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• Independent Office of Animal Welfare Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Office of Animal Welfare as an independent statutory authority with responsibility for advising on the protection of animal welfare in Commonwealth regulated activities; provides for the functions, appointment and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and for staff and consultants; establishes the Office of Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to advise the CEO; and provides for reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Liability for Climate Change Damage (Make the Polluters Pay) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Provides that fossil fuel companies are liable for climate change damage in proportion to their greenhouse gas emissions; and enables certain persons, including those impacted by climate change, to bring legal actions against major greenhouse gas emitters for damage caused by climate change. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: establish new federal family violence orders which, if breached, can be criminally enforced; and broaden the protections for Registrars of a Family Court of a State in conducting conferences; six Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  to broaden the protections for the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Registrars and Registrars in the Federal Circuit and Family Court in conducting conferences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of Budget Honesty Amendment (Rural and Regional Australia Statements) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to require the Treasurer to release and table regular rural and regional Australia statements to provide information to allow assessment of the impact of government policy decisions on rural and regional Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: establish the Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority to exercise the routine administrative regulatory functions currently undertaken by the Commonwealth in relation to the Act and other Commonwealth legislation relating to the environment; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Environment and Energy; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  and

  Water Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  ]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997

  to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Prohibiting All Sexual Harassment) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide a general prohibition on sexual harassment, such that it will be unlawful for a person to sexually harass another person in any setting or circumstance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: establish a framework for the making, varying, revoking and application of National Environmental Standards; and establish an Environment Assurance Commissioner to undertake monitoring or auditing of the operation of bilateral agreements with states and territories and Commonwealth processes for making and enforcing approval decisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021, the bill amends the

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Australian Local Power Agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill: establishes the Australian Local Power Agency (ALPA) to support the development of community energy projects in Australia, increase the competitiveness of renewable energy supplied by community energy projects and ensure that regional communities share in the benefits of renewable energy; provides for ALPA's functions and powers; establishes the Board of ALPA and provides for its functions, members, meetings and committees; and provides for the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer, staff and consultants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum