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• Migration Amendment (Kids Off Nauru) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP
  BANDT, Adam, MP
  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to require the temporary transfer of children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to: impose a cap on the total payments that can be made under a consumer lease (known as rent-to-buy schemes); require small amount credit contracts (SACCs) (known as payday loans) to have equal repayments and payment intervals; remove the ability for SACC providers to charge monthly fees in respect of the residual term of a loan where a consumer fully repays the loan early; prevent lessors and credit assistance providers from undertaking door-to-door selling of leases at residential homes; introduce anti-avoidance protections; and increase penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Timely Publication of Emissions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to require the publication of the quarterly report of estimates of Australia's greenhouse gas inventory within five months of the end of each quarter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Restoring Penalty Rates) Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CAMERON, Sen Doug 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that modern awards cannot be varied to reduce penalty rates or the hours to which penalties rates apply if the variation is likely to result in a reduction in the take-home pay of an employee; and provide that any such determination by the Fair Work Commission made on or after 21 June 2017 is of no effect. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BURSTON, Sen Brian 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund to investigate the establishment of an Australia Fund to provide support and reconstruction for rural and manufacturing industries in times of crisis, and review bankruptcy and insolvency laws in relation to businesses in times of crisis; provides for the functions, powers and procedures of the committee; provides for the tabling of the committee's report; and provides that the committee ceases to exist after it presents its final report. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Research Council Amendment (Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to remove ministerial discretion in relation to the approval of research grants administered by the Australian Research Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Equal Pay Standard Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a stand-alone scheme for equal pay certification by employers that employ 25 or more people, to operate in addition to all current statutory requirements including the

  Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

  , the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Integrity Commission Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Australian National Integrity Commission as an independent public sector anti-corruption commission for the Commonwealth; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the National Integrity Commissioner and commissioners; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plebiscite (Allowing Australians to Decide Who Comes Here) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ANNING, Sen Fraser 

  Summary

  Establishes a legislative framework for a national plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the next general election in relation to the level and composition of migration to Australia. 

  Bill