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• Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia Funding Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996

  to: facilitate the funding of emergency responses under emergency biosecurity response deeds other than the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement, including the proposed Emergency Response Deed for Aquatic Animal Diseases; provide for the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing certain matters; and remove redundant provisions that relate to honey, as honey-related levies are no longer paid to Animal Health Australia;

  Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002

  to: broaden the scope of permissible uses for Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levies to include the promotion or maintenance of the health of an EPPR plant; provide for the secretary to determine by notifiable instrument a body in relation to a specified EPPR plant product; and remove redundant provisions that provide for the redirection of excess levies to research and development purposes; and

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  and

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Candidate Eligibility) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Responds to a recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters'

  Report on the conduct of the 2019 federal election and matters related thereto

  by amending the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to streamline the candidate qualification checklist relating to eligibility under section 44 of the Constitution and clarify when a response to a question is mandatory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  ,

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  and

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to amend or insert objects clauses to provide that, in giving effect to the objects of each Act, regard must be had to the indivisibility and universality of human rights and their equal status in international law, and the principle that every person is free and equal in their dignity and rights;

  Charities Act 2013

  to provide that otherwise charitable entities that engage in lawful activities promoting a traditional view of marriage are undertaking those activities for the public benefit and not contrary to public policy; and

  Marriage Act 1961

  to allow religious educational institutions to refuse to provide facilities, goods or services in relation to the solemnisation of a marriage in accordance with their religious beliefs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: extend the Australian Human Rights Commission’s complaints-handling functions to complaints of unlawful religious discrimination under the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  , when enacted; and establish the Religious Discrimination Commissioner as a member of the commission;

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to allow the Inspector-General to inquire into acts or practices of intelligence agencies that may be inconsistent with or contrary to the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  , referred by the Australian Human Rights Commission;

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to provide that civil aviation regulations may be inconsistent with the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  if necessary for the safety of air navigation;

  Fair Work Act 2009

  (FWA) to recognise the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  as an anti-discrimination law for the purposes of the FWA’s general protection provisions;

  Sea Installations Act 1987

  (SIA) to recognise the

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  as an anti-discrimination law for the purposes of the SIA; and

  Religious Discrimination Act 2021

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Act 2021

  (Vic). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Religious Discrimination Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, the bill: prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person’s religious belief or activity in a range of areas of public life, including in relation to employment, education, access to premises and the provision of goods, services and accommodation; establishes general and specific exceptions from the prohibition of religious discrimination; provides that certain statements of belief do not constitute discrimination for the purposes of certain specified Commonwealth, state or territory anti-discrimination laws; creates offences in relation to victimisation and discriminatory advertisements; establishes the office of the Religious Discrimination Commissioner; confers certain functions on the Australian Human Rights Commission; and provides for miscellaneous matters including delegation of powers or functions, protection from civil actions and a review of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable time-limited trials of trade and customs practices with approved entities in a controlled regulatory environment; and

  Australian Border Force Act 2015

  to prevent the Comptroller-General of Customs from delegating their powers to make rules in relation to controlled trials. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish new criminal offences and civil penalties that apply where a person coerces or exerts undue influence or pressure on a non-citizen to accept or agree to certain work arrangements; establish a power to prohibit, for a specified period of time, employers who are subject to a specified migrant worker sanction from allowing additional non-citizens to begin work; require employers and third party providers to use the Visa Entitlement Verification Online system to verify prospective non-citizen workers' immigration status and work-related visa conditions prior to employment; align and increase penalties for certain work-related offences and contraventions or work-related civil penalty provisions; provide the Australian Border Force with regulatory powers in relation to compliance notices and enforceable undertakings for work-related breaches; and enable the minister to delegate their functions and powers in relation to enforceable undertakings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home 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; provide that, for an offence involving violence against a person, a person's conviction for an offence of common assault, or equivalent, will not be taken to be a conviction for a designated offence unless the act constituting the offence causes or substantially contributes to bodily harm to another person, or harm to another person's mental health, or involves family violence; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Transparent Patient Outcomes) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit the importation into Australia of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced labour. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum