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• Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Human Services 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for the Health and Social Services Access Card to replace the Medicare Card and other cards and vouchers used to access Australian Government health and social service benefits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud Prevention) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to require photographic identification on all Medicare cards to reduce fraudulent usage of Medicare cards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Identity-matching Services Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Pursuant to the objectives of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services (IGA), agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017, the bill provides for the exchange of identity information between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments by enabling the Department of Home Affairs to collect, use and disclose identification information in order to operate the technical systems that will facilitate the identity-matching services envisaged by the IGA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Identity-matching Services Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Pursuant to the objectives of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services (IGA), agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017, the bill provides for the exchange of identity information between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments by enabling the Department of Home Affairs to collect, use and disclose identification information in order to operate the technical systems that will facilitate the identity-matching services envisaged by the IGA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Illegal Detention of Australian Journalists (Free Julian Assange) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CHRISTENSEN, George, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: protects Australian journalists from detention and prosecution by foreign governments by defining journalism as including conduct engaged in the ordinary course of legitimate journalism, such as publishing and passively receiving information and conduct engaged in for the purpose of journalistic activity that would not be an offence in Australia; provides for offences for detaining Australians for legitimate journalistic activities; and provides that conduct engaged in by Julian Assange for the purpose of WikiLeaks is legitimate journalistic activity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Import Processing Charges Amendment (Warehouses) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill

• Imported Food Control Amendment (Bovine Meat) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to: require the packaging of any imported bovine product to display the country of origin and the last recorded date of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) in that country; and provide that a food control certificate cannot be issued for an imported bovine meat product unless the country of origin has cattle identification and tracing systems for bovine meat products exported to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Imported Food Warning Labels Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: requires all imported food to carry an imported food warning label; and creates offences and penalties for failure to comply. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Imported Food Warning Labels Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: requires all imported food and produce to carry a prominently displayed warning label advising consumers that the food has not been grown or processed under Australian health and hygiene standards and may be injurious to human health; and creates offences and imposes penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Act 2009

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of tax imposed on employees who receive an employee share scheme (ESS) interest under an ESS and have not provided an Australian Business Number or tax file number. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum