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• 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

• Migration Amendment (Free the Children) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide that the minister must determine that a detained minor is to reside at a specified place within the community rather than being held in a detention facility; and ensure that the minister can only designate a country as a regional processing country if the minister is satisfied that the country complies with relevant international laws, meets relevant human rights standards, is a safe and appropriate place for minors to reside and will release any detained person subsequently identified as a minor from detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 15 Acts to remove current provisions providing for regulatory regimes and to apply the standard provisions of the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  in relation to: the ability to secure evidence of a contravention when exercising monitoring powers; the age of photographs for identity cards; the time period for the making of a civil penalty order; and the cap on the amount to be stated in an infringement notice; and the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to make amendments consequential on the commencement of the proposed

  Fairer Paid Parental Leave Act 2016

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Restoring Territory Rights (Dying with Dignity) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard
  GALLAGHER, Sen Katy 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  and

  Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

  to remove the prohibition on legalising euthanasia; and repeals the

  Euthanasia Laws Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  and

  Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978

  to remove the prohibition on legalising euthanasia; and repeals the

  Euthanasia Laws Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum