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• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHORTEN, Bill, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to remove the capacity of bodies established for religious purposes that provide education to directly discriminate against students on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable the minister to specify groups of applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to have a valid visa application; render a visa application invalid if the applicant is required to provide one or more personal identifiers but does not provide them; and enable personal identifiers to be provided either by way of an identification test, or by another way specified by the minister. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to: remove the requirement that a person be sentenced to 6 or more years of imprisonment for a relevant terrorism offence to be eligible to lose their Australian citizenship; and replace the current requirement that a person is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia at the time the minister makes a determination that the person ceases to be an Australian citizen with the requirement that, if the minister were to determine that the person ceases to be an Australian citizen, the minister is satisfied the person will not become a person who is not a national or citizen of any country. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Drought Fund Bill 2018, the bill makes consequential amendments to eight Acts to: support the operation of the Future Drought Fund; and provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Drought Fund Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018, the bill uses uncommitted funds from the Building Australia Fund to establish the Future Drought Fund (comprised of the Future Drought Fund Special Account and the investments of the Future Drought Fund) as a dedicated investment vehicle to provide a secure revenue stream to be used for drought resilience, preparedness and response. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2018 to partially implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018), the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  to remove references to the Joint Petroleum Development Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2018 to partially implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018), the bill amends 18 Acts to: permanently delimit the continental shelf boundary and the exclusive economic zone boundary between Australia and Timor-Leste; allow for a future adjustment of the lateral continental shelf boundaries subject to specific conditions being met; and establish the Greater Sunrise Special Regime in the Special Regime Area. 

  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

• 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