Australian Parliament Kanban

This is a list of all bills that have come before the current federal parliament. Data updates daily.

Pending (79)

r7388

Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2025 (No. 2)

Info:

Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

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

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r7387

Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Sexual Abuse) Bill 2025

Info:

Sponsor: Julian Leeser MP (Liberal), member for Berowra
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

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

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r7379

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025

Amends the: Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to establish the Triple Zero Custodian, with the ability to request the Australian Communications and Media Authority to require information, or direct action, from carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons in relation to matters which affect the Emergency Call Service; Telecommunications Act 1997 to make consequential amendments; and Telecommunications Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to update references to ‘emergency services’.

Info:

Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

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

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r7372

Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, the bill amends the: Biosecurity Act 2015, National Health Security Act 2007 and National Occupational Respiratory Disease Act 2023 to transfer certain powers and functions to the Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control; and Freedom of Information Act 1982 to exempt protected information from disclosure under the Act. Also repeals the Australian National Preventative Health Agency Act 2010.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

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

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r7370

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025

Amends the: Social Security Act 1991 to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, Social Security Act 1991 and Student Assistance Act 1973 to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment.

Info:

Portfolio: Social Services
Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

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

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r7369

Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025

Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes the Australian Centre for Disease Control as a statutory Commonwealth public health authority.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 27/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7384

Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends the: Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions; Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency; Higher Education Support Act 2003 to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations Students; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system.

Info:

Portfolio: Education
Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

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

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r7383

Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2025

Amends the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003 to validate certain fees collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission between 1 July 2011 and 11 March 2025, including the indexation applied to those fees.

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7376

Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya’s) Bill 2025

Amends the Fair work Act 2009 to provide that, unless employers and employees have expressly agreed otherwise, employer-funded paid parental leave must not be cancelled because a child is stillborn or dies.

Info:

Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

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

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r7374

Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025, the bill imposes a superannuation guarantee charge on any superannuation guarantee shortfall of an employer for a qualifying earnings day (the employee’s payday).

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7373

Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025, the bill amends the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to require employers to make superannuation contributions for their employees at the same time as they pay their salary or wages. Also makes consequential amendments to 21 Acts.

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7354

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026

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

Info:

Portfolio: Finance
Minister: Jodie Belyea MP (Labor), member for Dunkley
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7353

Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026

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

Info:

Portfolio: Finance
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

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

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r7352

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026

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

Info:

Portfolio: Finance
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 09/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7386

Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, the bill amends the Crimes Act 1914 to support the establishment of the Commonwealth Parole Board.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7385

Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025

Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes a statutory independent Commonwealth Parole Board to make decisions about the conditional release and management of federal offenders and other detained persons.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7382

Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to: provide for a framework to list foreign state entities as state sponsors of terrorism and to respond to state-sponsored terrorist acts; and enable control orders, preventative detention orders and post sentence orders to be used in respect of state sponsors of terrorism and state terrorist acts. Also makes consequential amendments to 20 Acts.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7381

Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Bill 2025

Amends the: Migration Act 1958 and Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to: enable the Department of Home Affairs, including the Australian Border Force, to collect facial images from persons that align with international standards and current biometric technology; and validate facial images that were provided by a person or collected by the department in the past and any action taken in relation to those images; and Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to remove certain residency barriers to Australian citizenship for person engaging in activities of benefit to Australia.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7380

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2025

Amends: 13 Acts to provide for a ‘tell us once’ approach to support the sharing and use of information provided to various government agencies, including Services Australia; the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to amend the language used for the Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing) payment; the Health Insurance Act 1973, National Health Act 1953 and Dental Benefits Act 2008 to amend regulatory settings around certain health care services; the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 to remove the risk of unintentional non-compliance by a private health insurer due to a rounding technicality; the Marriage Act 1961 to allow marriage celebrants to accept digital forms of identity verification; the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to enable petroleum and environmental regulators to share certain information; the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 and Defence Act 1903 to expand certain delegation powers; the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 to enable NBN Co mapping data to continue to be made publicly available; the Fuel Security Act 2012, Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017 and Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 to enable the Government to respond to potential shortages of critical fuels; the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 to include the consideration of energy performance; and the Social Security Act 1991, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: provide for consistency in relation to certain social security benefits; and make minor or technical amendments. Also repeals the Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949 and Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013.

Info:

Portfolio: Finance
Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7378

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025

Amends the Defence Act 1903 to establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to have general oversight of Australian defence agencies, other than the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Defence Intelligence Organisation.

Info:

Portfolio: Defence
Minister: Peter Khalil MP (Labor), member for Wills
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7377

Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to pause the indexation of customs duty rates on draught beer for two years, from 1 August 2025

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7375

Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 to pause the indexation of excise duty rates on draught beer for two years, from 1 August 2025,

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7368

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009 to provide that the person responsible for payment of the National Joint Replacement Register levy is the person defined in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules.

Info:

Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Minister: Rebecca White MP (Labor), member for Lyons
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7367

Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Financial Systems and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 to expand beneficial ownership disclosure obligations that apply to entities listed on Australia’s financial markets and broaden the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s regulatory enforcement powers; Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 to provide for new exceptions for the public disclosure of protected Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission information about new and ongoing investigations; Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021 to reduce the frequency of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority review cycles; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to extend the operation of the prohibiting energy market misconduct provisions from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2031; and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2026. Also makes minor, technical or machinery amendments to 11 Acts.

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 08/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7366

Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

Amends the: Health Insurance Act 1973 to: provide for the automation of Medicare provider numbers; remedy minor issues; and amend the Bonded Medical Program in relation to repayment of education costs, Medicare benefits and Bonded Medical Program rules; Private Health Insurance Act 2007 to ensure the validity of registration and claims processes for the Private Health Insurance Rebate Premiums Reduction Scheme; Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Act 2024 to delay the commencement of assignment of Medicare benefits arrangements; and Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Rebecca White MP (Labor), member for Lyons
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 07/10/2025

Progress:

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

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r7360

Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the: Surveillance Devices Act 2004 and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to enable the disclosure and use of protected network activity warrant information and network activity warrant intercept information in certain circumstances; Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to transfer the statutory function of the Communications Access Coordinator; permit limited access to stored communications to enable agencies to undertake development and testing activities; and make a technical correction; and Crimes Act 1914 to clarify the threshold for authorising and varying controlled operations.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 07/10/2025

Progress:

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

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s1470

Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025

Amends the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to enable spouses to split their collective superannuation balances between them on an ongoing annual basis.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Victoria, Jane Hume (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1469

Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 [No. 2]

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Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Matthew Canavan (Liberal National Party)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1468

Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025

Amends the Housing Australia Act 2018 to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, Andrew Bragg (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1467

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025

Amends the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to require that government procurement contracts cannot be entered into with potential suppliers or tenderers who have engaged in unethical conduct.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Barbara Pocock (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1457

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2025

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to separate the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and establish the AER as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.

Info:

Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1446

Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2025

Establishes a scheme in relation to dealings between lobbyists and Government representatives.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7361

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Bill 2025

Amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to enable a Board for a Commonwealth reserve to continue making decisions after a management plan expires, provided those decisions are consistent with the expired management plan.

Info:

Portfolio: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Minister: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7359

Defence Amendment (Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal) Bill 2025

Amends the Defence Act 1903 to amend the arrangements for review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal of decisions relating to defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards.

Info:

Portfolio: Defence
Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7358

Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025

Amends the Telecommunications Act 1997 to: establish a carriage service provider registration scheme; make industry codes directly enforceable by the Australian Communications and Media Authority; and amend existing arrangements relating to the application of penalty amounts for infringement notices and civil penalties.

Info:

Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7371

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the: Freedom of Information Act 1982 to implement or respond to certain recommendations from previous reviews and inquiries in relation to the Freedom of Information framework, including the Review of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 (the 2013 Hawke Review); and Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 03/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7365

Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 and Migration Act 1958 to expand the Administrative Review Tribunal’s ability to determine matters without holding an oral hearing of the proceeding.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 03/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1417

Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024

Establishes a commission of inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Victoria, Sarah Henderson (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 02/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1406

Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023

Amends the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 01/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7364

Road Vehicle Standards Amendment (Safer E-Bikes) Bill 2025

Amends the: Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 to classify and regulate e-bikes as road vehicles and require the minister to determine national road vehicle standards; and Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 to make a technical amendment.

Info:

Sponsor: Sophie Scamps MP (Independent), member for Mackellar
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 01/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7362

Australia Day Bill 2025

Declares Australia Day as the national day of Australia to be observed on 26 January each year.

Info:

Sponsor: Henry Pike MP (Liberal National Party), member for Bowman
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 01/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7349

Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025

Establishes a scheme for courts to make Commonwealth workplace protection orders to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 01/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7346

Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025

Repeals the Climate Change Act 2022, Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Act 2024, Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Act 2024, Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024 and New Vehicle Efficiency Standards Act 2024. Also amends the: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 and Future Made in Australia Act 2024 to remove references to net zero greenhouse gas emissions and the Paris Agreement; and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 to remove the emissions reduction safeguard mechanism

Info:

Sponsor: Barnaby Joyce MP (Nationals), member for New England
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 01/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1449

Right to Protest Bill 2025

Recognises the right to engage in peaceful protest in a public place.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, David Shoebridge (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 27/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1419

Digital ID Repeal Bill 2024

Repeals the Digital ID Act 2024 and Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2024. Also makes consequential amendments to 6 Acts.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Alex Antic (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 27/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1413

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Divestiture Powers) Bill 2024

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to enable the Court, following an application by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, to give directions for the purpose of securing a reduction in a corporation’s power in, or share of, the market.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Nick Mckim (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 27/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1466

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2]

Amends the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Student Assistance Act 1973 to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Penny Allman-Payne (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 26/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1430

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prohibit a corporation with substantial market power from engaging in conduct that results in, or is likely to result in, an excessive price being charged for a good or service.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Nick Mckim (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 26/08/2025

Progress:

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

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r7357

Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2025

Amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to reduce the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study relating to subjects specified as ‘society and culture’.

Info:

Sponsor: Dai Le MP (Independent), member for Fowler
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 25/08/2025

Progress:

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

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r7356

Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation) Bill 2025

Establishes a national climate change adaptation framework which provides for the establishment of an authority, national climate change risk assessments, national adaptation plans, guiding principles of decision-making, reporting requirements and statements of consideration and compatibility.

Info:

Sponsor: Zali Steggall MP (Independent), member for Warringah
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 25/08/2025

Progress:

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

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r7355

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025

Info:

Sponsor: Andrew Wilkie MP (Independent), member for Clark
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 25/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1462

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts Bill 2025

Establishes a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts to review, consider and report on consultancy and services contracts entered into by Commonwealth entities.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Richard Colbeck (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 30/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1461

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025 (No. 2)

Amends the: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to prohibit the authorisation of certain electoral and referendum matter that is inaccurate and misleading to a material extent, including material that has been modified using digital technology, such as ‘deepfakes’; and require electoral and referendum matter that has been created or modified using digital technology (including AI) to carry a statement to that effect; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to establish an Electoral Communications Panel; and Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 to remove the ‘media blackout’ period that prohibits electoral or referendum advertising in the last 3 days of voting in an election or referendum.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 30/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1427

Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024

Amends the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, Andrew Bragg (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 30/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7350

Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Bill 2025

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 (INSLM); 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; Criminal Code Act 1995 to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct; and Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010 to: ensure that the INSLM is able to review counter-terrorism or national security legislation; and make minor amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts.

Info:

Portfolio: Attorney-General
Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 30/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1447

Constitution Alteration (Right to Free Speech) 2025

Proposes an alteration to the Constitution to provide that the Commonwealth or a State must not make any law that limits the freedom of speech, including freedom of the press and other media.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Victoria, Ralph Babet (United Australia Party)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 28/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7348

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025

Info:

Sponsor: Zali Steggall MP (Independent), member for Warringah
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 28/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7347

Criminal Code Amendment (Using Technology to Generate Child Abuse Material) Bill 2025

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to create new offences for generating child abuse material using a carriage service.

Info:

Sponsor: Kate Chaney MP (Independent), member for Curtin
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 28/07/2025

Progress:

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

Links:

s996

Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015

The bill: provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and provides for civil penalties.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1455

Crimes Amendment (Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentences) Bill 2025

Amends the Crimes Act 1914 to remove mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1453

Fair Work Amendment (Paid Reproductive Health Leave and Flexible Work Arrangements) Bill 2025

Amends the: Fair Work Act 2009 to enable employees to access 12 days of paid reproduction health leave in a 12 month period and to request flexible working arrangements when experiencing symptoms of perimenopause and menopause; and Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023 to enable the collection of certain data.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1451

Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025

Amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to: require higher education providers who receive Commonwealth funding to disclose existing partnerships with, or investments in, defined prohibited entities and divest from these partnerships and investments within a 6-month period; and prohibit higher education providers from appointing to their governing bodies any individual that has investments in a prohibited entity or is a member of the board of a prohibited entity.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1445

Great Australian Bight (World Heritage Protection) Bill 2025

The bill: prohibits mining operations in the Great Australian Bight area; and requires the minister to submit the Great Australian Bight for consideration as a World Heritage Site.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

Links:

s1444

Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 to set a statutory limit on the remuneration of departmental secretaries and other public office holders.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

Links:

s1443

Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Australian National University Act 1991 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to set a statutory limit on the remuneration of vice-chancellors of Australian universities.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

Links:

s1442

Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment (Frontline Emergency Service Workers) Bill 2025

Amends the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to increase the superannuation guarantee rate for firefighters and paramedics by 4.4 per cent to match the base rate of superannuation contributions provided to Australian Defence Force personnel.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Tasmania, Nick Mckim (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

Links:

s1436

Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025

The bill: establishes the Whistleblower Protection Authority to receive and facilitate the investigation of whistleblower disclosures, provide advice, assistance, guidance and support to persons and agencies relating to the making of whistleblower disclosures and investigate any mistreatment of whistleblowers and undertake enforcement activities; establishes the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Council to provide advice to the Whistleblower Protection Commissioner; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Whistleblower Protection Authority to consider proposed recommendations for the appointment of the commissioner and deputy commissioners and to monitor and review the performance of the commissioner.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1435

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair Territory Representation) Bill 2024

Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to: increase the number of senators from the Australia Capital Territory and the Northern Territory to half the number of senators for a state; and provide for 3 senators from each of the territories to be elected at each federal election giving territory senators a 6 year term.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1432

Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ban Gambling Ads) Bill 2024

Amends the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to provide for a staged implementation of a prohibition on the advertising of licensed interactive wagering services.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1416

National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024

The bill: provides for a National Housing and Homelessness Plan; establishes the National Housing Consumer Council to provide advice on the plan from the perspective of consumers; and establishes a National Housing and Homelessness Advocate to independently monitor the progress of the plan and to undertake reviews into systemic housing issues.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1389

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023

Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to prohibit political donations being made by corporations or close associates of the corporation in certain circumstances.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1386

Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023

Amends the Copyright Act 1968 to remove restrictions limiting the Copyright Tribunal from: determining the amount payable to copyright owners, in respect of published sound recordings, to one per cent of the commercial broadcaster’s gross earnings; and determining the amount payable by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from to copyright owners, in respect of published sound recordings, to an amount not exceeding 0.5 cents per head of the Australian population.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for ACT, David Pocock (Independent)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1361

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023

Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to: lower the minimum voting age in Australian federal elections and referenda from 18 to 16 years; provide for 16 and 17 year olds to be included in the certified list of voters (but not to be given a penalty notice if they do not vote); and provide that an eligible voter, who is not yet on the electoral roll or enrolled at their correct address, is able to cast a provisional vote on election day.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for WA, Jordon Steele-John (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1344

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022

Amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to: require actions that would emit between 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions in any one year to be assessed for approval under Part 9 of the Act; require the minister, when approving any such action or when considering whether to enter into a conservation agreement, to consider Australia’s national carbon budget and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; require the minister to reject the approval of actions that would emit over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions; require the Climate Change Authority to develop a national carbon budget to 2050 and to annually assess the budget; prohibit the minister, subject to certain exceptions, from using alternative approval processes for certain emissions intensive actions; and introduce penalties for undertaking certain emissions intensive actions without approval if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1320

Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021

Amends the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 and Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 to prohibit the export and import of greyhounds for racing, breeding and commercial purposes.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1254

Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020

Amends the: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008 to require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to ensure that school education provides a balanced presentation of opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues; and Australian Education Act 2013 to make financial assistance to a state or territory conditional on the state or territory having certain laws in force.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for Queensland, Pauline Hanson (One Nation)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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s1174

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019

Amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to: require national broadcasters, commercial television broadcasting licensees and subscription television licensees to provide a minimum number of hours of television audio description per week; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirement.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for WA, Jordon Steele-John (Greens)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7339

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025

Amends the: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 to: make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning powers framework permanent; expand the scope of adult questioning warrants; amend the eligibility and termination provisions for prescribed authorities; impose additional reporting requirements to ensure that the Attorney-General is made aware of any relevant information regarding the conduct of questioning under a compulsory questioning warrant; require that post-charge questioning occur only before a prescribed authority who is a retired judge; and Intelligence Services Act 2001 to enable a further review of the framework by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 23/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7332

Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to make a minor technical amendment.

Info:

Portfolio: Prime Minister
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 22/07/2025

Progress:

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

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r7351

Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025

Amends the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 to: expand the coverage of the payments regulatory framework to include new and emerging payment systems and participants; provide for new ministerial powers to designate payment systems when it is in the national interest to do so; and introduce civil penalty provisions and enforceable undertakings, and increase maximum penalties for certain criminal offences. Also makes consequential amendments to 4 other Acts.

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 19/09/2025

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

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r7343

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Introduced with the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025, the bill supports the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 by amending: the Aged Care Act 2024 and Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2024 to make technical amendments and editorial corrections; 23 Acts to make consequential amendments; and the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 to enable healthcare identifiers and other identifying information to be used in relation to the delivery and administration of health and aged care and other support services, including disability services.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Sam Rae MP (Labor), member for Hawke
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 19/09/2025

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

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r7363

Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

The bill: amends the Migration Act 1958 to provide that the rules of natural justice do not apply in relation to third country reception arrangements with a foreign country; and responds to the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in AJN23 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (2024) 304 FCR 586; [2024] FCAFC 103 by validating certain visa decisions made on or before 8 November 2023.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 05/09/2025

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

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r7344

Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025

Introduced with the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, the bill supports the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 by amending the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006 to ensure that the Act operates as intended.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Sam Rae MP (Labor), member for Hawke
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 05/09/2025

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

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r7341

Pacific Banking Guarantee Bill 2025

Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting any liabilities that the Commonwealth may incur under a Pacific banking guarantee entered into with an Australian-headquartered authorised deposit-taking institution operating in the Pacific region.

Info:

Portfolio: Treasury
Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 05/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7338

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2025

Amends the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 to extend the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning warrant framework for a further 18 months.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 05/09/2025

Progress:

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

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s1458

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends the: Dental Benefits Act 2008 and Health Insurance Act 1973 to change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year; Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 to update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences; National Health Act 1953 to streamline pharmacy approval processes; Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to: enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages; and support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods; and Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023 to clarify the intended operation of certain provisions.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7345

National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025

Amends the National Health Act 1953 to reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general patient charge from $31.60 to $25.00 from 1 January 2026.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Mark Butler MP (Labor), member for Hindmarsh
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

Progress:

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

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r7340

Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2025

Removes fees imposed on the pathology sector for the approval of certain categories of pathology accreditation applications by repealing the Health Insurance (Pathology (Fees) Act 1991 and Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015. Also makes consequential amendments to the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Info:

Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
Minister: Rebecca White MP (Labor), member for Lyons
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 04/09/2025

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

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r7335

Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025

Amends the Fair Work Act 2009 to establish a principle requiring the Fair Work Commission to ensure that penalty and overtime rates are not reduced and that modern awards do not include terms that substitute employees’ entitlements to receive penalty or overtime rates where those terms would have the effect of reducing that additional remuneration employees would otherwise receive.

Info:

Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 29/08/2025

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

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s1460

Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to make compliance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence a quality and accountability requirement for higher education providers approved under the Act.

Info:

Portfolio: Education
Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 28/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1459

Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025, the bill provides for a National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence which may impose certain requirements and standards on higher education providers in relation to gender-based violence.

Info:

Portfolio: Education
Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 28/08/2025

Progress:

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

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r7337

Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025

Amends the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 to enable Defence Housing Australia to provide housing and housing-related services to additional classes of persons.

Info:

Portfolio: Defence
Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 28/08/2025

Progress:

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

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r7342

Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025

Amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and 5 other Acts to: provide a one-off 20 per cent reduction to Higher Education Loan Program debts and certain other student loans that are incurred on or before 1 June 2025; and increase the minimum repayment threshold from $54,435 in the 2024-25 financial year to $67,000 in the 2025-26 financial year and provide that compulsory student loan repayments are calculated on income above the new threshold rather than being based on a percentage of the repayment income.

Info:

Portfolio: Education
Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 02/08/2025

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

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r7336

Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025

Amends the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to: strengthen powers to take action in relation to child care subsidy (CCS) providers based on quality and safety; expand powers to publicise action taken against CCS providers; broaden powers of entry to enable authorised persons to enter premises without consent and streamline the process for seeking entry under a monitoring warrant; enable the delegation of powers to appoint an expert to conduct an independent audit of a large child care provider; and require Family Day Care and In Home Care providers to collect CCS gap fees directly from families.

Info:

Portfolio: Education
Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 02/08/2025

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

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r7334

Customs Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 to implement Australia’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates, the bill amends the Customs Act 1901 to introduce rules of origin to determine if goods imported from the United Arab Emirates into Australia are eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement.

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Julian Hill MP (Labor), member for Bruce
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 02/08/2025

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

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r7333

Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 to implement Australia’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates, the bill amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to give effect to the preferential tariff treatment applicable to eligible goods in accordance with the agreement

Info:

Portfolio: Home Affairs
Minister: Julian Hill MP (Labor), member for Bruce
Type: Government bill
Last changed: 02/08/2025

Progress:

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

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s1464

Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025

Amends the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 to provide non-government parliamentarians with a guaranteed minimum number of non-ministerial personal employees.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for WA, Michaelia Cash (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 03/09/2025

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✅ Presented in Senate
❌ Bill failed

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s1463

Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Biological Definitions) Bill 2025

Amends the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to remove references to ‘gender identity’ and insert definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’.

Info:

Sponsor: Senator for SA, Alex Antic (Liberal)
Type: Private member's bill
Last changed: 31/07/2025

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✅ Presented in Senate
❌ Bill failed