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• New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Consequential on the

  Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulation 2019

  , which created two provisional skilled regional visas, the bill amends seven Acts to provide that holders of these provisional skilled regional visas will have the same access to welfare payments and government services as permanent visa holders where eligible. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Constitution Alteration (Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Press) 2019 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Subject to approval in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution, the bill proposes an alteration to the Constitution to provide that the Commonwealth, States and Territories must not limit freedom of expression, including freedom of the press and other media. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Subject to approval in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution, the bill proposes an alteration to the Constitution to: provide the Commonwealth with the power to make laws in relation to the use and management of water resources that extend beyond the limits of a state; and ensure that any Commonwealth law relating to water resources does not have an overall detrimental effect on the environment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Staffing Ratio Disclosure) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: require approved residential care service providers to notify the secretary of the ratios of aged care recipients to staff members, broken down into categories of staff members, on a quarterly basis; and require a review of the proposed amendments 12 months after their commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018

  to establish a database for nationally consistent worker screening to enable employers to search the database to screen potential employees for any history of misconduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Rural Finance Reform) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to impose certain obligations and requirements on authorised deposit-taking institutions in relation to loans of up to $5 million to small primary production businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal-Fired Power Funding Prohibition Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Prohibits the Commonwealth government or its agencies from funding the refurbishment, building or purchase of, or providing indirect assistance to, a coal-fired power station. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Heritage Listing for the Bight) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to grant National Heritage status to the Great Australian Bight. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  and

  Export Control Act 1982

  to restrict the long haul export of live sheep and lambs during the northern hemisphere summer months of June, July, August or September in a five year transitional period, or at any time after that period, where the voyage is by ship and of duration exceeding 10 days, and where a place in that voyage is either the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (regardless of whether it is the final destination). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industrial Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum