful certain offensive acts that are done because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin) to remove the words ‘offend’ and ‘insult’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Australian Workers) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CAMERON, Sen Doug 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: clarify the application of the Act to migrants; require Fair Work Information Statements to contain certain information; provide additional protection from adverse action in certain circumstances; introduce a ‘reasonable person’ test in determining whether an employer has engaged in sham contracting; enable the court to make orders requiring directors of phoenix companies to pay amounts owed by failed companies and orders disqualifying certain persons from managing corporations; increase maximum penalties for certain breaches of the Act; and introduce new offences for serious contraventions of the Act that involve the use of coercion or threats; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Diabetes Support) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MUIR, Sen Ricky 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to establish a health care card to provide people diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 with access to medication and peripheral devices; and the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable the Parliament to appropriate funds to support these payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RHIANNON, Sen Lee 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1000; require certain persons making gifts at or above the threshold to furnish a return within eight weeks after polling day; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum