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• Electoral Amendment (Banning Foreign Political Donations) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: prohibit the receipt of a gift which exceeds $1000 by a political party or candidate from a foreign person or a person who has not provided a statutory declaration stating that they are not a foreign person; provide that a gift received in these circumstances is a debt owing to the Commonwealth and may be recovered by the Commonwealth; and provide that a gift received in these circumstances is not unlawful if it is returned within 30 days after its receipt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2017, the bill establishes an ongoing funding arrangement for fixed wireless and satellite infrastructure (the Regional Broadband Scheme) by imposing a monthly charge on carriers, including NBN Co Ltd, in relation to each premises connected to their network that has an active fixed-line superfast broadband service during the month. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2017, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: remove regulation of networks servicing small business customers; enable new superfast networks to operate on a functionally separated basis with the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); enable the ACCC to exempt small start-up networks from separation regulation; provide that all services supplied on networks that are wholesale-only or functionally separated will be subject to clear non-discrimination obligations; amend the enforcement regime, including conferring additional powers on the ACCC; and introduce a statutory infrastructure provider regime; Carrier Licence Conditions (Networks supplying Superfast Carriage Services to Residential Customers) Declaration 2014 and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 in relation to sunsetting arrangements;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to implement the administrative arrangements for the Regional Broadband Scheme; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to extend the ‘designated day’ for the purposes of Telstra’s structural separation to 1 January 2020. Also repeals four declarations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997

  to ensure that a migration agent who paid the non-commercial registration application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: remove legal practitioners from regulation by the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA); provide that the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent is set out in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; remove redundant regulatory provisions; enable the MARA to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where the applicant does not respond to requests for further information; require migration agents to notify the MARA that they have ceased acting on a non-commercial basis and commenced acting on a commercial basis; and ensure that the definitions of ‘immigration assistance’ and ‘immigration representations’ include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: restrict access to the relocation scholarship to students relocating within Australia and students studying in Australia; align pensioner education supplement fortnightly rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students; and provide that payments of the pensioner education supplement cease during semester breaks and holiday periods; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to align education entry payment rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: amend the residency requirements for the age pension and the disability support pension by changing certain timeframes which need to be met before claims will be deemed payable to eligible recipients; and increase the maximum liquid assets waiting period for youth allowance, austudy, newstart allowance and sick allowance from 13 weeks to 26 weeks;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to cease payment of the pension supplement after six weeks temporary absence overseas and immediately for permanent departures; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to align the income test taper rates so that all income above the higher income free area is treated equally when calculating an individual’s rate of family tax benefit Part A. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Paper Bills and Statements) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: ensure that, when a supplier provides a customer with an itemised bill or proof of transaction, the document is given in paper form unless the customer consents to receiving it electronically; and ensure that customers are not charged a fee for receiving the document in paper. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Safeguarding the Reputation of Australian Beef) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to impose a penalty on Australian cattle exporters who do not take reasonable steps to ensure that Australian cattle that is slaughtered, or processed after slaughter, in a foreign country is not marketed as Australian beef. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take Home Pay of All Workers) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: ensure that penalty rates in a modern award cannot be varied to make the penalty rate lower than that in force under the award on 30 June 2017; provide that any such determination by the Fair Work Commission made on or after 22 February 2017 is of no effect; and ensure that penalty rates cannot be reduced in any future greenfields or non-greenfields enterprise agreement if an employee is worse off than they would have been under the award, by virtue of the fact that the employee works only or mainly on days on which penalty rates are paid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum