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r7317

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 and the Arts
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2025

Progress:

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

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r7303

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: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2025

Progress:

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

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r7312

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: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/02/2025

Progress:

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

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r7311

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: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 06/02/2025

Progress:

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

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r7302

Treasury Laws Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2024

This bill is the result of the Senate dividing the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023 (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 3191 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. The bill amends: 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
• 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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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: 9 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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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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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

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r7331

Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Bill 2025

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/03/2025

Progress:

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

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r7300

Transport Security Amendment (Security of Australia’s Transport Sector) Bill 2025

Implements certain recommendations of the Independent Review into Australia’s Aviation and Maritime Transport Security Settings by amending the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 and Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 to update legislative and policy frameworks to enable iterative, risk-based and scalable regulation for the security of aviation, maritime and offshore facility sectors.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Matt Thistlethwaite MP (Labor), member for Kingsford Smith
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/03/2025

Progress:

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

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r7299

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2025

Amends the: A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 to: reduce the maximum fuel consumption for a car to be considered fuel-efficient to 3.5 litres per 100 kilometres; and align the indexation rates for luxury car tax thresholds; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to remove income tax deductions for amounts of general interest charge and shortfall interest charge; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to extend the period within which the Commissioner of Taxation must notify a taxpayer of their decision to retain a business activity statement refund.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/03/2025

Progress:

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

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r7283

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

Amends the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 to require certain employers with 500 or more employees to select and meet, or improve against, certain gender equality targets over a 3 year period.

Info:

• Portfolio: Women
• Minister: Kate Thwaites MP (Labor), member for Jagajaga
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/03/2025

Progress:

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

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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: 20/02/2025

Progress:

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

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r7296

Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Amends the: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2002 to facilitate the return of responsibility and resources for administering Commonwealth business registers from the Australian Taxation Office to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in winding up the Modernising Business Registers Program; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 in relation to the regulation of safety and information standards and the penalty regime for industry codes; Housing Australia Act 2018 to increase the cap on the Housing Australia Special Account to $4 billion; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients. Also amends 6 Acts in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments and 2 other Acts to make contingent amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/12/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ 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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ 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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ 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
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/12/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ 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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

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

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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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

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

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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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

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

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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: 10/12/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅️ Received royal assent
• ✅️ 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: 05/12/2024

Progress:

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

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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: 29/11/2024

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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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r7076

Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023

Amends the Water Act 2007 and Basin Plan 2012 to: expand the type of projects that can deliver the Basin Plan target of 450 gigalitres (GL) of additional environmental water; repeal the statutory 1,500 GL cap on Commonwealth water purchases; enable funds from the Water for the Environment Special Account to be used to enhance environmental outcomes in the Basin; provide additional time for Basin States to deliver Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Adjustment Mechanism projects; enable the Inspector-General of Water Compliance to determine SDL compliance and require action plans; provide for a roadmap for the delivery of constraints relaxation projects across the Southern Basin; delay the review of the Act from 2024 until 2027; and implement recommendations of the Water market reform: final roadmap report in relation to water markets and water management in the Basin. Also amends the Water Act 2007 to make technical amendments in relation to First Ministers’ Council; and makes consequential amendments to the Water Act 2007 and Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Info:

• Portfolio: Environment and Water
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 07/12/2023

Progress:

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

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r6979

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 to: allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to approve applications from one or more licensees to register on the Financial Advisers Register the same relevant provider; and allow assisted decision-making to be used for any purpose for which ASIC may make decisions in the performance or exercise of its functions or powers to register a relevant provider; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 to: provide the Australian Accounting Standards Board with functions to develop and formulate sustainability standards; expand the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board's functions to include formulating auditing and assurance standards for sustainability purposes; and expand the Financial Reporting Council's oversight and governance powers to account for the development of sustainability standards; Tax Agent Services Act 2009 to implement certain recommendations of the Review of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) by: amending the objects clause of the Act; creating a special account for the TPB; requiring tax practitioners not to employ or use a disqualified entity without the TPB's approval, or enter an arrangement with a disqualified entity; converting the registration period from at least every three years to at least every year; and enabling the minister to supplement the existing Code of Professional Conduct; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to align the income tax treatment of off-market share buy-backs undertaken by listed public companies with on-market share buy-backs; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: ensure the alignment of tax treatment across capital management activities for listed public companies; and prevent certain distributions that are funded by capital raisings from being frankable.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/11/2023

Progress:

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

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r6972

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

Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023, 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: 28/09/2023

Progress:

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

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r7046

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023

Amends the: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Corporations Act 2001 and 42 other Acts to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Financial Services Interim Reports A and B to: ‘unfreeze’ the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 so that the current version applies to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Corporations Act 2001; create a single glossary of defined terms in the Corporations Act 2001; repeal redundant definitions; address unclear or incorrect provisions; simplify unnecessarily complex provisions; and make consequential and contingent amendments; Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991, Insurance Act 1973, Insurance Contracts Act 1984, Life Insurance Act 1995 and Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003 to implement findings of the thematic review of insurance instruments due to sunset on 1 October 2023; Corporations Act 2001 and National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 to move certain matters currently in legislative instruments into primary law. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 10 Acts in the Treasury portfolio and repeals the ASIC Corporations (Superannuation and Schemes: Underlying Investments) Instrument 2016/378.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/09/2023

Progress:

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

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r7045

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Bill 2023

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 to: prohibit schemes designed to avoid the application of a product intervention order relating to a credit facility; remove tertiary education requirements for financial advisers with 10 or more years’ experience and a clean disciplinary record; address certain limitations in the education requirements for new entrants into the financial advice profession and financial advisers who are registered tax agents; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Act 2023; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Corporations Act 2001 to enable the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to implement and enforce requirements on a monopoly provider of clearing and settlement (CS) services to achieve competitive outcomes; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with the power to conduct binding arbitration to resolve disputes regarding access to certain CS services; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to: increase the discretion of the Commissioner of Taxation to amend and revoke First Home Super Saver (FHSS) Scheme applications; enable individuals to withdraw or amend their FHSS Scheme applications before receiving a FHSS Scheme amount, and enabling those who withdraw to re-apply for FHSS Scheme releases in the future; enable the Commissioner of Taxation to return any FHSS Scheme amounts to superannuation funds, provided the amount has not yet been released to the individual; and clarify that FHSS Scheme amounts returned to superannuation funds do not count towards individuals’ contribution caps.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/09/2023

Progress:

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

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r6945

Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023

Amends the: Corporations Act 2001 to: enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form; and provide that companies are not required to send documents to a member where contact details are known to be incorrect; Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Competition and Consumer Act 2010, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and Tax Agent Services Act 2009 to enable certain regulatory bodies to hold virtual hearings and examinations; Corporations Act 2001, Excise Act 1901 and Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995 to allow electronic payments to be used; 11 Acts to require notices in newspapers to be published in an accessible and reasonably prominent manner; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Corporations Act 2001, ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to: remove erroneous references and redundant definitions; apply consistent headings to definitions sections; and make minor technical amendments; Corporations Act 2001, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009 to move five legislative instruments into primary law; and 15 Acts to make minor technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/09/2023

Progress:

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

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r7036

Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023

Introduced with the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the Trade Support Loans Act 2014 to: cause the Trade Support Loans Priority List to lapse; enable the minister to determine a new Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; provide that a qualifying apprenticeship is, among other things, an apprenticeship through which a person is undertaking a qualification that leads to an occupation or qualification specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; amend the title of the Act to the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014; and enable the secretary to extend the day by which an application for a particular payment instalment period may be made. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Brendan O'Connor MP (Labor), member for Gorton
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/08/2023

Progress:

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

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r7070

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2023

Amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 in relation to the communication of foreign intelligence information.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Clare O'Neil MP (Labor), member for Hotham
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 10/08/2023

Progress:

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

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r6985

Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort) Bill 2023

Introduced with the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2023 and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Bill 2023, the bill amends the Corporations Act 2001, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 to establish the financial services compensation scheme of last resort to provide compensation to eligible consumers in circumstances where an Australian Financial Complaints Authority determination awarding monetary compensation has been made in their favour, but which the relevant entity has not paid.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 03/07/2023

Progress:

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

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r7037

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

Amends the: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 to reduce the qualifying period of employment of Australian Defence Force firefighters in relation to primary site oesophageal cancer from 25 years to 15 years and change the requirement for firefighting to have been a ‘substantial’ proportion of their duties to be a ‘not insubstantial’ proportion; Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to allow payments and benefits from Commonwealth and State or Territory employment programs to not be considered as income for income support means testing purposes; Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to include a discretionary power to provide Commonwealth rent assistance beyond 26 weeks for eligible recipients who are temporarily absent from Australia and unable to return due to a prescribed event occurring; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to extend eligibility to the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package to grandparents who are full time carers of the children of a deceased veteran.

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2023

Progress:

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

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r7002

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023

Amends the: Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: provide annual reporting requirements for the Repatriation Medical Authority; and amend certain incorrect references; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 to: replace references to ‘refuse to deal with the claim’ with ‘defer further investigation of the claim’ to better reflect actual practice; and provide for the alignment of rates of compensation for journey costs relating to treatment with the Comcare Scheme; and Defence Service Homes Act 1918 in relation to the operation of, and conditions to vary, revoke and replace, the Statement of Conditions for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme.

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2023

Progress:

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

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r6996

Treasury Laws Amendment (Refining and Improving Our Tax System) Bill 2023

Amends the: International Tax Agreements Act 1953 to: give legislative authority to the Convention between Australia and Iceland for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance; and make minor amendments to update various notes; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: exempt certain subsidiaries of the Future Fund Board from income tax and include them as entities eligible for a refund of a tax offset relating to a franked distribution; and transfer administration of three register deductible gift recipient categories and the Overseas Aid Gift Deduction Scheme to the Commissioner of Taxation; Customs Act 1901 and Excise Act 1901 to enable an eligible business entity liable for excise duty for excisable goods or customs duty for excise-equivalent goods, being fuel and alcohol, to align their excise returns and customs returns with the return period for other indirect taxes which are separately lodged through a business activity statement; Excise Act 1901 to provide that the repackaging of beer that would otherwise be excise manufacture is not taken to be the manufacture of beer if it meets certain requirements; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 28/06/2023

Progress:

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

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r7023

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

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; Commonwealth Banks Act 1959 to provide that the existing Commonwealth guarantee for pre-privatisation members of the Commonwealth Bank superannuation fund will continue to apply if the fund merges with another superannuation fund; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to enable eligible primary producers to treat certain carbon abatement income as primary production income for the purposes of the Farm Management Deposit Scheme and accessing income tax averaging arrangements for primary producers; Taxation Administration Act 1953 to reduce the gross domestic product adjustment factor for the 2023-24 financial year to 6 per cent; and National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018 to expand the objects of the Act to include assisting earlier access to the housing market for eligible individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the preceding 10 years and single legal guardians of children.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 23/06/2023

Progress:

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

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r6946

Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022

Amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: provide for a 30% refundable tax offset in relation to the development of digital games in Australia; and update the list of deductible gift recipients; A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Regulations 2019 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to clarify that certain digital currencies continue to be excluded from the income tax treatment of foreign currency; Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 to enable the commissioner to determine alternative records which may be kept and retained by employers for fringe benefit tax record keeping purposes; Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to provide for temporary measures allowing certain small businesses to access 20% bonus deductions for eligible expenditure incurred on external training for employees, and expenses and depreciating assets for the purpose of digitising operations; Corporations Act 2001, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to extend existing reporting and auditing requirements to registerable superannuation entities; Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012 to: amend the definition of 'responsible ministers' and specify that the minister administering the Act is also the nominated minister unless determined otherwise in writing; credit the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Special Account with $11.5 billion after commencement of the amendments; and enable additional amounts to be credited to the CEFC Special Account through additional appropriations of the Parliament; and Income Tax Assessment (1997 Act) Regulations 2021, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to: amend the definition of 'superannuation income stream'; provide a non-refundable tax offset for certain members of the Military Superannuation Benefits Scheme and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme; and specify eligibility criteria and a framework for a veterans’ superannuation (invalidity pension) tax offset.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 23/06/2023

Progress:

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

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s1363

Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023

Amends the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 to: require the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to publish gender pay gap information of relevant employers for each reporting period; rename the current 'minimum standards' as 'gender equality standards'; require relevant employers to provide executive summary and industry benchmark reports to all members of their governing body; include 'sexual harassment', 'harassment on the ground of sex' or 'discrimination' as gender equality indicators; change the title of the 'Director' of the WGEA to 'Chief Executive Officer'; and make a technical amendment to the definition of 'reporting period'.

Info:

• Portfolio: Women
• Minister: Senator for ACT, Katy Gallagher (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 11/04/2023

Progress:

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

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r6943

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022

Amends the: Telecommunications Act 1997 to: enable carriers and carriage service providers to use and disclose information for purposes connected to the prevention of a serious threat to the life or health of a person; authorise the use and disclosure of unlisted numbers and associated addresses for the purposes of dealing with matters raised by a call to an emergency service number; confer civil immunities on telecommunications companies for the provision of reasonably necessary assistance to the Commonwealth, states or territories where a national emergency declaration is in force; and require more detailed records of information to be recorded for authorised disclosures; and Telstra Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 and Telecommunications Act 1997 to make minor 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: 11/04/2023

Progress:

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

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r6954

Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022

Amends the: Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to: include negligence as a fault element in relation to a category one offence; clarify that a work group is negotiated with workers who are proposed to form the work group; amend the obligation to train health and safety representatives to provide that representatives are entitled to choose a course of training; amend the process for the issuing and services of notices under the Act; enable an inspector, within 30 days of entering a workplace, to issue certain written notices relating to the reason for entry; specify that Comcare is able to share information with certain other persons for the purpose of performing functions under relevant laws; extend from 12 to 18 months the deadline for a person to make a request to the regulator to bring a prosecution for a category one or two offence; prohibit a person from entering into a contract of insurance to provide coverage over liability for monetary penalties imposed under the Act, and create a related offence; and Safe Work Australia Act 2008 to specify that Safe Work Australia may be provided with information necessary to its data and evidence functions.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/03/2023

Progress:

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

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r6953

Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

Amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to: require mandatory reporting of adverse events involving medical devices; provide a marketing approval pathway for biologicals that are for export only; remove merits review rights for a decision by the secretary to require a person to provide information or documents under the Act; enable the secretary to extend the period for a person to pay the amount stated in an infringement notice, and require a person to provide information or documents that are relevant to a contravention of the Act; extend the period for which seized goods can be held; provide that therapeutic goods advertising is excluded from advertising restrictions for certain health professionals or to persons purchasing goods on behalf of governments, registered charities or health facilities; enable the secretary to withdraw approval for the use of a restricted representation in an advertisement about therapeutic goods; enable the secretary to approve the importation or supply of substitute overseas prescription medicine that has been previously approved within Australia; provide that the secretary is not required to observe any requirements of the natural justice hearing rule when releasing therapeutic goods information; provide that sponsors of reportable medicines that are in shortage must provide updated information to the secretary; and make technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health and Aged Care
• Minister: Ged Kearney MP (Labor), member for Cooper
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 21/03/2023

Progress:

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

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r6968

Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 5) Bill 2022

Amends the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 16/02/2023

Progress:

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

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r6969

Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022

Amends the: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to: establish regulation-making powers in relation to dealings between persons who supply or acquire a gas commodity, dealing with and resolving disputes or complaints between persons who supply or acquire a gas commodity, and gas market emergency price orders; enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to order the production of certain information and documents, investigate suspected non-compliance and utilise a range of sanctions for non-compliance; provide for civil penalty provisions of gas market instruments; and prohibit schemes designed to avoid the application of a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument; and Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to introduce a payment to states and territories to support temporary energy bill relief for households and small businesses.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Milton Dick MP (Labor), member for Oxley
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 16/12/2022

Progress:

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

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r6890

Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022

Amends the: Taxation Administration Act 1953 to: require electronic platform operators to provide information on transactions to the Australian Taxation Office; enable small business entities to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for an order staying, or otherwise affecting, the operation or implementation of decisions of the Commissioner of Taxation being reviewed by the AAT; and enable the commissioner to direct an entity to complete an approved recordkeeping course as an alternative to financial penalties where they reasonably believe the entity has failed to comply with its tax-related recordkeeping obligations; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to make consequential amendments; Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986, Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to remove the $250 non-deductible threshold for work-related self-education expenses; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to enable individuals aged 55 and above to make downsizer contributions to their superannuation plan from the proceeds of selling their main residence.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/12/2022

Progress:

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

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r6876

Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022

Amends the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 to exempt from fringe benefits tax the use, or availability for use, of cars made available by employers to current employees that are zero or low emissions vehicles with a value at first retail sale below the luxury car tax threshold for fuel efficient vehicles.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/12/2022

Progress:

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

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r6906

Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022

Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2022 and Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022, the bill amends the: Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 to double the maximum financial penalties for contraventions of provisions that relate only to residential land; National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable the disclosure of protected information to Australian government agencies for the purpose of administering major disaster support programs approved by the minister; Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020 to extend the temporary mechanism which enables ministers to make alternative arrangements for meeting information and documentary requirements; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and three other taxation Acts to reduce the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent; and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to provide for a supplementary annual performance test for faith-based products.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 05/12/2022

Progress:

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

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r6929

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2022

Amends the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 to provide a one-off increase to the pension payable to totally and permanently incapacitated veterans (known as the TPI payment).

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/11/2022

Progress:

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

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r6915

Treasury Laws Amendment (Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

Amends the International Tax Agreements Act 1953 to give legislative authority to the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement to exclude from tax within Australia payments and credits made to Indian residents by Australian customers for technical services provided remotely that are covered by the Agreement.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 23/11/2022

Progress:

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

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r6923

Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022

Amends the: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to increase the maximum penalty applicable for anti-competitive behaviour and certain breaches of competition consumer law; and Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 to: establish a civil penalty regime prohibiting the use of, and reliance on, unfair contract terms in standard form contracts; and expand the class of contracts that are covered by the unfair contract terms.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/11/2022

Progress:

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

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r6879

Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

Amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide an income tax exemption for certain recovery grants made to small businesses and primary producers impacted by Cyclone Seroja in April 2021; Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Act 2018 to facilitate the closure and transitional arrangements associated with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) replacing the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT); Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and its wholly owned subsidiary established for the purpose of delivering the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 12 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/08/2022

Progress:

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

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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: 12/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

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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: 12/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

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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: 12/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

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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: 05/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

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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: 05/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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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: 05/02/2025

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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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: 28/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

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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: 25/11/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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r7201

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2024

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: Matt Thistlethwaite MP (Labor), member for Kingsford Smith
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 04/07/2024

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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r6905

Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2022

Introduced with the Financial Sector Reform Bill 2022, Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2022 and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Bill 2022, the bill establishes a financial accountability regime to impose accountability, key personnel, deferred remuneration and notification obligations on directors and senior executives of financial entities in the banking, insurance and superannuation industries.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/03/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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r6902

Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Bill 2022

Introduced with the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2022, Financial Sector Reform Bill 2022 and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2022, the bill provides for the collection and administration of the levy imposed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Act 2022.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/03/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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r6896

Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2022

Introduced with the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2022, Financial Sector Reform Bill 2022 and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Bill 2022, the bill imposes a levy on certain industry entities to recover the cost of the compensation scheme of last resort.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Stephen Jones MP (Labor), member for Whitlam
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 09/03/2023

Progress:

• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Bill failed

Links:

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