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r7548

Sport Legislation Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Implementation) Bill 2026

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
• Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2026

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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r7501

Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026

Amends the: Higher Education Support Act 2003 to change the basis of higher education funding to a managed growth funding system based on a total number of equivalent full-time student load places; and provide for needs-based funding grants to higher education providers in relation to specific types of Commonwealth supported students, including students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, First Nations students and students studying at regional campuses; Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Act 2026 to: make consequential amendments; provide a framework for the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) to exercise its existing function to allocate international student places; and require the ATEC to assess a higher education provider against the terms of their mission based compact; and Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, Ombudsman Act 1976 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to make minor amendments in relation to information management.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 17/09/2026

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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r7542

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (National Student Ombudsman Levy) Bill 2026

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 16/09/2026

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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r7500

Statute Update Bill 2026

Amends 41 Acts to make minor and technical amendments, including to correct errors, remove spent or obsolete provisions, and update references to align with modern legislative drafting practice. Also repeals 106 spent or obsolete Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/09/2026

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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r7414

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2026

Amends the: Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to establish a regulatory framework for a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation to ensure that baseline mobile coverage is reasonably available outdoors to all people in Australia on an equitable basis; and Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Telecommunications Act 1997 to make consequential amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
• Minister: Anika Wells MP (Labor), member for Lilley
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 14/09/2026

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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r7509

Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medicines Shortages and Other Measures) Bill 2026

Introduced with the Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2026, the bill amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to: expand arrangements relating to medicines shortages and discontinuations; enable the determination of common biological groups to allow similar biologicals to share a single entry in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; authorise persons to enter, search and inspect clinical trial sites; enable the Medicines Watch List to incorporate other documents as in force from time to time; and make consequential and technical amendments

Info:

• Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
• Minister: Rebecca White MP (Labor), member for Lyons
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/08/2026

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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r7508

Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2026

Introduced with the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medicines Shortages and Other Measures) Bill 2026, the bill amends the Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989 to enable annual charges to be prescribed for the inclusion of grouped biologicals in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

Info:

• Portfolio: Health, Disability and Ageing
• Minister: Rebecca White MP (Labor), member for Lyons
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 12/08/2026

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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Trade and Investment Agreements (Consultation) Bill 2026

Implements certain recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth’s inquiry into the Australian Government’s approach to negotiating trade and investment agreements by establishing a framework for the negotiation, consultation and review of Australia’s free trade agreements. Also establishes certain requirements relating to Australia’ bilateral investment treaty negotiations.

Info:

• Portfolio: Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Minister: Senator for NSW, Tim Ayres (Labor)
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/07/2026

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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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: 22/06/2026

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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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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r7529

Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026

Amends the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) Act 2024 to: enable the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers Special Account to continue funding grants to support the remuneration of workers in the early childhood education and care sector; and extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2028 to 31 December 2029.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 18/09/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7481

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026

Amends 26 Acts to simplify and streamline regulatory and administrative processes for businesses and community organisations, expand the ‘tell us once’ arrangements to facilitate the sharing and use of information provided to government agencies, and make technical amendments to ensure that legislation is operating as intended. Also repeals the Commonwealth Funds Management Limited Act 1990 and Superannuation Benefits (Supervisory Mechanisms) Act 1990.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 18/09/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7519

Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Amends the: Wine Australia Act 2013 to: enable Wine Australia to conduct or arrange surveys of the grape and wine industry, including to support the operation of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; and enable Wine Australia to use and disclose information for authorised purposes; and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024 to: enable the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences to disclose certain information to non-Commonwealth persons or bodies; and make a technical amendment to an existing rule-making power.

Info:

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Minister: Julie Collins MP (Labor), member for Franklin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 15/09/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7514

Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2026

Amends the: Tax Agent Services Act 2009 to expand the Tax Practitioners Board’s regulatory penalty powers; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, International Tax Agreements Act 1953 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to amend the foreign resident capital gains tax (CGT) regime, including by clarifying and broadening the foreign resident CGT tax base by introducing a definition of ‘real property’; Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to provide a transitional 50 per cent CGT discount for certain foreign residents who dispose of Australian renewable energy assets; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to amend the operation of the mandatory and suspensory merger control regime; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Productivity Commission Act 1998 to give effect to the National Competition Principles (NCP) as contained in the 2024 NCP Agreement; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients; Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to rename public and private ancillary funds as public and private giving funds; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to make minor and technical amendments. Also repeals the Taxation Administration (Remedial Power—Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding) Determination 2017.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 15/09/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7526

Result

Introduced with the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026, News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 and News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026, the bill amends the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to make consequential amendments to support the operation of the news media bargaining framework.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/08/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7502

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 2) Bill 2026

Amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable corporate tax entities that are not significant global entities to carry back a tax loss in an income year and apply it against tax paid in either or both of the previous two income years to receive a tax offset; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 to permanently extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off from 1 July 2026; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide an income tax exemption for income derived in respect of employment with the PNG Chiefs Limited.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/08/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7494

Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1) Bill 2026

Amends the: Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to ministerial membership arrangements for the National Construction Industry Forum, travel allowances for members of the Road Transport Advisory Group, Fair Work Commission processes, exemptions from general protections in certain circumstances, and supported bargaining authorisations; Fair Work Act 2009 and Independent Contractors Act 2006 in relation to the road transport contractor high income threshold; and Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 in relation to reporting timeframes for the Administrator of the Construction and General Division of the Construction Forestry Manufacturing and Energy Union.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 06/07/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7436

Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026

Amends the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 to merge the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board into a single entity to be known as External Reporting Australia, with responsibility for performing core financial reporting and sustainability standard-setting functions. Also makes consequential amendments to 8 Acts.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 06/07/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7503

Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief No. 2) Bill 2026

Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 and Excise Tariff Act 1921 to provide further temporary reductions in the excise duty rates and excise-equivalent customs duty rates by 30.4 per cent of the full rate for fuels, including petrol and diesel and similar petroleum-based products.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Catherine King MP (Labor), member for Ballarat
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/06/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7480

Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026

Amends: the Corporations Act 2001 and Commonwealth Registers Act 2020 to expand the requirements of the Director Identification Number (Director ID) regime, including by requiring that Director IDs are provided to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) as part of the company registration and director information reporting processes; the Corporations Act 2001 and 4 other Acts to expand ASIC’s powers to administer business registers and include new and clarified requirements to ensure that registry information is accurate and accessible; and 14 Acts to: unwind earlier legislative changes made to implement the Modernising Business Registers program; and support ASIC’s continued role in the administration of business registers. Also repeals the Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Act 2020 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Act 2020.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Andrew Leigh MP (Labor), member for Fenner
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/06/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7457

Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering an Efficient and Trusted Tax System) Bill 2026

Amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: remove the requirement that gifts to deductible gift recipients be valued at $2 or more donor can claim a tax deduction; and exclude tobacco and gambling related activities from eligibility for the Research and Development Tax Incentive; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 to require trustees of closely held trusts to report, in the trust’s income tax return, the quoted tax file numbers of beneficiaries who have an entitlement; and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 to make minor and technical amendments.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 30/06/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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r7466

Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Sunsetting Provision) Bill 2026

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to extend the operation of certain offences in relation to the unauthorised disclosure of information by certain Commonwealth officers for a further 6 months, until 29 December 2026.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 29/06/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7493

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026

Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026, the bill amends the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and 3 other taxation laws to replace the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount for individuals, trusts and partnerships with cost base indexation and a 30 per cent minimum tax rate on capital gains accruing on and after 1 July 2027; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to limit negative gearing for residential property investments to new builds from 1 July 2027; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide for a non-refundable tax offset from the 2027-28 financial year for Australian resident individuals who earn labour income; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 to provide for a $1,000 standard deduction from the 2026-27 financial year for work-related expenses for individuals who are Australian tax residents who derive assessable labour income.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/06/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7465

Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026

Introduced with the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026, the bill establishes a framework for public and educational lending rights to replace the existing Public Lending Right Scheme and the Educational Lending Right Scheme.

Info:

• Portfolio: Arts
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/05/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7463

Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026

Introduced with the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026, the bill repeals the Public Lending Right Act 1985 and makes transitional and consequential provisions to support the implementation of the new public and educational lending rights framework.

Info:

• Portfolio: Arts
• Minister: Tony Burke MP (Labor), member for Watson
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/05/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7453

Treasury Laws Amendment (The Survivors Law) Bill 2026

Amends the: Taxation Administration Act 1953 and 3 other Acts to establish a framework to enable victims and survivors of specified child abuse offences to obtain visibility of, and access to, certain amounts held in a perpetrator’s superannuation for the purpose of satisfying unpaid compensation orders arising from criminal or civil proceedings; and Bankruptcy Act 1966 to ensure that compensation debts owed to victims and survivors are not extinguished by a perpetrator’s bankruptcy.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 20/05/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7415

Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025

Establishes a framework to support the provision of translating and interpreting services provided by the Department of Home Affairs in its capacity as the Translating and Interpreting Service National.

Info:

• Portfolio: Home Affairs
• Minister: Anne Aly MP (Labor), member for Cowan
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7409

Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends: the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 to establish a ban which prohibits insurers from using certain information about an individual’s genetic testing to inform the offer of life insurance cover, or the terms and conditions of the cover that is offered; the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to align Australia’s anti-discrimination law with the ban; the Corporations Act 2001 to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; 7 Acts to support Australia’s continuing participation with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund by introducing special appropriations for current and future financial obligations to MDBs, enabling the delegation of certain powers, ensuring payments consistent with existing obligations can be made without additional ministerial approval, and making technical amendments; and the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Act 2021 to remove the requirement that individual financial advisers register themselves with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission annually from 1 July 2026. Also repeals 9 Acts and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Regulation 2012.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 08/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7477

Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026

Amends the: Customs Tariff Act 1995 and Excise Tariff Act 1921 to: temporarily reduce the excise duty rates and excise-equivalent customs duty rates for fuels, including petrol, diesel and similar petroleum-based products; and provide the Treasurer with the power to determine a fuel duty rate reduction below the 50 per cent reduction that would otherwise apply between 1 April and 30 June 2026; and Fuel Tax Act 2006 to provide the Transport Minister with the power, on a temporary basis, to vary the road user charge for a financial year commencing on 1 July 2025 or 1 July 2026.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7424

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026

Amends the: Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments; Social Security Act 1991 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and Social Security Act 1991 to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income.

Info:

• Portfolio: Social Services
• Minister: Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor), member for Sydney
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7417

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2026

Amends the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to make technical amendments prior to the commencement of the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025.

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans’ Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7416

Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes the Australian Tertiary Education Commission to provide stewardship of the higher education system, including by entering into mission based compacts with higher education providers and preparing reports and providing advice and recommendations, if requested by the Minister, to various Commonwealth, state and territory ministers.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Claire Clutterham MP (Labor), member for Sturt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7408

Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

Introduced with the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, the bill amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission.

Info:

• Portfolio: Education
• Minister: Jason Clare MP (Labor), member for Blaxland
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 01/04/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7456

Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to increase the maximum penalty for anti-competitive behaviour and certain breaches of competition and consumer law.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 27/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7412

Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Amends the: Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to streamline the choice of superannuation fund process during employee onboarding; Corporations Act 2001 to ban advertising of certain superannuation products to new employees as part of the onboarding process; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for World Rugby and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; International Tax Agreements Act 1953 to give legislative authority to the Convention between Australia and the Portuguese Republic for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999 to increase the maximum amount of wine equalisation tax producer rebate claimable by eligible wine producers to $400,000 each financial year.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Daniel Mulino MP (Labor), member for Fraser
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 26/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7443

Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026

Amends the: Royal Commissions Act 1902 and Criminal Code Act 1995 to provide additional protections for people who provide intelligence or operationally sensitive information to a Royal Commission on a voluntary or compulsory basis where that information is subject to secrecy provisions; and Royal Commission Regulations 2019 to ensure that these protections apply to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

Info:

• Portfolio: Attorney-General
• Minister: Michelle Rowland MP (Labor), member for Greenway
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7442

Parliamentary Frameworks Legislation Amendment (Reviews) Bill 2026

Amends the: Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984, Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 to enable the forthcoming statutory reviews of these Acts to be combined; and Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 to align the frequency of the future periodic reviews of these Acts to allow them to be combined or conducted separately.

Info:

• Portfolio: Finance
• Minister: Patrick Gorman MP (Labor), member for Perth
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7437

Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026

Introduced with the Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Imposition Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill amends 9 Acts to makes consequential and miscellaneous amendments. Also amends the Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003 to link the low income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) eligibility threshold to the relevant personal income tax threshold and link the maximum LISTO amount to the superannuation guarantee charge percentage.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7435

Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Imposition Bill 2026

Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill imposes a tax of 15 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $3 million threshold and a further 10 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $10 million threshold.

Info:

• Portfolio: Treasury
• Minister: Jim Chalmers MP (Labor), member for Rankin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 13/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7391

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

Amends the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 and Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 to make technical amendments prior to the commencement of the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025.

Info:

• Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs
• Minister: Matt Keogh MP (Labor), member for Burt
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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r7390

VET Student Loans (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2025

The bill: authorises certain activities undertaken in relation to tax file numbers (TFNs) for the purpose of administering, or facilitating the administration of, a student’s application for a VET Student Loan or the student’s loan itself; and authorises the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ disclosure of TFNs to VSL providers for the same purposes.

Info:

• Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister: Andrew Giles MP (Labor), member for Scullin
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 04/12/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: Amanda Rishworth MP (Labor), member for Kingston
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 06/11/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 06/11/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 04/11/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: Josh Wilson MP (Labor), member for Fremantle
• Type: Government bill
• Last changed: 04/11/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 30/10/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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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 Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ Commenced

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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 Senate
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅ 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

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in House of Representatives
• ✅️ Passed in Senate
• ✅ Royal assent
• ✅ 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: 05/03/2026

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Failed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Royal assent
• ☐ 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: 24/11/2025

Progress:

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• ✅ Presented in House of Representatives
• ❌ Failed in House of Representatives
• ☐ Pending in Senate
• ☐ Royal assent
• ☐ Commenced

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