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r7294

Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7284

Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Communications
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7268

Navigation Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Navigation Act 2012 to give effect to an amendment to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7291

Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7290

Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7271

Free TAFE Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Skills and Training
• Minister: Andrew Giles MP (Labor), member for Scullin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7267

Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Second Protocol Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the Customs Act 1901 to: implement Australia’s obligations under the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area; and amend certain provisions relating to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus and the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Julian Hill MP (Labor), member for Bruce
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7288

Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7283

Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Women
• Minister: Kate Thwaites MP (Labor), member for Jagajaga
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7276

Migration Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: provide for the cessation of certain bridging visas where the holder of the visa has been granted permission by a foreign country to enter and remain in that country; enable the minister to make a decision that a protection finding would no longer be made in relation to a non-citizen who holds a visa as a removal pathway non-citizen; create an immunity from civil liability in relation to certain acts or omissions; provide for the collection, use and disclosure of criminal history information or information to foreign countries; provide for spending authority for third country reception arrangements; and make technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7282

Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7281

Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7280

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7269

Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to: set the general rate of customs duty applicable to over 450 tariff headings and subheadings to free; provide that the preferential rate of customs duty applied to goods covered by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is not higher than the general rate of customs duty; repeal spent phasing rates of duty; and extend for 24 months the free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Julian Hill MP (Labor), member for Bruce
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7277

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7275

Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to establish a scams prevention framework which requires service providers in selected sectors of the economy to take a variety of actions to combat scams relating to, connected with, or using their services. Also makes consequential amendments to 4 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 19/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7279

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2024

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 18/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7247

Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Bill 2024

Establishes the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers Special Account to make grants of financial assistance to support remuneration increases for workers in the early childhood education and care sector.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7231

Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Higher Education Support Act 2003 and 4 other Acts providing students with income contingent loans to provide that the calculation of a person’s loan or debt will take into account changes in the consumer price index or the wage price index; and Higher Education Support Act 2003 to require higher education providers to allocate a minimum of 40 per cent of their student services and amenities fees revenue to student-led organisations; rename enabling courses ‘FEE-FREE Uni Ready Courses’ for students in Commonwealth supported places and establish a Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding cluster for these courses; facilitate the establishment of a grant for eligible domestic students undertaking mandatory placements in identified priority areas (the Commonwealth Prac Payment); add Adelaide University to the list of Table A providers to reflect the merger of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia; and provide a power for the minister to make transitional rules.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7244

Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman) Bill 2024

Amends the: Ombudsman Act 1976 to establish the National Student Ombudsman as a new statutory function of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to deal with complaints about, and conduct investigations into, actions of higher education providers. Also makes consequential amendments to the Ombudsman Act 1976 and 3 other Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7257

Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to replace the existing framework for mergers review with a mandatory and suspensory administrative system for acquisitions, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as the first instance administrative decision-maker. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7133

Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023, the bill amends: 7 Acts to make consequential amendments; the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 to enable the disclosure of information about a recognised assessment activity in relation to a registered entity in certain circumstances; the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021 to reduce the frequency of certain periodic reviews; 6 Acts to make miscellaneous and technical amendments in the Treasury portfolio; the Corporations Act 2001 to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; and the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 and 4 other Acts in relation to the payments regulatory framework.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7241

Treasury Laws Amendment (2024 Tax and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2024

Amends the: Taxation Administration Act 1953 to: modify the foreign resident capital gains withholding payments regime to increase the withholding rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent and remove the threshold before which withholding applies; allow employers to make single touch payroll declarations for extended periods; and provide the Commissioner of Taxation with a power to retain tax refunds for a 90-day period to enable the commissioner to obtain financial institution details for the refund to be paid into; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to extend the time in which small or medium business taxpayers may apply to have a tax assessment amended.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7120

Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a tax rate of 15 per cent for superannuation earnings corresponding to the percentage of an individual’s superannuation balance that exceeds $3 million for an income year.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7258

Oversight Legislation Amendment (Robodebt Royal Commission Response and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Ombudsman Act 1976 and Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003 to implement two recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme by: imposing a statutory duty on agency heads and their staff to assist the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO) in the performance of their functions; and expanding the powers of the Ombudsman and IGTO to access agency records; Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 to clarify that the Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence is entitled to reasonable facilities and assistance when making preliminary inquiries of the head of an intelligence agency; and Ombudsman Act 1976 to: enable the Ombudsman and IGTO to access documents and other records by remote means; and make technical and contingent amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7259

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024

Amends the: National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 to provide that NBN Co Limited, the company that operates the National Broadband Network, remains wholly owned by the Commonwealth; and Telecommunications Act 1997 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7253

Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill 2024

Amends the Australian Education Act 2013 to: amend the approach for determining the Commonwealth’s contribution to recurrent funding for government schools by providing for the Commonwealth share to be prescribed by regulation, subject to certain conditions; specify the Northern Territory’s funding share; and provides for certain publication and reporting requirements.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7243

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 to: extend the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime to additional services that are recognised by the Financial Action Task Force as posing high money laundering and terrorism financing risks; reframe and clarify the AML/CTF program and customer due diligence obligations; enable the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre to require the disclosure of information and conduct examinations; and update the AML/CTF regime to reflect changing business structures, technologies and illicit financing methodologies; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential or contingent amendments to 10 other Acts; and repeals the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7215

Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the: Aged Care Act 1997 to: enable the secretary to conduct residential care data assurance reviews; and clarify the maximum accommodation payment that may apply for voluntary moves within a residential aged care service; and Aged Care Act 1997 and Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to: enable refundable deposit balance information held by approved providers to be used to verify care recipients’ income and asset details; enable an income and assets determination to be varied; and align income and assets determination processes.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7238

Aged Care Bill 2024

Responds to certain recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Final Report of the Aged Care Taskforce by establishing a new framework for the delivery of funded aged care services to individuals under the Commonwealth aged care system, including providing for: a Statement of Rights for individuals and a Statement of Principles for government agencies and bodies; requirements for an individual to access funded aged care services; mechanisms for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner to consider and decide on applications for registration as a provider and applications for approval of a residential care home; arrangements for funding of aged care services; governance arrangements for the broader aged care system; regulatory mechanisms; the use and disclosure of information; and the establishment of a First Nations Aged Care Commissioner.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7256

Sydney Airport Demand Management Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997 to: enable the minister to declare a higher maximum movement limit for a strictly limited period to assist in managing certain disruptions to operations at Sydney Airport; provide for the minister to make the Slot Management Scheme, rather than the Slot Manager; modify the compliance regime in relation to slot misuse, including establishing civil penalty provisions and changing the role and functions of the Compliance Committee; and provide for information management obligations.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7255

Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Cyber Security Bill 2024 and Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 to implement certain measures proposed by the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the bill amends the: Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 to: clarify obligations in relation to certain data storage systems that store or process business critical data; expand the government assistance framework to facilitate the management of consequences of impacts of incidents on critical infrastructure assets; amend the definition of ‘protected information’ to include a harms-based assessment and non-exhaustive list of relevant information; clarify the use and disclosure of protected information; enable the regulator to direct an entity to remedy a seriously deficient risk management program; consolidate security requirements for critical telecommunications assets; remove direct interest holders from reporting obligations associated with Systems of National Significance. Also makes consequential or contingent amendments to 5 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7249

Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the: Privacy Act 1988 and 7 other Acts to introduce a range of measures to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information, including expanding the Information Commissioner’s powers, facilitating information sharing in emergency situations or following eligible data breaches, requiring the development of a Children’s Online Privacy Code, providing protections for overseas disclosures of personal information, introducing new civil penalties, and increasing transparency about automated decisions which use personal information; Privacy Act 1988 to introduce a statutory tort to provide redress for serious invasions of privacy; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to introduce criminal offences targeting the release of personal data using a carriage service in a manner that would be menacing or harassing (known as ‘doxxing’).

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7252

Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Cyber Security Bill 2024 and Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024 to implement certain measures proposed by the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the bill amends the: Intelligence Services Act 2001 to establish a ‘limited use’ obligation that restricts how cyber security information voluntarily provided to the Australian Signals Directorate can be used and disclosed; and Freedom of Information Act 1982 to exempt cyber security information voluntarily provided to the National Cyber Security Coordinator from the operation of the Act.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7251

Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

Amends the Housing Australia Act 2018 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7219

Future Made in Australia Bill 2024

Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the National Interest Framework to support consideration and decision making in relation to public investment that facilitates private sector investment in the national interest.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7223

Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024, the bill amends the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 to enable Export Finance Australia to support investments consistent with the National Interest Framework where support is not available through existing funds and programs; and make technical and minor amendments; and Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011 and Australian Renewable Energy Agency Regulation 2016 to enable the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support renewable energy technologies that are part of the net zero transformation and to administer the Innovation Fund and other programs.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Chris Bowen MP (Labor), member for McMahon
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7245

Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill: establishes the voluntary Guarantee of Origin scheme to certify renewable electricity and products such as hydrogen; and provides for the creation of certificates that contain information about the attributes of the renewable electricity or product that they represent.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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r7246

Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024, the bill amends the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 and Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Guarantee of Origin scheme.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7248

Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024 and Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill imposes charges to recover the cost of providing services that benefit groups of Guarantee of Origin scheme participants.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7250

Cyber Security Bill 2024

Introduced with the Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 and Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024 to implement certain measures proposed by the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the bill provides for: mandatory security standards for smart devices; mandatory obligations on certain businesses to report ransomware and cyber extortion payments; a ‘limited use’ obligation that restricts how cyber security information voluntarily provided to the National Cyber Security Coordinator can be used and disclosed; and the establishment of a Cyber Incident Review Board to conduct post-incident reviews into significant cyber security incidents.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7254

Help to Buy Bill 2023 [No. 2]

Establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7239

Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024

Amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to: impose obligations on digital communications platform providers in relation to the dissemination of content on a digital communications platform that contains information that is reasonably verifiable as false, misleading or deceptive, and is reasonably likely to cause or contribute to serious harm of a specified type (misinformation and disinformation); expand the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s compliance and enforcement powers in relation to misinformation and disinformation; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 3 other Acts; and amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to make an amendment contingent on the commencement of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7123

Help to Buy Bill 2023

Introduced with the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 18/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7124

Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Help to Buy Bill 2023, the bill amends the Housing Australia Act 2018 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 18/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7126

Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023

Partially implements the Government’s response to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by amending the Reserve Bank Act 1959 to: remove the Government’s power to override monetary policy decisions of the RBA and remove the RBA’s power to determine the lending policy of banks; clarify the objectives and functions of the RBA; replace the existing Reserve Bank Board with a Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board; and make consequential and minor amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 16/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7240

Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to: strengthen existing offences for urging force or violence and create new offences for threatening force or violence against targeted groups and members of groups; and expand the list of groups protected by the public display of prohibited hate symbols offences.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7234

Family Law Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the: Family Law Act 1975 to: enable the court to control and manage the conduct of property and other non-child-related proceedings, including to address family violence and ensure appropriate evidence is before the court; codify the duty of disclosure relevant to financial information; amend the arbitration regime for court-ordered or privately arranged family law arbitrations; provide a regulatory framework for Children’s Contact services; safeguard against the disclosure and adducing of evidence arising from communications made in the course of professional confidential relationships; and Family Law Act 1975 and 5 other Acts to clarify various aspects of family law and support the operation of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia. Also provides for a review of the amendments made by this proposed Act.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7237

Administrative Review Tribunal (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2024

Amends 52 Acts to make consequential and technical amendments arising from the enactment of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024. Also repeals the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7222

Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024, the bill amends 5 Acts to make amendments consequential on the introduction of global and domestic minimum taxes in Australia, including amendments to ensure that the taxes interact appropriately with existing Australian taxation laws.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7221

Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024

Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill imposes global and domestic minimum taxes in respect of profits of multinational enterprises that have been undertaxed.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7220

Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Consequential) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a taxation framework to implement the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules (which ensure that multinational enterprises pay a minimum level of tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate) and an Australian domestic minimum tax for certain multinational enterprise groups with an annual global revenue of at least EUR 750 million.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7232

Better and Fairer Schools (Information Management) Bill 2024

Amends the Student Identifiers Act 2014 to extend the system of unique student identifiers for vocational education and training and higher education students to school students.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 22/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7191

Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024

Amends the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 in relation to: new requirements for the ‘fit and proper’ provider test; giving certain information to registered providers; management of provider applications; registration requirements; automatic cancellation of a provider’s registration in certain circumstances; ministerial powers to determine enrolment limits on overseas students; and automatic suspension and cancellation of specified courses.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 15/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

s1424

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Scheduling) Bill 2024

Amends the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 to add an area of land that is detailed in the Canteen Creek Area Indigenous Land Use Agreement so that the Wakaya Alyawarre Land can be granted as Aboriginal land.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 15/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in Senate
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7217

Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024

Amends the: Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: consolidate compensation and rehabilitation entitlements; amend various allowance and support schemes; and standardise the merits review pathway for veterans’ entitlements decisions; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to consolidate the Repatriation Commission and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to transfer provisions relating to the Repatriation Medical Authority and the Specialist Medical Review Council; Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to change the disability compensation cessation date; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 to include application and transitional provisions. Also makes consequential amendments to 30 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7224

Migration Amendment (Strengthening Sponsorship and Nomination Processes) Bill 2024

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: establish a framework for a new temporary skilled worker visa, the Skills in Demand visa; and establish a public register of approved sponsors who have nominated skilled workers for entry to Australia.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Andrew Giles MP (Labor), member for Scullin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7192

Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes Environment Protection Australia as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7195

Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

Australia) Bill 2024, the bill provides for transitional provisions and amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and 8 other Acts to support the establishment of Environment Protection Australia (EPA) and the Head of Environment Information Australia. Also amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to: confer compliance powers on the EPA; introduce protection orders and audit powers; and provide for the minister and secretary to delegate powers to the Chief Executive Officer of the EPA.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7193

Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7199

Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024, the bill amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to provide incentives for investors to support the construction of new build to rent developments by increasing the capital works deduction rate to 4 per cent per year and reducing the final withholding tax rate on eligible fund payments from eligible managed investment trust investments to 15 per cent; National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 to extend the application of the Credit Code to buy now, pay later contracts and establish low cost credit contracts as a new category of regulated credit; Medicare Levy Act 1986 to exempt eligible lump sum payments in arrears from the Medicare Levy; Taxation Administration Act 1953 to impose a new reporting obligation on certain large multinational enterprises; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients; Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to update funding arrangements to support payments from the Commonwealth to the States in relation to skills and workforce development; and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2025.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7225

Treasury Laws Amendment (Build to Rent) Bill 2024

This bill is the result of the Senate dividing the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (original bill) into two bills. This page shows the procedural history of the original bill up to the time it was divided, and the title and description of the bill as divided by the Senate (see sheet 2683 of amendments to the original bill). For copies of the explanatory memorandum and amendments circulated to the original bill, see the homepage of the original bill. This bill amends the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to provide incentives for investors to support the construction of new build to rent developments by increasing the capital works deduction rate to 4 per cent per year and reducing the final withholding tax rate on eligible fund payments from eligible managed investment trust investments to 15 per cent.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

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• More info

r7213

Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024

Amends the: Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to enable viewers to access the Viewer Access Satellite Television safety net service when a commercial television broadcaster ceases to provide services terrestrially in a given area; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and Radiocommunications Act 1992 to enable the consolidation of transmission arrangements for certain broadcasting services.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7198

Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024, the bill imposes a tax rate of 1.5 per cent on build to rent developments that do not meet certain eligibility conditions.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7179

Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: require non-citizens who are on a removal pathway and have exhausted all avenues to remain in Australia to cooperate with steps taken for the purpose of arranging their lawful removal from Australia; and make minor and technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Andrew Giles MP (Labor), member for Scullin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7158

Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024

Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection levies to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7159

Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024

Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024, the bill: provides for the collection and administration of biosecurity protection levies and charges; applies the standard provisions of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014; and provides for the use and disclosure of certain information.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7157

Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024

Introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024, the bill provides for the imposition of biosecurity protection charges to be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7111

Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023

Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7135

Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024

Amends the Crimes Act 1914 to implement certain recommendations of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to protections for vulnerable persons involved in Commonwealth criminal proceedings.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/02/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7096

Crown References Amendment Bill 2023

Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/11/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7062

Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2] and National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill amends: the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018 to rename the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation to Housing Australia; the renamed Housing Australia Act 2018 to: streamline the functions of Housing Australia; establish an annual review mechanism for the National Housing Infrastructure Facility; and extend the Commonwealth guarantee of the liabilities of Housing Australia to apply to contracts entered into until 30 June 2028; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/08/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7064

National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2]

Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2] and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill establishes the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council as an independent advisory body to the Commonwealth Government on matters relating to housing supply and affordability.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/08/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

Links:

• Download the bill
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7061

Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 [No. 2]

Introduced with the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 [No. 2] and Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 [No. 2], the bill establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund to make grants, and enable Housing Australia to make grants and loans, in relation to acute housing needs, social housing or affordable housing.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/08/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7056

Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

Amends the: Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 and Intelligence Services Act 2001 to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments; Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 and Office of National Intelligence Act 2018 to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010 to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee; Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 22/06/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r6873

Customs Amendment Bill 2022

Amends the Customs Act 1901 to remove a duplicate definition.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/07/2022

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Pending royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7242

Customs Tariff Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Expansion) Bill 2024

Implements the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership by amending the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to provide a free rate of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain originating goods of the United Kingdom that will incrementally reduce to free; and provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate that applied before the commencement of the protocol for certain products.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Julian Hill MP (Labor), member for Bruce
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 24/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7172

Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2024

Amends the: Crimes Act 1914, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 to clarify certain aspects of the framework relating to the seizure of digital assets; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to provide that information gathering powers and freezing orders apply to digital currency exchanges; Crimes Act 1914 to increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $313 to $330; Telecommunications Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to clarify the functions of the Communications Access Coordinator in the Attorney-General’s Department and create the position of Communications Security Coordinator in the Department of Home Affairs; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 in relation to information sharing between integrity agencies and oversight bodies.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 24/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7104

Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2024

Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a framework to regulate the nuclear safety aspects of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine enterprise.

Info:

• Portfolio: Defence
• Minister: Richard Marles MP (Labor), member for Corio
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 24/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7105

Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023, the bill enables certain licences issued by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to be treated as Australian naval nuclear power safety licences for the purposes of the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2023.

Info:

• Portfolio: Defence
• Minister: Richard Marles MP (Labor), member for Corio
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 24/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ☐ Not commenced

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r7233

Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024

Amends the: Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 and Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995 to provide a superannuation contribution for people receiving parental leave pay in respect of children born (or regarded as having been born for the purposes of the Act) on or after 1 July 2025; Fair Work Act 2009 to make a minor technical amendment in relation to unpaid parental leave; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7110

Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023

Amends the: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 to insert a modified ‘equal access’ cost protection provision in relation to federal unlawful discrimination court proceedings; and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 and Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/10/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7235

National Health Amendment (Technical Changes to Averaging Price Disclosure Threshold and Other Matters) Bill 2024

Amends the National Health Act 1953 to clarify the operation of provisions relating to pricing and supply arrangements for older and low-cost medicines that are more susceptible to medicine shortages.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7176

Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 and 8 other Acts to implement recommendations by the Council of Financial Regulators in relation to Australia’s financial market infrastructure by: introducing a crisis management and resolution regime for domestic clearing and settlement (CS) facilities; expanding the licensing, supervisory and enforcement powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA); and transferring certain powers relating to the licensing and supervision of CS facilities and financial markets to ASIC and the RBA; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Corporations Act 2001 to phase-in new climate-related financial reporting requirements for entities; and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Corporations Act 2001 and Insurance Act 1973 to make minor and technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7236

Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Bill 2024

Gives effect to recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces by amending the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 to: establish the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission (IPSC) as a workplace investigation framework for Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces; and establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards to provide oversight of the IPSC. Also amends 5 other Acts consequential on the establishment of the IPSC.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7177

Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024

Introduced with the Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the Net Zero Economy Authority to promote economic transformation as Australia transitions to a net zero emissions economy.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7173

Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024

Amends the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 to: enable testing of timber products at the border and beyond to ensure non-compliant illegally logged timber is not imported; introduce a requirement for importers and processors to give notice before importing or processing regulated timber products; add strict liability offences, injunctions and enforceable undertakings to enforcement powers; enable audits to be carried out to determine compliance with the due diligence requirements; and extend the time frame for issuing infringement notices to 24 months and enable the department to publish details of contraventions on their website.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7211

Telecommunications Amendment (SMS Sender ID Register) Bill 2024

Amends the Telecommunications Act 1997 to require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to establish and maintain an SMS Sender ID Register.

Info:

• Portfolio: Communications
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7178

Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024, the bill provides for transitional arrangements relating to the establishment of the Net Zero Economy Authority.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7181

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024

Amends the: National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 to: define National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports; clarify the process for reassessment of participant status; provide for participants to transition to a new framework plan; provide for new framework plans that include a flexible budget and budget for stated supports; provide for old framework plans to have a total funding amount; update the circumstances in which the National Disability Insurance Agency will manage funds; require participants spend money only on NDIS supports and in accordance with their plan; exempt NDIS rules from sunsetting; impose conditions on approved quality auditors to not employ or engage a person against whom a banning order has been made; and expand the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner’s delegation powers. Also makes consequential amendments to the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015.

Info:

• Portfolio: National Disability Insurance Scheme
• Minister: Bill Shorten MP (Labor), member for Maribyrnong
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7210

Customs Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2024

Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024, the bill amends the Customs Licensing Charges Act 1997 to align licence renewal payment requirements and calculations across the licensing regime for customs brokers, depots and warehouses; and rectify deficiencies found in calculating depot licence renewal fees.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7209

Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Customs Licensing Charges Amendment Bill 2024, the bill amends the: Customs Act 1901 to: streamline processes and requirements for the licensing regime for customs brokers, depots and warehouses; and enable the digitisation of certain applications and forms; and AusCheck Act 2007 to enable the disclosure of information relating to transport security identification cards.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7205

Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to strengthen offences targeting the creation and non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material online, including material that has been created or altered using AI technology (commonly referred to as ‘deepfakes’).

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7170

Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Bill 2024

Amends the: Criminal Code Act 1995 to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and Intelligence Services Act 2001 to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 02/09/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r6950

Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to establish action initiation reforms, enabling consumer data right (CDR) consumers to direct accredited persons to instruct on actions on their behalf, such as making a payment, opening and closing an account, switching providers and updating personal details, using the CDR framework.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7227

Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024

Amends the Public Service Act 1999 to clarify the powers of the Australian Public Service Commissioner to inquire into and determine alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by current and former Agency Heads.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Bill Shorten MP (Labor), member for Maribyrnong
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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s1423

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Administration) Bill 2024

Amends the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 to place the Construction and General Division (and its branches) of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Senator for Queensland, Murray Watt (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 22/08/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7180

Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends: the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide a legal basis for payment of advice fees from a member’s superannuation account and clarify the associated tax consequences; the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to: ongoing fee renewal and consent requirements; financial services guide requirements; rules banning conflicted remuneration; and standardised consumer consent requirements for certain insurance commissions; the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 to: align the petroleum resource rent tax general anti-avoidance provisions with the general anti-avoidance provisions in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; and clarify the meaning of ‘exploration for petroleum’; the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: clarify mining, quarrying or prospecting rights (MQPRs) cannot be depreciated for income tax purposes until they are used; clarify when income tax balancing adjustments occur to MQPRs; and amend the location offset and producer offset for films; 15 Acts to amend the process by which amendments to agreements with multilateral development banks are incorporated into domestic legislation; and 8 Acts to make miscellaneous and technical amendments to Treasury portfolio legislation.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7197

Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (More Support in the Safety Net) Bill 2024

Amends the: A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 10 per cent; Social Security Act 1991 to increase jobseeker payment for certain recipients who have an assessed partial capacity to work due to physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment; and Social Security Act 1991 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to expand the circumstances in which a carer may temporarily cease providing care without losing eligibility for the carer payment.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7089

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill provides for payments to recipient bodies, Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia and for crediting to the National Residue Survey Special Account of amounts connected with various levies and charges imposed on behalf of Australia’s primary industries.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7090

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill replaces the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 by providing for the collection and administration of levies and charges under the agricultural levy system.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7093

Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill enables the regulations to impose levies on services that facilitate the production of products that are produce of a primary industry.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7091

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill enables the regulations to impose excise levies in relation to products that are produce of a primary industry, goods consumed by, or used in the maintenance or treatment of, animals, plants, fungi or algae and goods connected with nursery products.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7092

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 and Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill enables the regulations to impose customs charges in relation to products that are produce of a primary industry and goods consumed by, or used in the maintenance or treatment of, animals, plants, fungi or algae.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7095

Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023, Primary Industries (Services) Levies Bill 2023, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023 and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023 to establish a new framework for the agricultural levy system, the bill repeals 23 Acts; and makes consequential amendments to 13 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Kristy Mcbain MP (Labor), member for Eden-Monaro
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7196

Payment Times Reporting Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 to implement recommendations of the statutory review of the Act and make other amendments in relation to the operation of the Payment Times Reporting Scheme.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7206

National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the National Health Act 1953 to: introduce an additional community supply support payment for eligible supplies of pharmaceutical benefits made by approved pharmacists; freeze indexation of the general patient co-payment for 1 year and indexation of the concessional co-payments for 5 years; phase-out the $1 allowable discount that pharmacies can choose to offer to patients; and make minor technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7194

Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Bill 2024

Amends the Health Insurance Act 1973 to update the ‘assignment of Medicare benefit’ requirements for bulk billed and simplified billing services.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7212

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamation) Bill 2024

Amends the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 to enable the Manufacturing Division to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, if supported by a ballot of relevant members.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7203

Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024

Amends the Export Control Act 2020 to: prohibit the export from Australia of live sheep by sea on and after 1 May 2028; and enable the minister to make arrangements for payments or grants of financial assistance for certain activities relating to the phasing out of export of live sheep by sea.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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• More info

r7161

Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, the bill amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 to increase rates of duty for tobacco goods from 1 September 2023.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7162

Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, the bill amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to increase rates of duty for tobacco goods from 1 September 2023.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7175

Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Commonwealth Frontline Workers) Bill 2024

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to increase penalties for causing harm, or threatening to cause harm, to a Commonwealth public official who is also a Commonwealth frontline worker.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7204

Creative Australia Amendment (Implementation of Revive) Bill 2024

Amends the Creative Australia Act 2023 to establish First Nations Arts and Writing Australia within Creative Australia and expand the governance structure of Creative Australia.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7132

Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Bill 2024

Amends the: Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to establish a framework to regulate the accessibility and prominence of free-to-air television services on certain internet connected television devices supplied in Australia; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to expand the anti-siphoning scheme to include online services.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7171

Australian Postal Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the: Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 to: enable the disclosure of information and documents to prescribed persons; extend the operation of secondary disclosure provisions; expand the range of permissible circumstances in which a mail article may be opened and examined by Australia Post and border agencies; streamline certain administrative arrangements; and make minor and technical amendments; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7131

COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

Amends the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 and 23 other Acts to update references to COAG and Ministerial Councils to reflect the cessation of the Council of Australian Governments and changes to intergovernmental architecture.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7081

Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Amends the: Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to: increase the instant asset write-off threshold from $1,000 to $20,000 for the 2023-24 financial year; and provide small and medium businesses with access to a bonus tax deduction for the 2023-24 financial year relating to electrification and more efficient energy use; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Taxation Administration Act 1953 and A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 to facilitate certain community charities achieving deductible gift recipient status; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: include two new entities on the list of deductible gift recipients and extend the listing for two other entities; extend the Global Infrastructure Hub’s income tax exemption for an additional year; broadly align existing tax requirements with a new accounting standard for insurance contracts; and amend the rules for non-arm’s length expenses for superannuation entities; Corporations Act 2001 to reinstate the Australian Financial Complaint Authority’s jurisdiction to hear certain complaints relating to superannuation; and Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 to make contingent amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7184

Governor-General Amendment (Salary) Bill 2024

Amends the Governor-General Act 1974 to set the salary for the next Governor-General.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7185

Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024

Amends the: Customs Act 1901 and Excise Act 1901 to: remove renewal requirements and renewal fees for excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; confer a new discretion to issue entity level excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; and establish a public register of excise and excise-equivalent warehouses licences and licensed premises; and Excise Tariff Act 1921 to remove licence requirements for certain onshore producers of crude oil and condensate. Also makes consequential and minor amendments to 4 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7169

Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024

Amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to provide a national framework to regulate the importation, domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession and advertisement of all vapes, irrespective of nicotine content or therapeutic claims. Also makes consequential amendments to the Customs Act 1901, Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 and Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7188

Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2023-2024

Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2023-2024 and Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2023-2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7187

Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2023-2024

Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023-2024 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2023-2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7190

Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2024-2025

Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7186

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2024-2025

Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7189

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2024-2025

Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7044

Public Service Amendment Bill 2023

Responding to certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (the Thodey Review), the bill amends the Public Service Act 1999 to: include a new Australian Public Service (APS) Value of ‘Stewardship’; require the Secretaries Board to prepare an APS Purpose Statement; require agency heads to uphold and promote the APS Purpose Statement; provide that ministers must not direct agency heads on individual employment matters; require agency heads to put in place measures to enable decision-making to occur at the lowest appropriate classification; require regular capability reviews; require the Secretaries Board to request and publish regular long-term insights reports; require agencies to publish annual APS Employee Census results and respond to relevant findings through an action plan; and remove the requirement to seek the APS Commissioner’s consent to delegate powers and functions to Australian Defence Force members.

Info:

• Portfolio: Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7149

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to implement the outcomes of the Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Review; Navigation Act 1912 and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to clarify the validity of vessel safety certificates when a disconnectable facility transitions between the maritime and offshore petroleum regimes; Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to: ensure that an approval of taking actions in accordance with a policy, plan or program remains effective following amendments to environmental regulations; enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to specify the timeframe for a person to comply with a remedial direction; clarify the spatial extent of an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and make minor and technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Industry, Science and Resources
• Minister: Madeleine King MP (Labor), member for Brand
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7122

Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023

Amends the Modern Slavery Act 2018 to establish the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory office holder within the Attorney-General’s portfolio to provide an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7103

Attorney-General’s Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023

Amends the: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Corporations Act 2001, Judiciary Act 1903, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to confer jurisdiction on the Federal Court of Australia to hear and determine a range of summary and indictable offences relating to conduct within the remit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 to enable the Sheriff of the Federal Court to require a state or territory jury official to prepare and provide a jury panel; Marriage Act 1961 to make technical amendments in relation to the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants Program and the notice of intended marriage; and Family Law Act 1975, Native Title Act 1993, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 and Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 to make minor and technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7117

Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2024

Introduced with the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2023, the bill establishes the Administrative Review Tribunal as a replacement for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Also re-establishes the Administrative Review Council.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 03/06/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7107

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023

Amends the: Tax Agent Services Act 2009 and Taxation Administration Act 1953: to expand the operation of the promoter penalty provisions; and enable the sharing of certain protected information; Taxation Administration Act 1953 to extend whistleblower protections to eligible whistleblowers who make disclosures to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB); and reverse the burden of proof for certain claims of protection; Tax Agent Services Act 2009 in relation to the TPB Register and the TPB’s delegation powers; and Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 to limit the proportion of petroleum resource rent tax assessable income that can be offset by deductions to 90 per cent.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7116

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Amends the: Competition and Consumer Act 2010, Telecommunications Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards Act 1999 to amend the operation of the statutory infrastructure provider regime; Telecommunications Act 1997 to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to issue remedial notices to developers who do not install functional fibre-ready facilities in proximity to a development; Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to enable the disclosure by the ACMA of certain information; Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to enable the minister to determine service areas that relate to a primary universal service provider; and Telecommunications Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to make technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7182

New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024

Introduced with the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2024, the bill establishes a vehicle efficiency standard to regulate the carbon dioxide emissions of certain road vehicles.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7183

New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2024

Introduced with the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024, the bill amends the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2018 and Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the new vehicle efficiency standard.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7164

Health Legislation Amendment (Removal of Requirement for a Collaborative Arrangement) Bill 2024

Amends the National Health Act 1953 and Health Insurance Act 1973 to remove the requirement for a collaborative arrangement between an eligible nurse practitioner or eligible midwife and a medical practitioner to enable that midwife or practitioner to prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines or provide services under Medicare.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7155

Fair Work Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Fair Work Act 2009 to provide that contravening a Fair Work Commission order which deals with the employee right to disconnect would not expose a person to a criminal penalty.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7137

Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 2) Bill 2024

Consequential on the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 2) Bill 2023, the bill amends 110 Acts to update certain references.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7127

Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023, the bill: abolishes the Administrative Appeals Tribunal by repealing the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975; and makes amendments to 138 Acts consequential on the establishment of the Administrative Review Tribunal.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 31/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7152

Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024

Responds to the Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas [2020] FCAFC 220 by amending the Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to provide a clear legal basis for the assessment of income from certain military invalidity pensions.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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r7174

Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017, Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and two related instruments to respond to certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 in relation to parliamentary business resources and special purpose aircraft travel; National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 to make consequential and technical amendments; and Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and two other Acts to provide that members’ remuneration is payable on a fortnightly rather than monthly basis.

Info:

• Portfolio: Special Minister of State
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7165

National Cancer Screening Register Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 to add lung cancer in the definition of ‘designated cancer’ and in the coverage of the National Cancer Screening Register.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health
• Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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s1408

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 to remove certain limiting words from section 32B (which confers power on the Commonwealth to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant) and section 39B (which confers power on the Commonwealth to form a company, participate in the formation of a company, acquire shares in a company or become a member of a company). Also makes consequential amendments to 7 Acts and contingent amendments to 2 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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s1404

Digital ID Bill 2024

Introduced with the Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill: establishes an accreditation scheme for entities providing digital ID services; expands the Australian Government Digital ID System; and provides for privacy safeguards and a range of governance arrangements, including establishing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as the Digital ID Regulator and expanding the role of the Information Commissioner to regulate privacy protections for digital IDs.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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s1405

Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Digital ID Bill 2023, the bill makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts; and provides for transitional arrangements.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7160

Agriculture Legislation Amendment (Modernising Administrative Processes) Bill 2024

Amends the: Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989 to amend administrative processes in relation to governance and appointments; and Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 to make consequential and technical amendments. Also repeals the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 and provides for the transfer of records and documents of the National Rural Advisory Council.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7119

National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 3) Bill 2023

Amends the: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 in relation to: the framework for security assessments; and security vetting and security clearance related activities; Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, Intelligence Services Act 2001 and 10 other Acts in relation to: the protection of the identities of Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Australian Signals Directorate and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation staff; and the protection of intelligence information and documents; and Intelligence Services Act 2001, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 in relation to authorisation processes for certain intelligence activities.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/05/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7057

Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share—Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 to require Australian public companies to disclose information about their subsidiaries in their annual financial reports by way of a ‘consolidated entity disclosure statement’; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to amend the thin capitalisation rules to limit the amount of debt deductions that multinational entities can claim in an income year.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7142

Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Investment) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2024, the bill amends the International Tax Agreements Act 1953 to clarify any uncertainty associated with the interaction between certain taxes, such as foreign investment fees and similar state and territory property taxes, and double tax agreements implemented domestically.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7139

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2024

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Investment) Bill 2024, the bill amends the: Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Act 2015 to: increase the fee cap from $1,119,100 to $7,000,000; and amend the indexation provisions; and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Regulations 2020 to: increase the fees for giving notice in relation to the acquisition of established dwellings, and the vacancy fees for established and new residential dwellings acquired on or after 7.30 pm on 9 May 2017; and amend the indexation provisions.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7121

Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 to: regulate the supply of certain military or dual-use goods and technology on the Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL) from Australia to certain foreign persons both within and outside of Australia; regulate the provision of services in relation to DSGL Part 1 military goods or technology to foreign persons or entities; and remove the requirement to obtain a permit for supplies of certain DSGL goods and technology and the provision of certain DSGL services to the United Kingdom or the United States.

Info:

• Portfolio: Defence
• Minister: Richard Marles MP (Labor), member for Corio
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7087

Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Bill 2024

Amends the Defence Act 1903 to establish a framework to regulate the work that certain former defence staff members (foreign work restricted individuals) can perform without a foreign work authorisation; and the training that Australian citizens and permanent residents, other than foreign restricted individuals, may provide without a foreign work authorisation.

Info:

• Portfolio: Defence
• Minister: Richard Marles MP (Labor), member for Corio
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7118

Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 2) 2023

Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to: provide that goods covered by the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the European Space Agency for a Co-operative Space Vehicle Tracking Program are eligible for a free rate of customs duty; extend for a further year the free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine; provide a free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are imported for use in connection with an international sporting event; and extend for a further 2 years the increase in customs duties for imported goods that are the produce or manufacture of Russia or Belarus.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7151

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Fair Go for Consumers and Small Business) Bill 2024

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to establish a designated complaints functions within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7148

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Television) Bill 2024

Amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and Radiocommunications Act 1992 to: enable the continuation of terrestrial community television to audiences in Melbourne and Adelaide beyond the current expiry date of 30 June 2024; and provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with certain instrument-making powers; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to harmonise the code of practice arrangements.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7150

Autonomous Sanctions Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 to specify that individuals and/or entities can be validly sanctioned based on their past conduct or status.

Info:

• Portfolio: Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7144

Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2023-2024

Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2023-2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7143

Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2023-2024

Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2023-2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7145

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2023-2024

Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2023-2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7163

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Child Support and Family Assistance Technical Amendments) Bill 2024

Amends the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 to: ensure interim period determinations relating to a person’s percentage of care for a child can be made in a broad range of circumstances, including where an earlier care determination has been revoked; and ensure the validity of certain previous interim period determinations.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7138

National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Strengthening Quality and Integrity in Vocational Education and Training No. 1) Bill 2024

Amends the: National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 in relation to: the automatic lapse of a registered training organisation (RTO); preventing an RTO from adding new courses to its scope of registration in the first 2 years of registration; increasing the period within which the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator can conduct an internal review of decisions; the order of initial applications for registration; suspension of applications for registration; offence and civil penalty provisions for false and misleading representations made by RTOs; and an increase in penalty units; and National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 to provide for transitional arrangements.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Brendan O'Connor MP (Labor), member for Gorton
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7106

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment Bill 2023

Amends the: National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 to: amend existing processes and concepts relating to review of determinations, treatment of serious criminal convictions and applications by persons in gaol, and the disclosure of protected information; make technical amendments; and provide for the reassessment of determinations on certain finalised applications.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7130

Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023

Amends the: Australian Research Council Act 2001 to: amend the object of the act in relation to the role and mission of the Australian Research Council (ARC); establish the Australian Research Council Board; amend the current funding arrangements; specify new requirements for the ARC annual report; and enable the minister to make transitional rules.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7102

Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023

Amends the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 to: increase the maximum period of flexible paid parental leave by 2 weeks each year from 1 July 2024 to 26 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the reserved period for partnered claimants by one week each year from 1 July 2025 to 4 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the number of days that can be taken concurrently by multiple claimants to 4 weeks by 1 July 2025; and make minor and technical amendments relating to eligibility for parental leave pay in exceptional circumstances.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7136

Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2024

Amends the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 to increase the rate of the passenger movement charge from $60 to $70 from 1 July 2024.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7055

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023

Amends the: Criminal Code Act 1995 to: extend the foreign bribery offence to include the bribery of candidates for public office and bribery conducted to obtain a personal advantage; remove the requirement that a benefit or business advantage be ‘not legitimately due’ and replace it with the concept of ‘improperly influencing’ a foreign public official; remove the requirement that the foreign public official be influenced in the exercise of their official duties; clarify that the foreign bribery offence does not require the prosecution to prove that the accused had a specific business, or business or personal advantage, in mind, and that the business, or business or personal advantage, can be obtained for someone else; and create an offence of failure of a body corporate to prevent foreign bribery by an associate; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to preserve the existing rule which prohibits a person from claiming as a deduction for a loss or outgoing a bribe to a foreign public official.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7141

Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024, the bill amends the A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999 and Medicare Levy Act 1986 to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7140

Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024, the bill amends the Income Tax Rates Act 1986 to modify income tax rate thresholds and tax rates for individuals for the 2024-25 and later financial years.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/03/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7134

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023

This bill is the result of the Senate dividing the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (original bill) into two bills. On 7 December 2023 the House of Representatives accepted the Senate’s action in dividing the bill. This page shows the procedural history of the original bill up to the time it was divided, and the title and description of the bill as divided by the Senate (see sheet PU108 of amendments to the original bill). For copies of the explanatory memoranda and amendments circulated to the original bill, see the homepage of the original bill. This bill amends the: Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to: casual employment; enabling multiple franchisees to access the single-enterprise stream; transitioning from multi-enterprise agreements; model terms; intractable bargaining workplace determinations; workplace delegates’ rights; sham contracting; exemptions to waive entry requirements for suspected underpayment and increasing maximum penalties for underpayments; compliance notices; the definition of employment; minimum standards and increased dispute resolution for employee-like workers performing digital platform work and regulated road transport industry contractors; and removal of a sunsetted clause relating to applications to vary modern awards; Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 to remove provisions relating to the withdrawal of parts of amalgamated organisations; and Independent Contractors Act 2006 to provide that the Act applies to independent contractors performing work remunerated at an amount exceeding the new contractor high income threshold; and Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992 in relation to the appointment of certain directors to the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/02/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7058

Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023

Amends the: Migration Act 1958 to: establish criminal offences and associated civil penalty provisions for a person who unduly influences, pressures or coerces a non-citizen to breach a work-related condition of their visa or accept an exploitative work arrangement to meet a work-related condition of their visa; enable the minister to prohibit certain employers from employing any additional non-citizens and introduce associated offence and civil penalty provisions; require the minister to publish certain information about a prohibited employer; increase and align the maximum criminal and civil penalties for current and proposed work-related and employer-sponsored related breaches; trigger the enforceable undertaking provisions in the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014; provide for enforceable compliance notices where an officer suspects a contravention of a work or sponsorship-related offence or related provision; remove the criminal offence of breaching a work-related visa condition and insert an avoidance of doubt clause for remaining work-related offence provisions; and enable the Migration Regulations 1994 to prescribe matters the minister may, must or must not take into account when considering the exercise of the power to cancel visas on certain grounds.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Andrew Giles MP (Labor), member for Scullin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/02/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7083

Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill consolidates the existing tobacco control framework and introduces new measures to regulate the advertising and presentation of tobacco and e-cigarette (vaping) products.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7084

Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, the bill: repeals the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 and Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011; and makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

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r7014

Nature Repair Bill 2023

Introduced with the Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, the bill creates a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

• Download the act
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7013

Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 to create a national framework for a voluntary national biodiversity market, the bill amends the: Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 to: provide for the use and disclosure of protected information; provide for the minister to consult with the biodiversity minister before giving a direction about the Clean Energy Regulator’s powers and functions; amend the functions of the regulator to include functions conferred on it by a biodiversity law; include additional requirements for a person to be appointed as a member of the regulator; and provide for the delegation of the regulator’s functions and powers; and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 to: provide that the minister may determine requirements for the conduct of audits by registered greenhouse and energy auditors; and provide for a register of greenhouse and energy auditors.

Info:

• Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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• Second reading speech
• More info

r6995

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.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

• Download the act
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7085

Identity Verification Services Bill 2023

Introduced with the Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, the bill provides a framework to support the operation of identity verification services.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

• Download the act
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7088

Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Identity Verification Services Bill 2023, the bill amends the Australian Passports Act 2005 to enable automated disclosures of personal information to a specified person via the Document Verification Service or the Face Verification Service.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Mark Dreyfus MP (Labor), member for Isaacs
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

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• Second reading speech
• More info

r7072

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023

Amends the: Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to: casual employment; small business redundancy exemptions in insolvency contexts; enabling multiple franchisees to access the single-enterprise stream; transitioning from multi-enterprise agreements; model terms; regulated labour hire arrangement orders; workplace delegates’ rights; discrimination against employees subjected to family and domestic violence; sham contracting; exemptions to waive entry requirements for suspected underpayment and increasing maximum penalties for underpayments; compliance notices; introduction of a criminal offence for wage theft; the definition of employment; minimum standards and increased dispute resolution for employee-like workers performing digital platform work and regulated road transport industry contractors; and removal of a sunsetted clause relating to applications to vary modern awards; Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 to remove provisions relating to the withdrawal of parts of amalgamated organisations; Independent Contractors Act 2006 to provide that the Act applies to independent contractors performing work remunerated at an amount exceeding the new contractor high income threshold; Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013 to expand the functions of the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency in relation to silica safety and silica-related diseases; Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to implement presumptive liability provisions for first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder; and Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to: introduce an offence of industrial manslaughter; and amend the offences and penalties framework.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/12/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ Commenced

Links:

• Download the act
• Second reading speech
• More info

r7080

Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Amends the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to: prohibit the use of credit cards, credit-related products and digital currency as payment methods for interactive wagering services; expand the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s compliance and enforcement powers; and make consequential amendments and remove spent provisions.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/12/2023