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• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Appointment of Directors) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STORER, Sen Tim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to insert additional requirements in relation to the process for appointing non-executive directors to the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to remove the exemption for religious educational institutions to discriminate against students and teachers on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, marital or relationship status or pregnancy; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to ensure that religious exemptions from anti-discrimination provisions do not extend to educational institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A Fair Go for Australians in Trade Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CARR, Sen Kim 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement that includes certain provisions; requires the Commonwealth to include in all bilateral trade agreements a labour chapter with internationally recognised labour principles; prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into a trade agreement unless the agreement requires skills assessments to be undertaken in Australia; requires the minister to commission an independent national interest assessment of any proposed trade agreement; and provides for the establishment of an accredited trade advisers program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Places and Services (Facial Recognition) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to prohibit the wearing of full face coverings in Commonwealth places and territories in prescribed circumstances, including while attending a Centrelink office and while participating in a citizenship ceremony. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending the Poverty Trap) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the maximum single rates of newstart allowance, youth allowance (away from home rates only), austudy, sickness allowance, special benefit, widow allowance and crisis payment by $150 a fortnight; standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018

  ; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Multicultural Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  The bill: enshrines the principles of diversity and multiculturalism; establishes the Australian Multicultural Commission and provides for its functions, powers, constitution, operation and inquiries; and provides for annual reporting requirements for Commonwealth entities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide that community development program (CDP) participants are subject to the targeted compliance framework; insert exemptions for CDP participants undertaking subsidised employment who are still in receipt of the newstart allowance, youth allowance, disability support pension, special benefit or parenting payment; create exceptions to work refusal failures for CDP participants who refuse subsidised employment and exceptions for participants undertaking subsidised employment who refuse other offers of employment; and create exceptions to unemployment failures for participants who voluntarily leave a suitable subsidised job without a valid reason, or are dismissed from a suitable subsidised job for misconduct;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Legislation Amendment (Improving Access and Transparency) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PATRICK, Sen Rex 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Archives Act 1983

  to require the reporting of external legal expenses incurred by the National Archives of Australia;

  Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010

  to: ensure that the Information Commissioner holds specified qualifications; and require the separate appointment of the Australian Information Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner and the Freedom of Information (FOI) Commissioner; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: enable the transfer of Information Commissioner reviewable decisions to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT); require the consistent application of exemptions by decision makers in the context of a review by the Information Commissioner; prevent the Information Commissioner from making FOI decisions if he or she does not hold specified qualifications; prevent agencies from publishing FOI information until at least 10 days after the applicant has received his or her copy of the information; and require the reporting of external legal expenses for each Information Commission or AAT FOI matter that has concluded. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving the Energy Efficiency of Rental Properties) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STORER, Sen Tim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to allow landlords to claim a tax offset of up to $2000 per year during a three-year trial period for energy efficiency upgrades to rental properties leased at $300 per week or less. Also provides for an independent review to be conducted after the three-year trial period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election that would ask Australians “Do you think the current rate of immigration to Australia is too high?”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum