What to look out for this Parliamentary Sitting Week (7 - 10 August)
What to look out for this Parliamentary Sitting Week
Both houses will return to Parliament today in the second sitting week after the winter break.?
Similar to last week, there will be discussion aimed at enhancing the migration system and social security, as well as debates surrounding the?National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023.?
House of Representatives?
Monday?
The sitting week will begin with debate on the?National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023?and the?National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023?which looks to establish the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry, providing access to information regarding occupational respiratory diseases including those professions most susceptible to the illness.
The second point of discussion will be?the?Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023. This is set to amend the Migration Act of 1958 to improve the rights of non-citizens in the workplace, for example, establishes criminal offences to those who expect their non-citizen workers to breach conditions of their working visas.
Monday will close on discussions surrounding the?Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023?which looks to amend the Criminal Code Act of 1995 to extend the foreign bribery offence.
Tuesday
Tuesday will continue the discussions on the?Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023?before focussing attention to the?Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share—Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023?which will look to amend the Corporations Act 2001?to require Australian public companies to disclose information about their subsidiaries in their annual financial report.
The?Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023?which aims to enable accredited classifiers to self-classify computer game and film content.
Wednesday
Wednesday will continue the discussions on the?Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023.
The second point of discussion will be held around the?Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023?to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to allow First Nations students to be eligible for Commonwealth supported places in higher education courses.
Thursday
The final day will continue discussions held on Wednesday before turning towards the?Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023?would amend a number of acts to insert Chapter 2D into the Social Security Act which permits the Employment Secretary to make, vary, or administer an arrangement or grant, in relation to programs which help people find and keep paid work.?
A full list of legislation scheduled in the House of Representatives can be found?here.
Senate
Monday
For the Senate, the week will commence with discussions surrounding?National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2023. This bill looks to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to prohibit the conferral of certain powers of the Attorney-General upon another minister.
The Senate will then turn to the?Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023?which, amends the Jobs and Skills Australia Act 2022 to: provide for the permanent governance arrangements and functions of Jobs and skills Australia.
The?Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023?and the?Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023?will then be discussed, which will facilitate the disclosure of protected information to the Inspector-General of Aged Care.
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The Senate will also discuss the?Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023?and the?Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023?which will see the previous Trades Support Loans Bill to lapse in order to prioritise a different set of apprenticeships and professions.
The?Health Insurance Amendment (Prescribed Dental Patients and Other Measures) Bill 2023?will most notably?remove the age limit on eligibility for Medicare benefits for treatment of cleft and craniofacial conditions.
Monday will conclude with discussions around the?Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022?which will provide for the use and disclosure of certain information, including protected information.
Tuesday
Tuesday will start with discussions around?Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2023?to make minor technical amendments to clarify a number of bills in the related policy area.
Then, discussions will shift to the?Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022?which aims to enhance the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's (IGIS) oversight functions and powers.
The?Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023?Responds to recommendations of the independent review of Infrastructure Australia (IA) by amending the Infrastructure Australia Act 2008 to amend the functions and governance structure of IA.
The final piece of legislation to be discussed on Tuesday is the?Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022?which will exempt certain lease grants by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council as well as amend the council's governance structure and decision making powers to align more closely with other corporate Commonwealth entities.?
Wednesday
Wednesday will begin with the?Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023?and?Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023?which looks to make amendments consequential on the new financial accountability regime.?
The next piece of legislation to be discussed is the?Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023. This will allow recipients and authorised family members to publish, disseminate or disclose information about deceased organ or tissue donors or recipients without breaching state or territory legislation.
The?Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023?looks to?amend the?Corporations Act 2001?to enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form.
Finally, the Senate will turn to the?Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2022?which looks to require?the Official Secretary of the Governor-General to publish decisions and actions made by the Governor-General on the Federal Register of Legislation.?
Thursday
The final sitting day of the week will begin with discussions on the?Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023?and the??Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023?which will see the introduction of a charge to people?registering to participate in a visa pre-application process.
The Senate will then look towards the?Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures) Bill 2022?which aims to establish a framework that?facilitates time-limited trials of trade and customs practices and technologies, with approved entities, in a controlled regulatory environment.?
The?Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Amendment (Administrative Changes) Bill 2023?relates to updating registration compliances as well as potential exemptions and labelling requirements.
From there, the Senate will discuss the?Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023?to allow the ASIC more powers to approve applications as well as other decision-making powers.
Finally, the sitting week will conclude on discussions around the?Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023. This looks to amend 33 Acts?to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices.
A full list of legislation scheduled in the Senate can be found?here.
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