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• Corporations Amendment (Auditor Registration) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to ensure that auditors registered from 1 December 2005 on the basis of the CPA/ICAA competency standard, as approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on 24 November 2004, are validly registered with effect from the date of their purported registration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to: enable the minister to exempt certain persons from liability to pay the import declaration processing charge; extend the circumstances in which an application can be made to move, alter or interfere with goods for export that are subject to customs control; remove certain requirements and clarify provisions in relation to the making of tariff concession orders for made-to-order capital equipment; and remove unnecessary and outdated provisions;

  Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

  to enable an officer to inspect and examine imported goods that they believe are goods prescribed by the Commerce (Imports) Regulations 1940; and enable the regulations to prescribe penalties for offences against those regulations; and

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  to clarify that powers under the Act are able to be exercised in the course of passage through or above the waters of another country in a manner consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to establish a sponsorship framework for the sponsored family visa program to: separate sponsorship assessment from the visa application process for family sponsored visas; require the approval of persons as family sponsors before any relevant visa applications are made; impose statutory obligations on persons who are or were approved as family sponsors and provide for sanctions if those obligations are not satisfied; facilitate the sharing of personal information between parties identified in a sponsorship application; enable the refusal of a sponsorship application and the cancellation or barring of a family sponsor in certain circumstances; enable the regulations to prescribe details for, and in relation to, the operation of the sponsorship framework; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Establishes the National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account to assist the Commonwealth to meet its funding obligations in relation to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Treatment of Parental Leave Payments) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

  to enable levy and charge payer information to be provided to rural research and development corporations for the purpose of developing levy payer registers; and the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: abolish the ‘75% audience reach rule’ which prohibits commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences whose combined licence area populations exceed 75 per cent of the population of Australia; abolish the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’ which prohibits control over more than two out of three regulated media platforms in any one commercial radio licence area; and provide additional local programming obligations for regional commercial television broadcasting licensees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Registration of Deaths Abroad Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984

  to: enable the minister to appoint any state or territory registrar as the Registrar of Deaths Abroad (the registrar); validate the prior appointment of the ACT Registrar-General as the registrar and validate any previous registrations of deaths; enable the registrar to register deaths that could have been registered under the law of a state or territory, where the state or territory concerned has provided notice that it will not register a death; and ensure that only the registrar can register deaths. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Welfare Payment Integrity) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable the making of departure prohibition orders to prevent social welfare payment debtors who have outstanding debts and have failed to enter into a satisfactory repayment arrangement from leaving the country; and remove the six-year limit on welfare debt recovery. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Interest Charge) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable an interest charge to be applied to certain debts relating to social security, family assistance (including child care), paid parental leave and student assistance payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum