Bills
Recent and in-progress legislation, rendered into the same plain-language bill format used across the site.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
Repeals the Public Lending Right Act 1985 as part of the move to a new combined public and educational lending rights framework.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
The bill would amend the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 as part of the government response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
The bill creates a single statutory Public and Educational Lending Rights Scheme for payments to Australian creators and publishers whose books are held in public or educational lending libraries.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
The bill keeps section 122.4 of the Criminal Code operating for another six months, moving its sunset date from 29 June 2026 to 29 December 2026.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
The bill would remove criminal liability from more than 300 Commonwealth secrecy provisions, which the explanatory memorandum says is more than one third of Commonwealth secrecy provisions that attract criminal liability.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
Businesses must not use sales tactics that manipulate consumers or unfairly shape their choices when selling everyday goods and services.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
Airlines and airport operators will have to meet minimum service standards for bookings, delays, cancellations, baggage, accessibility help and complaint handling.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
This is a supporting bill for the aviation consumer protection package. It would impose an annual general levy on regulated aviation entities, rather than creating the main passenger rights and complaints framework itself.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
This is a supporting bill for the aviation consumer protection package. It would set up the machinery for collecting an annual levy from regulated aviation entities, rather than creating the main passenger rights framework itself.
Before Reps
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
This is a supporting bill for the proposed Aviation Consumer Protection Act 2026. It deals with consequential and transitional matters, rather than setting up the main aviation consumer protection framework itself.
Before Senate
Introduced Apr 1st, 2026
The bill would amend the Online Safety Act 2021 so social media services must let all Australian end-users opt out of receiving recommended content at any time.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Mar 31st, 2026
Fuel tax on petrol, diesel and similar fuels is cut by half for three months from 1 April 2026, covering Australian-made and imported fuel.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 31st, 2026
The bill would establish a Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Commission of Inquiry to examine the management, use, performance and outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water holdings, with a particular focus on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 30th, 2026
The bill would amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to phase in a broad ban on advertising licensed online wagering services, including on broadcast, digital and other media and in stadiums.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 30th, 2026
The bill would require a court to order that an adult Australian citizen ceases to be a citizen if they are convicted of a terrorism offence and the court is satisfied their conduct seriously repudiated allegiance to Australia.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Mar 30th, 2026
Sets up a national reserve for fuel, critical minerals and other key supplies so Australia can respond to supply shocks and global instability.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Mar 30th, 2026
The government gets a short-term funding safety net to respond to fuel price spikes and supply shortages before 30 June 2026.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Mar 30th, 2026
The government gets a short-term funding safety net to respond to high fuel prices and supply constraints before 30 June 2026.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 26th, 2026
Illicit tobacco offences would carry higher penalties for importing, possessing, buying, selling, supplying, producing or making illegal tobacco, including offences under customs, excise and tax law.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Mar 26th, 2026
Lets the Minister trigger a faster process when national road transport is hit by serious events, such as sudden fuel price rises.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
Creates a new strict liability offence for importing goods into Australia that bear a registered trade mark, a substantially identical mark, or an altered or removed registered trade mark without authorisation.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
Creates a court-supervised process for victims and survivors of specified child abuse offences to recover unpaid court-ordered compensation from certain superannuation amounts held for the perpetrator.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
Replaces the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 and recasts the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission as Australia's national criminal intelligence agency for serious and organised crime.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
The bill would replace the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Act 2016 and keep a separate legal basis for charging for nationally coordinated criminal history checks.
Became law Mar 27th, 2026
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
The bill increases the maximum penalties for some serious breaches of competition and consumer law, including false or misleading conduct and cartel conduct. Cartel conduct is when businesses secretly work together instead of competing.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 25th, 2026
The bill removes the $2 minimum before donations to deductible gift recipients can be claimed as tax deductions. This is aimed at small gifts such as checkout round-ups and applies to gifts or contributions made from 1 July 2024.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Mar 12th, 2026
The bill narrows when an occupier of a registered export establishment commits an offence or civil penalty breach for carrying out export operations that are not listed in that establishment's registration.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 12th, 2026
The bill gives AUSTRAC a new power to restrict or ban reporting entities from using certain high-risk products, services, delivery channels or other tools to provide regulated services, such as a cryptocurrency ATM.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 11th, 2026
The bill updates several Commonwealth crimes, law-enforcement, prosecution, extradition and telecommunications laws through one omnibus bill.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 11th, 2026
The bill would require the Minister for Agriculture to create a national map of Australia’s agricultural land, divided into Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 land according to productive capacity.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Mar 10th, 2026
The bill lets the government temporarily stop some groups of people overseas who hold temporary visas from travelling to Australia when events overseas put pressure on the migration system.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 10th, 2026
The bill would amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to create a domestic reserve obligation for petroleum production licences in Commonwealth offshore waters.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Mar 4th, 2026
The bill lets the statutory reviews of three parliamentary workplace and resources laws be run together as part of one broader review of Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 4th, 2026
The bill extends the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility's investment decision-making period by 10 years, from 30 June 2026 to 30 June 2036.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 3rd, 2026
The bill would amend the Online Safety Act 2021 adult cyber-abuse scheme so more online material targeted at Australian adults could be assessed by the eSafety Commissioner for possible removal notices.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 3rd, 2026
The bill would amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 to create a new offence for organising or facilitating another person's entry into Australia from overseas in specified terrorism-related circumstances.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 2nd, 2026
The bill would require the Minister for Agriculture to create a national map of Australia’s agricultural land, dividing it into Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 land according to productive capacity.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 2nd, 2026
The bill would create a legislated process for major Commonwealth public appointments, including significant integrity officer appointments, instead of leaving those appointments to broad ministerial discretion.
Before Reps
Introduced Mar 2nd, 2026
The bill would amend the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025 so the definition of public health matters expressly includes the health impacts of gambling harm and addiction.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Mar 2nd, 2026
People can give secret intelligence or sensitive operational information to a royal commission, whether asked or voluntarily, with extra legal protections.
Before Reps
Introduced Feb 12th, 2026
Lets the Health Department publish clearer information about medical fees and likely out-of-pocket costs for private health care, using Medicare, hospital and insurer billing data already collected by government.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 12th, 2026
Creates External Reporting Australia by merging the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, including their offices, into one financial reporting standard-setting body.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Feb 11th, 2026
Australians with super balances above $3 million will pay extra tax on future earnings, with a higher extra tax applying above $10 million.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Feb 11th, 2026
From 2026-27, the bill reduces super tax breaks for people with more than $3 million in total super across all their accounts. The cut is larger once the total is above $10 million.
Became law Mar 26th, 2026
Introduced Feb 11th, 2026
The Act updates appointment, suspension and termination rules for senior statutory office holders in four Commonwealth bodies: the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Austrade, the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, and the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Before Reps
Introduced Feb 9th, 2026
The bill would amend the Flags Act 1953 to create an offence for desecrating, dishonouring, burning, mutilating or otherwise destroying the Australian National Flag or the Australian Red Ensign.
Before Reps
Introduced Feb 9th, 2026
The bill would create a Criminal Code offence for intentionally or recklessly burning or desecrating the Australian National Flag, the Australian Aboriginal Flag or the Torres Strait Islander Flag.
Assent
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
The Act broadens the National Health Act definition of vaccine so it covers a preparation, including a vaccine or immunising agent, that protects people through active or passive immunity against disease.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
Some child support assessment changes will start one month later when the Child Support Registrar makes the new assessment after the 15th day of a month, giving parents more time to adjust.
Became law Mar 26th, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
The bill sets up the National Commission in law as its own agency, led by a National Commissioner. Its job is to advance the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people as part of the government’s Closing the Gap response.
Became law Mar 26th, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
The national Indigenous children’s commission changes from an executive agency to a statutory agency without creating a new organisation or breaking its legal identity.
Became law Mar 27th, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
The Act appropriates an extra $9.183 million for parliamentary departments for the 2025–26 financial year.
Became law Mar 27th, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
The Act appropriates an extra $3.533 billion for services that are not the ordinary annual services of government in the 2025-26 financial year.
Became law Mar 27th, 2026
Introduced Feb 5th, 2026
Appropriates $9,184,444,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for ordinary annual services of government in 2025-26.
Became law Mar 5th, 2026
Introduced Feb 4th, 2026
Judges of the NSW Local Court will be able to exercise the same federal jurisdiction and powers that NSW magistrates currently hold.
Assent
Introduced Feb 4th, 2026
The bill would update Australian law to match a new global oceans agreement. It applies to ocean and seabed areas outside any country’s control, not Australia’s own waters.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 4th, 2026
The bill would amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to prohibit political donations from specified industries and their close associates, while also reducing caps on other donations.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 4th, 2026
The bill would repeal Commonwealth provisions that block or limit approval pathways for certain nuclear facilities, including nuclear power plants, fuel fabrication plants, enrichment plants and reprocessing facilities.
Became law Jan 21st, 2026
Introduced Jan 20th, 2026
It would ban imports of violent extremist material and goods that show or contain banned symbols.
Became law Jan 21st, 2026
Introduced Jan 20th, 2026
The Act raises maximum prison terms for several federal hate offences. It also creates aggravated offences for certain leaders who commit those offences, and for adults who direct violent advocacy at children.
Before Reps
Introduced Nov 27th, 2025
The bill creates a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation so baseline outdoor mobile coverage is reasonably available to people in Australia on an equitable basis.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 27th, 2025
Veterans’ reviews will now notify the Defence chief about applications and outcomes involving current Defence Force members’ service injuries, diseases or deaths.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 27th, 2025
Moves the commission’s old Defence Act provisions into the new standalone scheme by repealing the former Defence Act part when the new Act starts.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 27th, 2025
Creates an independent Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner and a supporting commission to oversee system-wide reforms aimed at reducing suicide risk and improving wellbeing for current and former ADF members.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 27th, 2025
The bill would amend the Defence Act 1903 to establish the Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention and Response Commission as a statutory authority dealing with military sexual violence in the Australian Defence Organisation.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The bill would let approved registered nurses prescribe certain medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, so patients could receive PBS-subsidised medicines from those nurse prescribers.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
This is the companion law for the Australian Tertiary Education Commission. It makes the related legal changes needed for the new commission to operate inside existing higher education laws.
Assent
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The law bans life insurers from using certain genetic test information to decide whether to offer life insurance, or what terms and conditions to offer. Breaches can lead to criminal and civil penalties, ASIC will enforce the ban, and disability discrimination law is updated to match.
Assent
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The bill brings crypto exchanges and similar services under Australia’s financial services rules when they hold or deal with customers’ digital assets. It also covers services that hold tokenised assets for customers, meaning assets recorded as digital tokens.
Became law Mar 26th, 2026
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
Employers can ask the tax office for a new worker’s existing super fund earlier, so onboarding can show that fund before the worker chooses.
Before Reps
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
Employers with historical unpaid coal long service leave levy debts can seek voluntary payment arrangements, paying about 80% of the covered amount by instalments over six years with the remaining amount remitted if they comply.
Assent
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The Act gives TIS National an express statutory basis inside the Department of Home Affairs, so the Secretary can provide or arrange translating and interpreting services for Commonwealth services and, under arrangements, state and territory services.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
Australia gets a new Australian Tertiary Education Commission to guide higher education by making provider agreements and giving advice to governments.
Assent
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The bill would allow much larger financial penalties for the most serious breaches of NDIS rules, instead of using the same penalty for every breach. This is meant to better deter serious harm and misconduct.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The bill would amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 rules for downsizer superannuation contributions, so more people selling a long-held family home could put sale proceeds into superannuation.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 26th, 2025
The bill would change family assistance immunisation rules so a child could meet the requirements through a declared conscientious objection, rather than only through vaccination or other existing exceptions.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 25th, 2025
The bill would reverse parts of the 2020 Job-Ready Graduates fee changes by lowering maximum student contribution amounts for several university subject areas, especially law, commerce, communications, society and culture.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 25th, 2025
The bill would repeal and reverse the changes made by the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 to the Online Safety Act 2021 and the Age Discrimination Act 2004.
Before Reps
Introduced Nov 24th, 2025
The bill would amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 so online wagering services for greyhound racing are no longer excluded from that Act’s interactive gambling restrictions.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 24th, 2025
The bill would create a new deepfake category in the Online Safety Act for realistic but false audio, images or video of an Australian person’s face or voice that were created or altered using technology. It would sit alongside, rather than replace, existing schemes for cyberbullying, adult cyber-abuse, intimate images and abhorrent violent content.
Assent
Introduced Nov 6th, 2025
The bill would allow a public online list of approved work sponsors. These are employers allowed to sponsor skilled workers to come to Australia for jobs.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Nov 6th, 2025
Major streaming services must spend on new Australian shows, either 10% of Australian program spending or, if they choose, 7.5% of Australian revenue.
Became law Apr 1st, 2026
Introduced Nov 5th, 2025
The bill sets up an orphan works scheme. It applies to copyright material whose owner cannot be identified or found after a careful search. If someone searches properly, keeps records and gives notice, what a court can order for the owner over past use is limited.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 5th, 2025
The bill would let any employee ask for a change in working arrangements. The current Fair Work Act right is tied to listed circumstances such as caring responsibilities, disability, age, pregnancy or family and domestic violence.
Before Reps
Introduced Nov 3rd, 2025
The bill would stop constitutional corporations from constructing, installing or commissioning wind farms in State forests or Territory forests.
Before Reps
Introduced Nov 3rd, 2025
The bill would stop registered political parties and Senate or House candidates from applying to register someone as a general postal voter on that voter’s behalf.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 3rd, 2025
The bill would require a Regulation Impact Statement to be prepared and presented for Commonwealth bills and legislative instruments, unless the proposal is minor or technical or does not substantially change existing arrangements.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The Act amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to support the Geelong Treaty, the Australia-United Kingdom nuclear-powered submarine cooperation agreement signed at Geelong on 26 July 2025.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The bill imposes four charges connected with the wider EPBC reform package: a restoration contribution charge, a bioregional plan registration charge, a national interest exemption charge and a Part 13 exemption charge.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The Act establishes the National Environmental Protection Agency as a Commonwealth statutory entity to assist the CEO of NEPA in carrying out environmental regulatory functions.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The Act lets regulations impose customs-duty charges for prescribed matters connected with administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The Act lets regulations impose charges that are neither customs duties nor excise duties for prescribed matters connected with administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The Act lets regulations impose excise-duty charges for prescribed matters connected with administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The bill creates the statutory role of Head of Environment Information Australia to lead national work on environmental data, reporting and information access.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 30th, 2025
The bill amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to create legally enforceable National Environmental Standards that guide approvals and other environmental decisions.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Oct 29th, 2025
The Act retrospectively authorises approved VET Student Loans providers, and specified government officers, to have handled student tax file numbers for VET Student Loan applications and loans during the period from 1 January 2017 to immediately before 1 October 2025.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Oct 29th, 2025
The bill makes technical changes to veterans’ affairs laws so the 2025 simplification reforms can start smoothly, with new compensation and rehabilitation claims moving to an improved Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act from 1 July 2026.
Before Senate
Introduced Oct 29th, 2025
The bill would remove federal blanket bans that stop certain nuclear installations being considered under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 28th, 2025
The bill was put forward because federal climate decisions did not have to specifically consider the interests of children and young people, even though climate harm can affect children and future generations heavily.
Before Reps
Introduced Oct 27th, 2025
The bill would amend the Crimes Act 1914 to add more Commonwealth child sex offences to the mandatory minimum sentencing table.
Before Reps
Introduced Oct 27th, 2025
The bill would create a Commonwealth statutory scheme for transparency, integrity and honesty in dealings between lobbyists and government representatives.
Became law Nov 6th, 2025
Introduced Oct 9th, 2025
The Act reforms the superannuation guarantee framework so employers have a strong incentive to make superannuation contributions at the same time as employees are paid their qualifying earnings.
Became law Nov 6th, 2025
Introduced Oct 9th, 2025
The Act is the charge-imposition companion to the payday superannuation reforms, amending the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act so charge liability can operate by qualifying earnings day rather than only by quarter.
Became law Nov 6th, 2025
Introduced Oct 9th, 2025
Employers that already provide employer-funded paid parental leave generally cannot refuse or cancel that leave just because an employee’s child is stillborn or dies.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Oct 9th, 2025
The Act retrospectively validates certain ASIC review fees charged from 1 July 2011 until 11 March 2025, including the indexation applied to those fees.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Oct 9th, 2025
The Act changes education, overseas-student and family-assistance laws. Its main purposes are to strengthen integrity in international education, expand access to medical Commonwealth supported places for First Nations students, and improve early childhood education and care data and subsidy administration.
Assent
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
The Act pauses CPI indexation for domestic draught beer excise rates for two years, covering the 1 August 2025, 1 February 2026, 1 August 2026 and 1 February 2027 indexation days.
Assent
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
The Act pauses CPI indexation of excise-equivalent customs duty rates on draught beer for two years.
Became law Mar 13th, 2026
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
Creates a new parliamentary committee to give Parliament stronger ongoing oversight of Defence.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
Plain-language summary coming soon.
Became law Dec 1st, 2025
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
The Act updates migration and citizenship laws so facial-image rules cover modern biometric capture, including images of a face alone, a face and neck, or a face, neck and shoulders.
Became law Nov 6th, 2025
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
The law creates a process to list foreign governments, agencies or other state bodies as state sponsors of terrorism if they carry out, support or advocate terrorist acts targeted at Australia.
Assent
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
Creates an independent Commonwealth Parole Board to make risk-informed decisions about parole and other conditional release arrangements for federal offenders and detained people.
Assent
Introduced Oct 8th, 2025
Amends Part IB of the Crimes Act 1914 so the new Commonwealth Parole Board, rather than the Attorney-General, becomes the main decision-maker for federal parole and related conditional release decisions.
Became law Oct 30th, 2025
Introduced Oct 7th, 2025
Creates a legislated Triple Zero Custodian inside the communications department to oversee the emergency calling system across carriers, phone service providers and emergency call operators.
Assent
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
Lets Medicare provider numbers be allocated by approved computer programs for straightforward applications, while keeping refusals with a human decision-maker.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
The Act strengthens beneficial ownership disclosure for listed entities by expanding substantial holding and tracing notice rules, including interests held through some equity derivatives, and by broadening ASIC enforcement powers.
Became law Nov 4th, 2025
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
Keeps the National Joint Replacement Registry levy tied to the current responsible person for a listed joint replacement device, rather than only the original sponsor listed when the device first entered the scheme.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
Validates and regulates historic income apportionment for employment income earned, derived or received between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020, while stating that Robodebt income averaging is not validated.
Before Senate
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
The bill would require Commonwealth procurement rules to include a debarment regime, including mandatory exclusion for up to five years of potential suppliers or tenderers that have engaged in unethical conduct.
Before Reps
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
The bill would amend the Housing Australia Act 2018 so directions made under subsection 12(1), which make up the Housing Australia Investment Mandate, are subject to parliamentary disallowance.
Before Senate
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
The bill would repeal five climate and energy-transition laws: the Climate Change Act 2022, two Future Made in Australia guarantee-of-origin Acts, the Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024 and the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024.
Before Senate
Introduced Sep 4th, 2025
The bill would create a voluntary annual process for spouses to redistribute superannuation between their funds while they are still together, by letting the spouse with the higher balance roll over an amount to the other spouse.
Became law Feb 9th, 2026
Introduced Sep 3rd, 2025
The Act gives the Administrative Review Tribunal a wider power to decide some cases without an oral hearing, but only where the issues can be dealt with properly on the written material and the parties have had a chance to comment.
Became law Nov 10th, 2025
Introduced Sep 3rd, 2025
Creates the Australian Centre for Disease Control as a permanent national public health body to monitor risks, support prevention, and help Australia prepare for future health crises.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 3rd, 2025
The bill would amend the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 to modernise Commonwealth FOI processes, reduce inefficiencies, address abusive or frivolous use of the system, and clarify parts of the Act.
Became law Nov 10th, 2025
Introduced Sep 3rd, 2025
The Act is the companion machinery law for the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025: it changes existing Commonwealth laws so public health responsibilities can move to the new Australian CDC and its Director-General.
Before Reps
Introduced Sep 1st, 2025
The bill would create an Australia Day Act and declare that Australia's national day is to be known as Australia Day and observed on 26 January each year.
Before Reps
Introduced Sep 1st, 2025
The bill would bring electrically power-assisted cycles, or EPACs, under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 by defining them as road vehicles.
Before Reps
Introduced Aug 28th, 2025
The bill would set up a register of telecommunications service providers so there is a clearer record of who is operating in the market. It would also give the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) power to stop providers operating if they pose an unacceptable risk to consumers or cause significant harm.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 28th, 2025
The bill would amend the Defence Act 1903 rules for the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal, which reviews decisions about defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards.
Assent
Introduced Aug 27th, 2025
The bill amended the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 and the Crimes Act 1914 so surveillance, law enforcement and criminal justice provisions would operate as intended.
Became law Oct 30th, 2025
Introduced Aug 27th, 2025
The Act lets boards of management for jointly managed Commonwealth reserves keep making reserve-management decisions after a management plan expires, as long as no replacement plan is yet in force and the decisions are consistent with the most recent plan.
Became law Sep 5th, 2025
Introduced Aug 26th, 2025
The Act says natural justice does not apply when the Commonwealth enters, prepares for, or acts in relation to third-country reception arrangements for removing non-citizens from Australia.
Before Senate
Introduced Aug 26th, 2025
The bill would change family assistance, social security and student assistance laws in response to outstanding recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
Before Reps
Introduced Aug 25th, 2025
The bill would amend social security, family assistance and student assistance laws to implement outstanding recommendations from the Robodebt royal commission and help prevent similar problems happening again.
Before Reps
Introduced Aug 25th, 2025
The bill would set up a national framework to help Australia prepare for climate change impacts, with coordinated action across different levels of government.
Before Reps
Introduced Aug 25th, 2025
The bill would change the Higher Education Support Act 2003 so that subjects in the “Society and Culture” category are moved into a lower student contribution band.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 25th, 2025
The bill would amend the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 to create statutory minimum staffing guarantees for non-government parliamentarians, rather than leaving those minimums entirely to executive discretion.
Assent
Introduced Jul 31st, 2025
The Act creates a Commonwealth workplace protection order scheme for courts to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 31st, 2025
The local APH metadata records this as a private bill originating in the Senate, sponsored by Senators Alex Antic and Matthew Canavan.
Became law Sep 4th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
The Act reduces the maximum PBS general patient charge from $31.60 to $25 from 1 January 2026, a $6.60 cut for general patients without a concession card.
Became law Dec 4th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
The Act expands intelligence oversight so the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security cover all ten National Intelligence Community agencies, including the ACIC and the intelligence functions of the AFP, AUSTRAC and Home Affairs.
Became law Sep 19th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
Expands the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 so payment systems can include arrangements for moving money or digital value, sending payment messages, and related instruments or procedures.
Became law Oct 29th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
Appropriates $195.149 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure by the parliamentary departments in 2025-26.
Became law Oct 29th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
Appropriates $14,571,651,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 2025-26 services that are not the ordinary annual services of government.
Became law Oct 29th, 2025
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
Appropriates $83,444,802,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of government in 2025-26.
Before Senate
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
The bill would create civil penalties for authorising certain federal election campaign material that presents factual claims, candidate images or candidate audio as real when they are inaccurate and misleading to a material extent.
Before Senate
Introduced Jul 30th, 2025
The bill would create a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts to review, consider and report on consultancy and services contracts entered into by Commonwealth entities.
Before Reps
Introduced Jul 28th, 2025
Repeals the Climate Change Act 2022, the Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024, the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 and two 2024 laws for the Future Made in Australia Guarantee of Origin scheme.
Before Reps
Introduced Jul 28th, 2025
Adds new Criminal Code offences aimed at people who misuse emerging technology, especially generative AI, to make or support the making of child abuse material.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 28th, 2025
The bill would create civil penalties for the person or entity that authorises federal election material containing a purported factual written statement, candidate image or candidate audio that is materially inaccurate and misleading.
Became law Aug 2nd, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The Act amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to implement Australia’s tariff commitments under the Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Became law Aug 2nd, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The bill amends the Customs Act 1901 so goods imported from the United Arab Emirates can qualify for preferential customs duty under the Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Became law Aug 29th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
Workers covered by modern awards get stronger protection against cuts to their penalty rates and overtime rates when the Fair Work Commission changes awards.
Became law Aug 28th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
Defence Housing Australia can provide housing and related services to a wider group of people connected with Defence operations, not only ADF members, Defence staff, Defence contractors and their families.
Became law Sep 4th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The bill repeals the Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Act 1991, which set fees for several pathology approval applications.
Became law Sep 5th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The bill lets Commonwealth money be used to meet liabilities if the government gives a Pacific banking guarantee to an eligible Australian-headquartered bank.
Became law Sep 19th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The Act mainly updates aged care laws so the new Aged Care Act 2024 can start properly, replacing the main older Commonwealth aged care laws and helping move the system into the new framework.
Became law Sep 5th, 2025
Introduced Jul 24th, 2025
The bill updates the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006 so it works with the new Aged Care Act 2024.
Became law Aug 2nd, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Department of Education can consider a child care provider's quality, safety and compliance history when deciding whether the provider or one of its services can receive Child Care Subsidy approval.
Became law Sep 5th, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
Extends ASIO’s compulsory questioning warrant framework for 18 months, moving its sunset date from 7 September 2025 to 7 March 2027.
Before Senate
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The bill updates ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers so they better match today’s security threats, while also aiming to improve safeguards and oversight.
Became law Aug 2nd, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Act cuts eligible HELP, VET student loan, Australian apprenticeship support loan, student start-up loan, ABSTUDY student start-up loan and student financial supplement debts by 20 per cent if they were incurred on or before 1 June 2025.
Became law Nov 6th, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Act legally separates the Australian Energy Regulator from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and makes the Australian Energy Regulator a non-corporate Commonwealth entity with its own accountable authority.
Became law Sep 4th, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Act reduces the usual time limit for claims for bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from two years to one year, while preserving discretion to accept late claims in appropriate cases.
Became law Aug 28th, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Act lets the Minister for Education make a National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence as a legislative instrument. The code applies to higher education providers covered by the Act.
Became law Aug 28th, 2025
Introduced Jul 23rd, 2025
The Act is the companion law for the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence. It does not set the detailed code itself; it makes compliance with that code a condition in higher education funding law.
Before Reps
Introduced Jul 22nd, 2025
The bill would make one technical amendment to the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, replacing subsection 63(4).
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 26th, 2025
Australian resident taxpayers get a two-step income tax cut on earnings between $18,201 and $45,000, with the rate dropping to 15% in 2026-27 and 14% from 2027-28 onward.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 26th, 2025
People, businesses and governments in Australia could sue big coal, oil, gas and coal power companies for climate damage caused by events such as cyclones and floods.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 26th, 2025
The bill would create 12 days of paid reproductive health leave each year in the National Employment Standards and modern awards for full-time, part-time and casual employees.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 26th, 2025
The bill would make industrial emissions that damage National Heritage monuments, including significant First Nations rock art, a new trigger for federal environment controls under the EPBC Act.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 26th, 2025
The bill would repeal mandatory minimum sentence provisions that were added by the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Act 2025.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
The planned handover of some parliamentary expenses and resources from the Department of Finance to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority is pushed back to 1 July 2026.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
Australia now blocks the Environment Minister from overturning some past decisions that let projects proceed without federal approval, if those projects meet the new legal conditions.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
This Act gives the Australian Government access to $86.1 billion to keep ordinary government services running in 2025-26.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
The Act releases $10.919 billion from federal revenue so the government can keep paying for non-annual spending such as assets, loans and other liabilities in 2025-26.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
The Act provides about $139.5 million to keep the Department of the Senate, the Department of the House of Representatives, the Department of Parliamentary Services and the Parliamentary Budget Office operating for the first five months of 2025-26.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
This bill would let the Australian Government withdraw money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay for its ordinary yearly operations.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
The bill would let the Australian Government spend budget money on non-routine government programs, including new 2025-26 budget measures and some extra 2024-25 spending agreed after additional estimates.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2025
Sets aside roughly the last seven months of 2025-26 funding for the parliamentary departments, along with extra money for new 2025-26 Budget measures.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 13th, 2025
The bill would create a federal legal right for a person to engage in peaceful protest in a public place.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 13th, 2025
The bill would stop higher education providers that receive Commonwealth grants under Part 2-2 of the Higher Education Support Act from entering into partnerships with, or investing in, prohibited entities.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 12th, 2025
Australia would set aside federal money to cover any payouts if the Commonwealth gives a Pacific banking guarantee to an Australian bank operating in Pacific countries.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 12th, 2025
Phone and internet retailers would have to join a new public register, giving the Australian Communications and Media Authority a clearer view of who is operating in the market.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 12th, 2025
The bill would create a statutory federal lobbying scheme covering professional lobbyists acting for third-party clients and in-house lobbyists for businesses and industry bodies.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 12th, 2025
The bill would ask Parliament to start a constitutional alteration that expressly protects freedom of speech in the Australian Constitution.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 12th, 2025
Australia would have to bring people still held in Nauru or Papua New Guinea to Australia for medical treatment if two treating doctors say they need care that cannot be properly provided there.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 11th, 2025
The bill would create a new independent Whistleblower Protection Authority to help people who have disclosed, or may disclose, wrongdoing under federal whistleblower laws.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 11th, 2025
The bill would protect the Commonwealth Great Australian Bight area from mining operations and start the process for World Heritage listing of the Great Australian Bight.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 10th, 2025
The bill would create a national Whistleblower Protection Authority to help whistleblowers and potential whistleblowers across all Commonwealth whistleblower protection laws.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 10th, 2025
The new rules would start after a six-month transition period so online wagering providers can change their systems and prepare customers for the new display requirements.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 10th, 2025
Australia would have to publish a national land transport plan covering at least 10 years, including the project pipeline, funding needs, and major challenges and opportunities.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 10th, 2025
Australian governments and public agencies would have to weigh how today’s decisions affect both current Australians and future generations, pushing long-term thinking into everyday policy and lawmaking.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Feb 10th, 2025
Australia can now run background checks for Australians applying to the United States Global Entry program, which is the fast-track entry program for eligible travellers arriving in the US.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 6th, 2025
Universities approved for Commonwealth funding would have to follow the new national code on preventing and responding to gender-based violence as part of their quality and accountability duties.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 6th, 2025
Australian universities and other higher education providers would have to meet a new national code aimed at preventing gender-based violence, improving responses, and covering student accommodation as well as campus life.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
Offshore wind feasibility licence applications will now be judged under the same updated rules even if they were lodged before the 2024 regulation changes started.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
Young Disability Support Pension recipients under 21 will keep getting different payment rates based on their circumstances, including whether they live at home or independently.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
Australian families eligible for the Child Care Subsidy now get at least 72 hours of subsidised early childhood education and care each fortnight, even if they do little or no paid work, study or volunteering.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
The bill would add 4.4 percentage points to the superannuation guarantee rate used for covered firefighter and paramedic employees.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
The bill would cap future public university vice-chancellor pay at less than $430,000 a year, unless the responsible minister sets a different amount for the first year of a term.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 5th, 2025
The bill would amend the Remuneration Tribunal Act to cap annual remuneration for holders of public office at less than $430,000, unless the responsible minister prescribes a different amount for that year.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Feb 4th, 2025
The law lets the Australian Government keep acting for a private insurer in selling and handling insurance linked to Defence Service Homes.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Feb 4th, 2025
The Act approves about $7.03 billion in extra federal spending for 2024-25 through Schedule 1.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Feb 4th, 2025
Australia provides an extra $5.080634 billion in 2024-25 for government spending approved in this Act, on top of earlier budget laws.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Feb 4th, 2025
The Act provides an extra $132,000 from federal revenue for parliamentary department spending in 2024-25.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
Bulk-billed Medicare and child dental claims would usually have to be lodged within 1 year instead of 2 years, while late claims could still be accepted in special cases.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
Australian Border Force can quickly dispose of seized banned engineered stone imports, including destroying them, instead of having to hold them under the usual slower process.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
From 1 July 2025, only cars using 3.5 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres or less can access the higher luxury car tax threshold for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
Cyber attacks that affect aviation or maritime operations now fall under transport security law, and transport operators must report qualifying cyber incidents.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
The bill would stop ministers approving exports of Australian defence goods, technology or services if they could help genocide or other serious breaches of international law.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
Arms makers, military suppliers and related businesses in Australia would have to publish a yearly public statement on how they identify and deal with genocide risks in their operations and supply chains.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 28th, 2024
Australia's Future Fund would be barred from investing in companies listed by the United Nations as operating in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 27th, 2024
Australia can update product safety and information rules more easily by using Australian and overseas standards as they change, which should cut repeat testing and help businesses sell compliant products sooner.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 27th, 2024
Creates a national court order process to protect Commonwealth workers and Commonwealth workplaces from violence, harassment, stalking, intimidation and threatening behaviour by members of the public.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Rural and remote Australia would again get first access to overseas-trained doctors by stopping more urban areas from being given priority under the GP shortage rules.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Big online platforms used by at least 10% of Australians, or 10% of Australian children, would have a legal duty to protect the wellbeing of their Australian users.
Became law Dec 2nd, 2024
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Australian Government bodies can add a payment surcharge when they already have legal power to collect the main payment and no other law already authorises a surcharge for that payment.
Became law Dec 2nd, 2024
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Australian Government agencies can charge payment surcharges on payments they already have legal power to collect, including for payments made since 1 January 2003.
Became law Dec 2nd, 2024
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Commonwealth laws that separately let agencies add payment surcharges to some payments are removed for future payments, so one Commonwealth surcharge framework applies instead.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Nov 25th, 2024
Australia now offers eligible hydrogen producers a refundable tax offset of $2 for each whole kilogram made between 1 July 2027 and 30 June 2040, though later rules can cut the payment.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 21st, 2024
Covered social media platforms must stop Australian children under 16 from having accounts, and big civil penalties apply if platforms fail to do that.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 21st, 2024
Older people already using aged care, including home care, residential care, Commonwealth Home Support Programme services and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, keep matching care when the new law starts.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Nov 21st, 2024
Some healthcare corporations must join My Health Record and upload certain patient information after care, unless a stated exception applies, so sharing moves from optional to expected for covered services.
Became law Dec 4th, 2024
Introduced Nov 21st, 2024
The Act lets the Minister list banned items in immigration detention, including lawful items like phones or SIM cards, if they could threaten safety, security or order.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 21st, 2024
The Act confirms that Australian Federal Police material gathered under the listed Operation Ironside warrants is legally treated as not having been intercepted over a telecommunications network.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 20th, 2024
Australia’s energy regulator would be legally split from the ACCC and run as its own Commonwealth body, with its board in charge of its governance and accountability.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 20th, 2024
Pathology businesses would no longer pay Commonwealth fees for three approval types needed to be recognised as Medicare pathology providers in Services Australia’s billing system.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 20th, 2024
From 1 July 2025, Australia starts this expanded insurance support for eligible midwife claims tied to births outside hospital.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Nov 20th, 2024
Large Australian employers with 500 or more direct employees must choose workplace gender equality targets every three years and then meet those targets or show improvement over that period.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 20th, 2024
The bill would replace the fixed two-senator representation for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory with a formula giving each territory half the number of senators for a state, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 19th, 2024
Businesses could face penalties for selling organic products without a required certificate, but enforcement would start after a 3-year transition period.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Large wind and solar project companies would have to lodge a bond to cover the cost of cleaning up and restoring land, sea or the environment when a project ends.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
The bill would stop new special prospecting authority applications, invitations, grants and renewals after 31 December 2024, aiming to reduce offshore seismic testing and protect marine life.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Gambling companies would have to report to AUSTRAC when they reasonably suspect a customer is trying to pay for gambling with money or property obtained illegally.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Australia would put more lobbying into a public register by covering hired lobbyists as well as employees who lobby for businesses and industry groups.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Housing Australia funding would be steered more directly to regional, rural and remote areas so those communities get a fairer share of housing support and help with housing supply.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
The bill would ban unhealthy food ads on television, radio, subscription broadcasting and similar broadcast services from 6am to 9:30pm across Australia.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Federal election and referendum ads could face civil penalties if they include materially misleading claims or deepfake-style content presented as fact, aiming to curb false campaign material before people vote.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Nov 18th, 2024
Political donations now have to be disclosed once they reach $5,000, so fewer small donations will appear on the public register than first proposed.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 7th, 2024
Importers can use a self-declared proof of origin, not just a certificate from an authorised body, when claiming lower customs duty under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand trade deal.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 7th, 2024
Australia permanently removes customs duty on more than 450 imported goods, which cuts import costs and paperwork for businesses bringing in everyday items.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Nov 7th, 2024
Australia now has an ongoing federal funding commitment for free TAFE places in any state or territory that signs a Free TAFE agreement with the Commonwealth.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Nov 7th, 2024
Banks, telecommunications companies, digital platforms and other designated sectors must take active steps to prevent, detect, report, disrupt and respond to scams linked to their services.
Became law Dec 4th, 2024
Introduced Nov 7th, 2024
People on a Removal Pending bridging visa can lose that visa after notice from the Minister if another country has given them permission to enter and stay there, unless they still have an undecided protection claim, cannot legally be sent there, or are under 18.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Nov 6th, 2024
Australia’s shipping law now recognises offshore worker transport vessels and the workers they carry, so future international wording changes can flow through automatically.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 4th, 2024
More Commonwealth bodies that hand out grants, including corporate Commonwealth entities, would have to follow the federal grants rules.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 4th, 2024
Financial advisers would have to give every client a short written engagement letter before advice, setting out exactly what advice the client wants and agrees to receive.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 4th, 2024
Big supermarket retailers and wholesalers with more than $5 billion in annual turnover would have to follow the grocery code, making supplier conduct rules compulsory at the top end of the market.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 4th, 2024
Courts could force large supermarket and hardware chains to sell stores, shares or other assets if they misuse market power, creating a tougher penalty aimed at restoring competition.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 4th, 2024
Students taking Society and Culture subjects would move into a much cheaper fee band, cutting the maximum student charge from $15,142 to $4,124 for each unit.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 10th, 2024
The bill lets the Health Department run checks on residential aged care data so government payments and public information rely on more accurate records from providers.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Oct 10th, 2024
States and territories can get federal school funding from 2025 even if not every jurisdiction has signed on, as long as the agreement is open to any state or territory and is about school reform.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Oct 10th, 2024
Big mergers that meet future thresholds will have to be reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission before they can go ahead.
Became law Feb 14th, 2025
Introduced Oct 10th, 2024
Federal department and agency leaders must make sure their organisation helps the Ombudsman, and public service staff must also do their best to help with inquiries, investigations and follow-up work.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
Australia can now require makers and sellers of internet-connected and network-connected smart devices to meet cyber security standards before those products are sold here.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
Housing Australia’s existing board, staff and management rules would be updated so the agency could run Help to Buy alongside its other housing programs.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
People and businesses can share cyber incident or vulnerability information with the Australian Signals Directorate knowing protections also cover material the agency gathers or creates with their consent.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
Critical infrastructure rules now cover linked data storage systems that hold business-critical information, so operators must protect important back-end data as part of the asset itself.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
Sydney Airport can temporarily lift its hourly flight cap from 80 to 85 for up to two hours on a disrupted day, so delayed flights can be cleared faster.
Became law Mar 27th, 2025
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
Australia now locks in public ownership of NBN Co, so the national broadband network operator must stay owned by the Commonwealth instead of being sold off.
Before Senate
Introduced Oct 9th, 2024
The bill would amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to phase in a comprehensive ban on advertising licensed interactive wagering services across television, radio, online and print.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 8th, 2024
Help to Buy would let eligible low and middle income Australians buy a new or existing home with the Commonwealth taking an equity share, and Housing Australia would run the deals in participating states and the territories.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 8th, 2024
The bill would give people and groups 36 months to ask for a federal environment approval decision to be reconsidered, instead of leaving that request open-ended.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 16th, 2024
The bill would amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prohibit a corporation with substantial market power from charging, offering or agreeing to an excessive price for a good or service.
Became law Dec 2nd, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Australia gets a new aged care law that centres older people’s rights and brings home support, residential care and some programs that sat outside the old law under one legal framework.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Big online platforms in Australia would have to publish a risk report, explain their misinformation policies, and show how they will help users spot false or deceptive content.
Became law Feb 7th, 2025
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
People can now face federal hate-crime charges for urging violence against protected groups even if they were reckless about whether the violence would happen, not only if they meant it to happen.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Property buyers must withhold 15 per cent, up from 12.5 per cent, when foreign residents sell relevant Australian capital gains tax assets.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Australia now has a voluntary national certification scheme that lets businesses prove the renewable electricity or emissions linked to products, starting with hydrogen and able to expand to products like green metals and low-carbon fuels.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
The Clean Energy Regulator can now use its existing climate-law powers to run the new Guarantee of Origin certification rules alongside its other climate programs.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Australia sets up a dedicated fund so the government can pay grants that support higher wages for early childhood education and care workers.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Businesses that register product production, delivery or use records under the Guarantee of Origin program can be charged each financial year while those records stay registered.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
Australia’s privacy regulator gets stronger enforcement options, including civil penalties that can better match less extreme but still serious privacy breaches.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
The bill would cancel the Federal Environment Minister's 13 August 2024 heritage protection declaration, so the proposed Blayney gold mine tailings dam could go ahead.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 12th, 2024
This was a private Senate bill sponsored by Senator Pauline Hanson and recorded by APH as originating in the Senate.
Became law Oct 24th, 2024
Introduced Sep 11th, 2024
Most goods from the United Kingdom that meet the trade agreement’s origin rules will enter Australia duty-free once the United Kingdom’s accession starts for Australia.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 11th, 2024
Real estate agents, lawyers, accountants, trust and company service providers, and precious metals or stones dealers will have to follow anti-money-laundering rules for higher-risk services they provide.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Sep 11th, 2024
Australia now has a National Student Ombudsman so university students have a national place to take complaints about higher education providers.
Became law Oct 1st, 2024
Introduced Aug 22nd, 2024
Parents who get government-paid parental leave for a child born or adopted on or after 1 July 2025 will also get a super contribution on that leave payment.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Aug 22nd, 2024
Family law property cases must now weigh how family violence affected a person’s contributions and future financial position, which can change property splits after separation.
Became law Sep 26th, 2024
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
Medicine suppliers and PBS pricing rules keep operating as they have since 1 July 2022, because this Act makes technical clarifications rather than changing how the law works.
Became law Sep 17th, 2024
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
Australia now has an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission to investigate misconduct complaints in federal parliamentary workplaces under a separate enforcement process.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
People appealing an Administrative Review Tribunal decision to the Federal Court do not lose appeal time over the Christmas and New Year shutdown period.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
The bill would bring back the Australian Building and Construction Commission as a dedicated watchdog for the building industry, with powers to investigate breaches and enforce higher penalties for unlawful conduct.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
Union and employer group officials could be automatically barred from leadership jobs if they are convicted of a serious offence in Australia or overseas that carries at least five years in prison.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 21st, 2024
The bill would amend the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023, rather than creating a new housing program.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 19th, 2024
Australia would cap immigration detention at 90 days unless the minister decides a longer period is a last resort, reasonable and proportionate, and that decision could be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 19th, 2024
Australia would ban gambling ads on certain TV and radio services and on streaming services tied to those broadcasters, aiming to stop sport being used to push betting.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 19th, 2024
The bill would bring back the Australian Building and Construction Commission as a dedicated building industry regulator with stronger powers to investigate breaches and enforce the law.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 19th, 2024
People convicted of serious crimes carrying at least five years jail in Australia or overseas would be automatically barred from running for or holding office in a registered union or employer organisation.
Became law Dec 5th, 2024
Introduced Aug 15th, 2024
Universities must direct at least 40% of student services and amenities fees to student-run organisations, although some providers can get a temporary transition period.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Aug 15th, 2024
Once commenced, the Act allows Australian school students to be given a government schools identifier, extending the national student identifier system into schools.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Aug 15th, 2024
The law adds the Wakaya Alyawarre land near Canteen Creek to the list of Northern Territory land that can be formally granted as Aboriginal land.
Became law Aug 26th, 2024
Introduced Aug 14th, 2024
The Australian Public Service Commissioner can now investigate and decide whether current or former agency heads broke the public service Code of Conduct while they held the job.
Became law Aug 22nd, 2024
Introduced Aug 12th, 2024
The law puts the CFMEU’s Construction and General Division and all its branches into external administration, with a government-approved scheme taking control for up to five years.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jul 4th, 2024
Australia now charges extra tax to large multinational groups when their profits are taxed below 15 per cent, including a domestic top-up tax for low-taxed Australian profits.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jul 4th, 2024
Large multinational groups with annual global revenue of at least 750 million euros must now meet a 15 per cent minimum tax rate in Australia and across their global operations.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jul 4th, 2024
Large multinational groups in Australia must lodge a global information return and Australian minimum tax returns with the Australian Taxation Office, even where the tax amount is nil.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 4th, 2024
Australia would create a new temporary skilled visa and put the specialist and core skills pay thresholds into the Migration Act, while essential-skills thresholds would still be set under regulations or by ministerial decision.
Became law Feb 20th, 2025
Introduced Jul 3rd, 2024
From 1 July 2026, new veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation claims move into the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, so one law handles claims regardless of when or where a person served.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jul 3rd, 2024
The Act sets up a national test for major government backing, aimed at steering public money toward projects that can unlock large private investment in Australia's national interest.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jul 3rd, 2024
Export Finance Australia can now back more Australian projects that strengthen economic security or help cut emissions, using insurance, guarantees and loans as well as other forms of finance and equity investment.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 2nd, 2024
Creates a national Truth and Justice Commission to investigate historic and ongoing injustices against First Peoples and recommend action to Parliament.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 2nd, 2024
Companies that donate food, sell edible food cheaply, or provide related services to registered food charities could claim a new tax offset for eligible donation costs.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 1st, 2024
Australia would ban ads for licensed online and phone betting services, cutting them from television, print, radio and the internet.
Became law Sep 5th, 2024
Introduced Jun 26th, 2024
Once the relevant provisions commence, businesses will be able to apply for customs depot, warehouse and broker licences online, with required documents and fees submitted electronically instead of relying on paper forms.
Became law Sep 5th, 2024
Introduced Jun 26th, 2024
Once commenced, new customs depot licences that start on 1 July now cost $4,000 by default, and regulations can raise that amount to as much as $6,000.
Became law Sep 5th, 2024
Introduced Jun 26th, 2024
Once commenced, Australia will have a national SMS sender ID register, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority required to set it up itself or have a contractor build it for it.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jun 26th, 2024
Regional viewers can get the VAST satellite backup service when free-to-air commercial TV services in their area fall short, instead of missing out because of the old service-count rule.
Before Senate
Introduced Jun 26th, 2024
The bill would repeal the Digital ID Act 2024 and the Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2024, rather than amending selected parts of those laws.
Before Senate
Introduced Jun 25th, 2024
The bill would require the federal housing minister to prepare and publish a National Housing and Homelessness Plan within one year after commencement, then refresh the plan every 10 years.
Before Senate
Introduced Jun 25th, 2024
The bill would require the responsible minister to appoint a current or former judge to conduct a Commission of Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities and report by a date set in the appointment instrument.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 25th, 2024
Australia would get an independent public inquiry into how federal, state and territory governments handled COVID-19, so Parliament can examine what happened across the country.
Became law Jun 28th, 2024
Introduced Jun 24th, 2024
Australia raises the Governor-General's annual salary from $495,000 to $709,017.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 24th, 2024
Australia would have to keep a national housing and homelessness plan in place, with each government free to choose its policies but required to work toward housing and homelessness goals.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Jun 24th, 2024
An application could be made to the Fair Work Commission for a secret ballot on whether the CFMEU Manufacturing Division should leave the CFMEU, but it had to be lodged before 31 October 2024.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Jun 6th, 2024
Community pharmacies can get a new extra Commonwealth payment for eligible PBS medicine supplies from 1 April 2024, helping keep local pharmacy dispensing going without raising patient medicine costs.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jun 5th, 2024
Australia now charges a misuse tax when a build-to-rent project wrongly claims special tax breaks after becoming ineligible.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Jun 5th, 2024
Buy now, pay later providers must hold an Australian credit licence and follow Australia's consumer credit laws, bringing these products into the same legal framework as other consumer loans.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Jun 5th, 2024
Creative Australia will add a new First Nations Arts unit to support and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practice inside the national arts body.
Became law Sep 2nd, 2024
Introduced Jun 5th, 2024
Australia now makes it a federal crime to share sexual images, video or audio of an adult online without that person's consent, whether the material is real or fake.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 5th, 2024
Large new apartment projects built to stay as rentals, rather than be sold off unit by unit, would get tax breaks to encourage more rental housing in Australia.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 3rd, 2024
Australia would set up a national inquiry into antisemitism at universities so an independent investigation could examine what is happening on campuses.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 3rd, 2024
Face-to-face businesses would have to offer and accept cash for in-person sales at shops, premises or vehicles when the transaction does not exceed $10,000.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 30th, 2024
Australia would get a new Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to replace and strengthen the defence oversight role now handled by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced May 30th, 2024
The federal government can fund transition support for sheep farmers and supply-chain businesses, including new markets, more Australian processing, and market diversification in the Middle East and North Africa.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 29th, 2024
Australia would get its first national independent environmental protection agency, bringing federal environmental regulation into one body with stronger powers and penalties to protect nature.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 29th, 2024
Australia would get a new independent Head of Environment Information Australia to make national environmental data easier for the public, government and regulators to find and use.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced May 29th, 2024
Once Schedule 1 commences, patients will be able to agree to assign their Medicare benefit before treatment or after treatment, making bulk billing easier to handle without old paper forms.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 29th, 2024
The bill would support the shift of many federal environment permitting, licensing, compliance and enforcement jobs to Environment Protection Australia, which a companion bill would establish as Australia’s first independent national environment regulator.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced May 29th, 2024
Large businesses, government-owned companies and some other entities must report their payment practices to small business suppliers when their group revenue is over $100 million, unless they are already covered through a parent company or are registered charities.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced May 29th, 2024
Rent assistance goes up by a further 10 per cent, giving people on eligible payments more help with rising rents.
Became law Jun 28th, 2024
Introduced May 16th, 2024
Fuel and alcohol businesses can keep the affected excise and customs warehouse licences running until they are cancelled, instead of having to keep renewing them.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 16th, 2024
International student providers would face tougher scrutiny over ownership links with education agents, to help stop student recruitment being driven by profit instead of students’ interests.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 15th, 2024
The bill would keep the fringe benefits tax break for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles until 1 April 2030, extending tax savings for employers and workers who get these cars through work.
Became law Jun 26th, 2024
Introduced May 14th, 2024
The Act allows the federal government to spend $162.591 billion from public revenue on its ordinary annual services for 2024-25.
Became law Jun 26th, 2024
Introduced May 14th, 2024
Australia gets an extra $2.072 billion for the federal government's ordinary annual services in 2023-24.
Became law Jun 26th, 2024
Introduced May 14th, 2024
Appropriates $453.458 million in extra federal funding for 2023-24 so the Australian Government can spend it on the purposes listed in Schedule 1.
Became law Jun 26th, 2024
Introduced May 14th, 2024
Approves $326.716 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the parliamentary departments in 2024-25, so Parliament can keep funding its own operations.
Became law Jun 26th, 2024
Introduced May 14th, 2024
This law approves about $24.6 billion in 2024-25 funding for federal spending that is not part of the government's ordinary annual running costs.
Became law Sep 2nd, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Australia keeps the offence for entering or staying in a terrorist-declared overseas area in force until 7 September 2027, so people can still be prosecuted for going there without a legitimate reason.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Australia Post can now share mail information with police, border, tax, consumer and other government bodies when it will help them use their legal powers or do their jobs.
Became law Oct 24th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Police can now seize cryptocurrency and similar digital assets under Commonwealth search warrants, including by accessing a digital wallet and moving the assets into law enforcement control.
Became law Sep 17th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Australia keeps the ban on importing illegally logged timber and adds tougher penalties, including criminal, strict liability and civil penalties, when illegal timber or timber products are brought into the country.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
From 1 July 2025, the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority becomes the main administrator for most parliamentary resources, including advice, claims, payments and recovery, while some resources stay with other agencies.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Federal workers whose main job is dealing directly with the public, including by phone or online, now count as Commonwealth frontline workers for these stronger criminal protections.
Became law Sep 17th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Large businesses covered by the new climate reporting rules get a three-year transition period with limited protection from private lawsuits.
Became law Sep 17th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
When a coal-fired or gas-fired power station closure is announced, the chief executive must identify affected employers and workers, and can ask the Fair Work Commission to set formal transition obligations.
Became law Sep 5th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Coal and gas power station closure notices given before this law starts can still trigger worker transition help under the Energy Industry Jobs Plan.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
Super funds can now pay for a member’s personal advice from that member’s super account when the member asks in writing and the advice rules are met.
Became law Sep 5th, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
NDIS funding will now depend on support types set out in NDIS rules, so whether something is covered turns on whether it is listed as an NDIS support.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
From 1 January 2025, Australia starts a new rule for new passenger cars, SUVs, utes and vans that makes suppliers count emissions when those vehicles first enter the approved vehicles register.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Mar 27th, 2024
The Act lets the Clean Energy Regulator help run the new vehicle-efficiency credits registry, using its experience with similar government registries.
Became law Dec 4th, 2024
Introduced Mar 26th, 2024
The Act lets the minister order some people on a removal pathway to take practical steps for removal, but not while a protection visa is undecided, for children directly, or to stop court cases or visa applications.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2024
Australia would make it a federal crime to post videos or other online content that shows violence, drug offending or property crime when the aim is to build someone’s criminal reputation.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2024
Australia’s biggest supermarket groups would have to cut their national supermarket share in stages to 20 per cent within five years, with forced sell-offs if needed.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2024
Political donations over $1,000 would have to be disclosed within 7 days, so voters could see who is funding parties and candidates before they vote.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 25th, 2024
Donations over $1,000 would have to be disclosed within 7 days, so voters could see significant political money before they vote.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Mar 21st, 2024
Australia’s national cancer screening register now covers lung cancer, so lung cancer screening can be run through the same national register used for bowel and cervical screening.
Became law Jun 27th, 2024
Introduced Mar 21st, 2024
Australia now broadly bans importing, making, selling and commercially holding vapes, with criminal and civil penalties unless a specific legal exception applies.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Mar 20th, 2024
The law cancels any tobacco indexation worked out under the old rules during the changeover and replaces it with indexation under the new higher-rate formula.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Mar 20th, 2024
Imported tobacco in Australia gets an extra 5 per cent customs duty increase each September in 2023, 2024 and 2025, on top of the usual wage-linked indexation increases.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Mar 20th, 2024
Nurse practitioners and eligible midwives can access Medicare and PBS without first having a formal collaboration deal with a doctor.
Before Senate
Introduced Mar 20th, 2024
The bill would add a divestiture remedy to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 for corporations found to have misused substantial market power under section 46.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Australian exporters of agriculture, fisheries and forestry products would face a new biosecurity protection charge on exports to help fund national biosecurity work.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Australian farm, forestry and fishing producers would start paying a new biosecurity levy to help fund national protection against pests and diseases, adding about 6 per cent of total system costs.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Australia would get a new way to collect biosecurity protection levies and charges from agricultural, forestry and fisheries producers, including goods sold in Australia or overseas.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Research and development corporation selection committees will now end automatically after the appointing chair's term ends and any current appointment round is finished, instead of needing a separate step to close them.
Became law Mar 28th, 2024
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Parents and carers can again have child support and family tax benefit worked out for a temporary period using a written care arrangement, helping stop someone gaining financially by breaking that arrangement.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 28th, 2024
Australia would ban exporting live sheep by sea from 1 May 2026, setting a firm national end date for this trade.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 27th, 2024
Large wind and solar projects across Australia would face a federal environmental review trigger, even when they might currently avoid review under the national environment law.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 27th, 2024
Airlines flying to, from or within Australia would have to follow new passenger protection rules for delays, cancellations and being refused boarding.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 27th, 2024
Workers in the CFMEU Manufacturing Division, including textile, clothing and footwear workers, would get a new path to leave the CFMEU and form a separate union.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 26th, 2024
All Commonwealth grant programs, including those run by corporate Commonwealth entities, would have to follow the federal grants rules instead of some bodies being outside them.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 26th, 2024
Oil and gas exploration off the New South Wales coast from Newcastle to Manly would be shut down by cancelling PEP11 and banning any future petroleum activity in that area.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
Community TV stations Channel 31 in Melbourne and Channel 44 in Adelaide can keep broadcasting past 30 June 2024 instead of automatically losing their licences on that date.
Became law Jun 11th, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
Offshore oil and gas health and safety representatives must get initial and yearly refresher training, and operators or employers must give paid time off and cover the reasonable costs.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
Australia can keep using autonomous sanctions against people or organisations for past actions, past roles, or earlier international events, even if those events happened long ago.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
Approved consumer and small business groups can now make formal complaints to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission about major market problems affecting Australians.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
Australia now treats affected military invalidity pensions under a dedicated means-test category, so these payments have a clear legal basis in social security and veterans payments rules.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Feb 15th, 2024
People who breach a Fair Work Commission order about an employee's right to ignore unreasonable work contact outside work hours will not commit a criminal offence under the Fair Work Act.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 12th, 2024
People who qualify under state or territory voluntary assisted dying laws could use telehealth and other phone or internet services to access that care.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 12th, 2024
Foreign buyers would be blocked from buying homes in Australia for 2 years, with the bill aimed at easing pressure in the housing market.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
More Commonwealth criminal cases now get special protections for child witnesses and vulnerable adult complainants, including some international crimes and drug offences involving children.
Became law Mar 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
People leaving Australia for another country now pay a $70 passenger movement charge instead of $60.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
People and businesses keep broadly the same federal review rights when the Administrative Appeals Tribunal is replaced, because 110 Commonwealth laws are updated to point to the new Administrative Review Tribunal.
Became law Mar 28th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
Training providers that deliver no training or assessment for 12 straight months will lose their registration automatically, unless they get extra time first.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
Foreign buyers will pay triple the usual foreign investment application fee when buying an established home in Australia.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
Foreign investment fees and similar state and territory property taxes still apply even if they conflict with Australia’s bilateral tax treaties, unless another tax law clearly says otherwise.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
The Act provides about $8.7 billion in extra funding for the Australian Government's ordinary services in 2023-24.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
This law provides $2.265 billion in extra federal funding for government spending approved after the 2023-24 Budget, mainly for programs outside ordinary annual services.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
Provides an extra $10.273 million for parliamentary departments through the 2023-24 additional estimates process.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
People could start genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes proceedings in Australia without first getting written approval from the Attorney-General, for cases started after the law began.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Feb 7th, 2024
Federal spending programs can keep using this law even when another Commonwealth law could also authorise the same payment or grant, which removes doubt about how the government can fund programs.
Became law Mar 5th, 2024
Introduced Feb 6th, 2024
Australian residents pay 16% tax on the part of their income between $18,201 and $45,000 from the 2024-25 income year onward, cutting the lowest tax rate from 19%.
Became law Mar 5th, 2024
Introduced Feb 6th, 2024
People on low incomes will not pay the Medicare levy until their taxable income is above $26,000, up from $24,276.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Dec 7th, 2023
People in new developments such as retirement villages now have stronger protection that private broadband networks must provide voice and internet services at proper standards.
Became law Jun 3rd, 2024
Introduced Dec 7th, 2023
Australia replaces the Administrative Appeals Tribunal with a new review body and restores the Administrative Review Council to watch for wider problems in government decision-making.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Dec 7th, 2023
Australia replaces the old Administrative Appeals Tribunal across 138 Commonwealth laws with the Administrative Review Tribunal, so people can keep using external merits review when government decisions affect them.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Imports for European Space Agency work in Australia can now enter duty-free, including equipment and other goods covered by the space tracking agreement.
Became law May 21st, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
People affected by ASIO security advice on parole, firearms licences or security guard licences now get the same formal notice and review rights that already apply to other security assessment decisions.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
People with more than $3 million in super across their Australian accounts would pay an extra 15% tax on the share of yearly super earnings tied to the amount above that threshold.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Basic or applied research meant for broad public release is carved out, so openly publishable research is not treated as controlled defence goods or technology.
Became law Jun 11th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Australia gets an independent Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner to lead national work on modern slavery.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Housing Australia can co-buy homes with eligible low and middle income people in participating states and territories, so the Commonwealth covers part of the purchase cost and keeps a stake in the property.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Housing Australia can run Help to Buy under a separate legal set of functions, so the shared-equity home buying program is kept distinct from its other housing programs.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Reviews of ASIC and APRA by the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority would move from every 2 years to every 5 financial years so the regulators have more time to respond and reviews can be broader.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
The residual bill would let the ACNC disclose limited information about recognised assessment activity for charities where a public harm test is met.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
Australia now has a legal framework for trusted digital ID providers and the Australian Government Digital ID System, so government, states, territories and eventually businesses can use the same protected way to verify people online.
Became law May 30th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2023
The minister can make temporary transition rules for up to 12 months to fix unexpected problems when the new digital ID laws start, but only for transitional matters.
Became law Nov 29th, 2024
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
The bill replaced the old Reserve Bank Board with a new Monetary Policy Board and Governance Board, while the existing Payments System Board continues to handle payments system policy.
Became law Dec 7th, 2023
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
Australian courts, not the minister alone, can now strip Australian citizenship from a person as part of sentencing for certain very serious crimes.
Became law Mar 28th, 2024
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
The Australian Research Council’s legal role now explicitly includes helping universities attract and keep researchers and support better academic jobs.
Became law Jul 5th, 2024
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
Australian laws now rename the COAG Reform Fund as the Federation Reform Fund, including in funding laws linked to disability care, disasters, roads, drought, housing, medical research, offshore energy and crime proceeds.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
New internet-connected TVs sold in Australia must make free-to-air TV and broadcaster catch-up apps easy to find and use.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
Australian Border Force could require importers to provide information or documents, and then to take steps to reduce child labour risks, when goods are suspected of involving child labour.
Before Senate
Introduced Nov 29th, 2023
The bill would add the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, known as UNDRIP, to the definition of human rights in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 27th, 2023
People without a valid visa would no longer have to be detained automatically, because officers would be allowed to detain them instead of being required to do so.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 27th, 2023
Australia’s communications minister would have to run a trial of age-checking technology aimed at protecting children from online harm, especially pornography.
Became law Dec 7th, 2023
Introduced Nov 27th, 2023
Courts can now keep some non-citizens in prison or place them under offence-backed supervision if they were convicted of a serious violent or sexual offence, cannot presently be removed from Australia, and are judged to be an unacceptable risk.
Became law Oct 24th, 2024
Introduced Nov 16th, 2023
Australia gets a new safety law for nuclear-powered AUKUS submarines, covering facilities, submarine work and radioactive equipment linked to those boats.
Became law Oct 24th, 2024
Introduced Nov 16th, 2023
The Government can make extra transition regulations to manage the handover of naval nuclear regulation from the old radiation law to the new naval nuclear safety law.
Became law May 31st, 2024
Introduced Nov 16th, 2023
Tax promoters face tougher penalties, including much larger penalties for companies and global groups, if they market tax schemes using benefits from the scheme or falsely claim an ATO ruling backs it.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Nov 16th, 2023
Australia now has a legal objective for super that says retirement savings should be kept to provide income in retirement, alongside government support, in a fair and financially lasting way.
Became law Nov 17th, 2023
Introduced Nov 16th, 2023
People released on a removal pending bridging visa can now face criminal charges if they breach electronic monitoring rules attached to that visa.
Became law Jun 11th, 2024
Introduced Nov 15th, 2023
ASIC-related corporate crime cases, including some linked summary offences from the same conduct, can now be prosecuted in the Federal Court instead of only in state and territory courts.
Became law Mar 28th, 2024
Introduced Nov 15th, 2023
People in prison can now apply for redress, so being in gaol is no longer a bar to seeking payment, counselling and a direct response from responsible institutions.
Became law Oct 1st, 2024
Introduced Nov 15th, 2023
Federal unlawful discrimination court cases across all protected attributes will use a new costs rule aimed at giving both sides more certainty about who pays legal costs.
Became law Nov 27th, 2023
Introduced Nov 14th, 2023
Federal prisoners must still get a parole decision as soon as practical even if the Attorney-General misses the deadline at the end of the non-parole period.
Became law Nov 22nd, 2023
Introduced Nov 14th, 2023
People filing bankruptcy papers must now get a decision within 14 days, and if their financial statement is rejected they must be told what is missing and invited to correct it.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 13th, 2023
The public lobbying register would extend beyond third-party lobbyists to services firms and in-house lobbyists who meet the bill’s lobbying-time and entity spending, revenue or industry-association conditions.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 13th, 2023
Political ads and referendum ads would be banned if they make factual claims that are seriously misleading or likely to seriously mislead voters.
Became law Nov 27th, 2023
Introduced Nov 7th, 2023
Judges in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia’s Division 2 now get the same legal protection from personal lawsuits over their judicial work as Division 1 judges.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 6th, 2023
Australia would give the national asbestos agency a new job on silica, including leading national coordination, public awareness, research, reporting and advice on silica-related disease.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 6th, 2023
Commonwealth and ACT first responders with PTSD would get easier access to workers compensation because their job would be presumed to have significantly contributed unless someone proves otherwise.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 6th, 2023
Workers at an insolvent business would keep redundancy pay when a larger employer shrinks below 15 staff before the last jobs are cut, so timing would not wipe out that entitlement.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 6th, 2023
Australian workers and job applicants who have experienced family and domestic violence would gain a new federal protection against workplace discrimination under the Fair Work Act.
Became law Dec 8th, 2023
Introduced Oct 19th, 2023
Australia now has a permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee that gives written advice to ministers before each federal budget on improving economic inclusion and participation.
Became law Nov 24th, 2023
Introduced Oct 19th, 2023
Medicare oversight can keep going after a doctor or other health practitioner stops being registered, so they can still face bans or referrals over past billing or treatment concerns.
Became law Mar 20th, 2024
Introduced Oct 19th, 2023
The Minister can make temporary transition rules to help shift claims and administration into the new paid parental leave settings as the changes take effect.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
The law routes primary industry levy and charge money to research and marketing bodies, which must use it for activities that benefit the industries that paid.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
Australia now uses one law and one rules-based process to collect primary industry levies and charges across goods, services and imports or exports.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
Australia can keep using regulations to impose excise levies on primary industry products such as farm, fishery, forestry, fungus and algae products.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
From 1 January 2025, Australia can set customs charges under one updated law for primary industry products and some imported goods used with animals, plants, fungi or algae.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
Australia can now impose levies on paid services that help produce farm, fisheries and forestry products, including services like commercial bee pollination for crops and orchards.
Became law Jul 9th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
Levy payers, collection agents and levy-funded industry bodies keep operating through the changeover, so the agricultural levy system is meant to continue without interruption.
Became law Dec 10th, 2024
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
Australian law now replaces many old references to the Queen, King or Her Majesty with the gender-neutral term "the Sovereign" across a wide range of federal laws.
Became law Nov 28th, 2023
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
From 1 January 2024, new eligible pensioners over age pension age and some older veterans can start with a $4,000 work bonus balance, so they can earn more from work before payments are reduced.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
The expanded rules would start when the schedule begins, with room for regulations to adjust how the change applies during the transition.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 18th, 2023
The bill would ban registered health practitioners from giving under-18s medical treatments intended to change their biological sex, except in limited medically verified situations.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 16th, 2023
Brisbane Airport would face a night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am, with penalties for unauthorised flights and for noisy reverse thrust or missed approaches during curfew hours.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Oct 16th, 2023
Large coal mines would stay under the water trigger, and the bill would add transition rules and regulation-making powers to manage the switch to the new gas category.
Became law Dec 4th, 2023
Introduced Sep 14th, 2023
The Commonwealth can now fund disability supports and services outside the NDIS for people with disability, as well as their families and carers.
Became law Nov 28th, 2023
Introduced Sep 14th, 2023
State and Territory disability standards review panels stay in place for older grants under the repealed law, so oversight and complaint review can continue during the changeover.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Sep 14th, 2023
Some former defence staff must get approval before working for a foreign military or foreign government in a covered country, or they can face up to 20 years in jail.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 14th, 2023
Schools still in transition under current funding rules would not be covered by these new ministerial checks and objectives straight away.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 14th, 2023
The bill would cancel the ACT's 2022 personal drug use law so the earlier ACT drug possession rules stayed in place instead.
Became law Dec 11th, 2023
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
The ban on these payment methods starts after a six-month transition period so banks and wagering providers have time to change their systems.
Became law Jun 28th, 2024
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
Small and medium businesses with turnover under $50 million can claim an extra 20 per cent tax deduction for eligible electrification and energy-saving upgrades, capped at $20,000 of bonus deductions.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
Australia bans tobacco advertising and tobacco sponsorship deals, with only limited exceptions such as some point-of-sale, journalism and political communication rules.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
Australia replaces the old federal tobacco advertising and plain packaging laws with the new single tobacco law by repealing the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
Australia now has a legal basis for federal identity-checking systems, including document checks, face checks and the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution that uses state and territory records.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Sep 13th, 2023
Australia’s passport law now clearly lets passport information be disclosed so agencies can use the Document Verification Service, the Face Verification Service, and other minister-approved identity checking services.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 12th, 2023
Australia’s competition watchdog would keep tracking domestic airline prices, costs and profits so the public and government can keep seeing how competitive the local airline market really is.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 12th, 2023
Native forest logging in Australia would lose its special federal carve-out because the bill repeals the law that supports Regional Forest Agreements and their exemption from national environment laws.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 11th, 2023
Housing Australia's finance body would be directed to back housing-enabling infrastructure in regional, rural and remote Australia, so more projects like water, power and roads could support new homes outside cities.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Sep 7th, 2023
Royal Commissions can use suitably qualified senior staff to run private sessions, which can let more people share sensitive experiences without waiting for a Commissioner to do every session.
Became law Nov 17th, 2023
Introduced Sep 7th, 2023
Australians can now sign a Commonwealth statutory declaration either on paper or electronically, as long as the signing method shows who signed and that they meant to make the declaration.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Sep 6th, 2023
People can qualify for the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment under a new residence test if the minister sets a required time they must have been in Australia before a disaster.
Became law Dec 7th, 2023
Introduced Sep 6th, 2023
The federal government must take all reasonable steps to recover 450 gigalitres of extra water for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin by 31 December 2027.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 5th, 2023
Gas and oil producers in Commonwealth waters would have to make a domestic reserve deal with the Australian Government so more of their production is kept for Australian use.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 4th, 2023
Political parties and politicians would have to disclose much smaller donations, because the reporting threshold would drop from $16,300 to $1,000.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 4th, 2023
Political parties, state party branches, candidates and some campaigners would have to report donations above the disclosure threshold within five business days, instead of mainly relying on yearly reporting.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Sep 4th, 2023
Casual workers who are really working like permanent staff can choose to move to full-time or part-time jobs instead of staying casual against their wishes.
Became law Feb 26th, 2024
Introduced Sep 4th, 2023
A worker can only be treated as casual if there is no real advance promise of ongoing work and the worker gets casual loading or casual pay rates.
Before Senate
Introduced Sep 4th, 2023
The bill would amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to stop corporations and their close associates from making political donations above the disclosure threshold to political entities or associated entities linked to the governing party while seeking or holding certain Commonwealth contracts, grants or approvals.
Became law Sep 19th, 2023
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
Federal parliamentary staff workplaces must now meet clear standards for safety, respect, non-discrimination, professionalism and consultation with employees.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
Australia now has a dedicated Parliamentary Workplace Support Service to handle workplace support and culture issues across federal parliamentary workplaces.
Became law Sep 19th, 2023
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
People will have less public access to Parliamentary Workplace Support Service documents under freedom of information and archives laws, to better protect sensitive workplace and complaint material.
Became law Nov 24th, 2023
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
Australia's special stop, search and seizure powers for terrorism cases now stay in force until 7 December 2026.
Became law Nov 27th, 2023
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
People who move to Australia on a Pacific Engagement visa can get Family Tax Benefit Part A, Austudy, and Youth Allowance for students or apprentices straight away instead of serving the usual waiting period.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 10th, 2023
Adults across Australia would be allowed to use cannabis recreationally, while cannabis growing, manufacturing and sales would move into a legal national market with a new federal regulator.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 8th, 2023
Offshore oil and gas developers would have to treat Traditional Owners and First Nations knowledge holders as people who must be consulted about environment plans.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 7th, 2023
Political donations over $1,000 would have to be disclosed instead of the current threshold above $16,000, making more campaign money visible to the public.
Became law Aug 10th, 2023
Introduced Aug 7th, 2023
Australia’s security agencies can share intercepted foreign intelligence information with extra people outside the usual approved recipients, if the Attorney-General has set any written purposes or conditions for that sharing.
Became law Nov 28th, 2023
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2023
Employment and skills grants under Chapter 2D now have to be tied to a formally specified program, so the government cannot use that power for unnamed programs.
Became law Nov 6th, 2023
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2023
All First Nations students, including those in cities, can get Commonwealth-supported places in eligible bachelor and honours courses at public universities, with no cap on how many of these places can be funded.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2023
Federal decision-makers would have to put the health and wellbeing of current and future Australian children first when approving major high-emissions projects or funding decisions.
Before Senate
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2023
The bill would repeal the Copyright Act provisions that cap what the Copyright Tribunal can determine for radio use of published sound recordings.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2023
Future vaccine deals would no longer let the Commonwealth give vaccine makers a legal or financial guarantee for harm linked to using the vaccine, shifting that risk back to pharmaceutical companies.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Aug 2nd, 2023
Australia would set up a $10 billion housing fund that could later receive extra government top-ups, with investment earnings used to support social and affordable housing and other urgent housing needs.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 2nd, 2023
Renames the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation as Housing Australia so the same body keeps operating under a broader housing role.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 2nd, 2023
Australia would get an independent National Housing Supply and Affordability Council to give the federal government expert advice on how to improve housing supply and make housing more affordable.
Became law Nov 17th, 2023
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Only the Australian Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee can register Olympic symbols and related Olympic images as trade marks in Australia, making it easier to block other applicants.
Became law Sep 14th, 2023
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Australia now lets trained, accredited people classify films and computer games for release, so publishers have another lawful path beyond the government board and automated tools.
Became law Nov 27th, 2023
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Australia can allow overseas shipment of captured carbon dioxide for storage under the seabed, but only after Australia takes the required treaty step and the minister announces it.
Became law Mar 8th, 2024
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Australia's foreign bribery law now covers bribes aimed at people running for foreign public office and uses an improper influence test instead of the older narrower standard.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Australia’s intelligence watchdog and the parliamentary intelligence committee would start overseeing the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the intelligence work of the Australian Federal Police, AUSTRAC and Home Affairs.
Became law Apr 8th, 2024
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Australian public companies must publicly list their subsidiaries in annual financial reports, including where those subsidiaries are based for tax, for financial years starting on or after 1 July 2023.
Became law Feb 20th, 2024
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
Employers can be punished for pressuring a visa holder to take work that would break their visa work rules or protect their migration status.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 22nd, 2023
People entering Australia would have to say on their incoming passenger card whether they had an organ transplant overseas in the past 5 years.
Became law Sep 13th, 2023
Introduced Jun 21st, 2023
The Director of Biosecurity can require everyone on a flight or vessel, not just one traveller at a time, to give information for border biosecurity checks.
Became law Nov 22nd, 2023
Introduced Jun 21st, 2023
Australia now has a national register to track work-related lung diseases so governments and doctors can spot dangerous exposures earlier and help prevent more workers getting sick.
Became law Nov 6th, 2023
Introduced Jun 21st, 2023
Australia’s freedom of information law now blocks release of protected information from the national occupational respiratory disease registry when that information is covered by the registry secrecy offence.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Jun 21st, 2023
Australia can now give full legal privileges and immunities to some international organisations even when Australia is not a member, which can make cooperation and hosting easier.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 19th, 2023
Australia would ban ads for licensed online and phone betting services, cutting these promotions from major media and public-facing channels.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 19th, 2023
Australia would ban unhealthy food ads on some television and radio services, and also ban unhealthy food marketing on online services including narrowcasting and subscription services.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 19th, 2023
Australia would have a two-year national freeze on rent increases through Commonwealth deals with the states, aimed at easing pressure in the housing and rental crisis.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 19th, 2023
The bill would make the ACT Government hold an inquiry into the ACT law used to acquire Calvary Public Hospital so the takeover can be publicly examined.
Became law Jun 15th, 2023
Introduced Jun 15th, 2023
Australia ends the Russian government's lease over the Yarralumla site beside Parliament House, along with any connected rights or interests over that land.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Jun 15th, 2023
Businesses can offer some made-to-order regulated products without registering them first when the products are customised for a named customer and meet extra rules set under the law.
Became law Jun 11th, 2024
Introduced Jun 14th, 2023
The Australian Public Service now has a new stewardship value, so public servants are expected to build expertise and think about how their decisions affect Australia over time.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Jun 14th, 2023
Lenders and others can now be penalised if they set up workarounds to dodge an ASIC ban or restriction on harmful credit products and still cause similar consumer harm.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Jun 14th, 2023
Australia’s corporations and financial services laws now use the current interpretation rules, put defined terms in one main glossary, and remove many redundant or confusing provisions so the law is easier to navigate.
Became law Dec 11th, 2023
Introduced Jun 14th, 2023
Australia now makes it a crime to publicly display or sell goods with Nazi or Islamic State symbols, while still allowing legitimate uses such as religious observance.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 14th, 2023
The Minister would set a transition period for the change, and if broadcasters do not update their codes in time, the Australian Communications and Media Authority could step in with mandatory standards.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jun 13th, 2023
Australia would get a Senate-appointed inquiry, led by a former judge, to examine media diversity and the conduct of Murdoch-owned media outlets and report to Parliament.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Jun 1st, 2023
Australian laws will rely less on rigid regulation-made forms, making it easier to update paperwork while still keeping control over what information people must provide.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Imported petroleum-based oils and synthetic equivalents covered by this law now attract customs duty of 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram instead of 8.5 cents, lifting the oil stewardship levy at the border.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Manufacturers of relevant petroleum-based oils and synthetic equivalents now pay 14.2 cents of excise per litre on products covered by sub-items 15.1 and 15.2.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Child care providers, not families, must repay Child Care Subsidy wrongly claimed for days before a child first attends or after a child last attends a service.
Became law Aug 21st, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Australia’s overseas student-loan repayment levy law now uses the new name for apprentice support loans, so the levy still matches the renamed loans program.
Became law Aug 21st, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
More apprentices and trainees in shortage areas like aged care, disability care and childcare can now get these income-contingent loans, not just people in traditional trades.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
ADF firefighters can qualify more easily for workers compensation for oesophageal cancer, with the service period cut from 25 years to 15 years and broader recognition of firefighting duties.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Australia’s main federal arts funding body now continues under the new public name Creative Australia instead of the Australia Council.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Australia’s main federal arts body keeps operating under the new name Creative Australia, with the old Australia Council law repealed as part of the changeover.
Became law Aug 10th, 2023
Introduced May 25th, 2023
Single parents can keep Parenting Payment Single until their youngest child turns 14, and many who were moved onto JobSeeker can move back to the higher payment from 20 September 2023.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced May 24th, 2023
The Health Minister can now appoint the head of Professional Services Review without the Australian Medical Association being able to block the choice, which strengthens the watchdog's independence over Medicare billing investigations.
Became law Aug 21st, 2023
Introduced May 24th, 2023
Australia now lets the Organ and Tissue Authority or its chief executive share identifying information about a deceased donor or recipient when an authorised family member agrees.
Became law Dec 4th, 2023
Introduced May 24th, 2023
Australia's live export watchdog is renamed the Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports, giving the role a clearer animal welfare focus.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced May 24th, 2023
Visa cancellation notices must now be given in writing and sent using the method set by migration regulations, making the process more consistent for people affected.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 22nd, 2023
People who knowingly display a Nazi symbol in public without a reasonable excuse could face a new federal criminal offence.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 22nd, 2023
The bill would ban gambling ads across certain TV and radio broadcasts and on the streaming services linked to those broadcasters, aiming for a broad national ban.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 11th, 2023
The bill proposed changing how the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 refers to Aboriginality and Torres Strait Islander ancestry.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced May 10th, 2023
Australia keeps its ban on civil nuclear power, but the law now makes clear that this ban does not stop nuclear-powered submarine projects from being assessed and regulated.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced May 10th, 2023
Low-income singles, families, seniors and pensioners get higher Medicare levy thresholds from 2022-23, which can reduce or remove their Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge bills.
Not Proceeding
Introduced May 10th, 2023
Australia would get a new independent Defence Capability Assurance Agency to test major Defence equipment and assess risks before and after it is bought, upgraded and kept in service.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
Sets aside $146.174 billion from federal revenue for the Australian Government’s ordinary annual services in 2023-24.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
Approves $28.182598 billion in federal spending for 2023-24 on items covered by this bill, mainly for government activities that are not ordinary annual running costs.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
The Act provides $314.465 million from federal revenue for the parliamentary departments in 2023-24.
Became law Jun 19th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
This law approves about $5.5 billion in extra 2022-23 spending so the Australian Government can fund updated costs in existing programs and new decisions made after the October 2022 budget.
Became law Jun 19th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
Approves about $164 million in extra federal spending for 2022-23 on costs decided after the October 2022-23 Budget.
Became law Jun 19th, 2023
Introduced May 9th, 2023
Australia provides an extra $560,000 to the Department of the House of Representatives in 2022-23 to help move its IT systems into cloud-based services.
Passed Both Houses
Introduced Mar 30th, 2023
Australia’s Constitution would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia through this new national body.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 30th, 2023
The bill would set up an independent Antipoverty Commission to give Parliament advice on poverty, its causes, ways to reduce it, and minimum social security payment levels.
Became law Sep 13th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Businesses that start offering regulated financial services face clearer penalties if they do not enrol with AUSTRAC within 28 days.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Services Australia can keep taking child support and related debts from an employee's wages even after an ongoing child support case has ended, so unpaid amounts can still be collected.
Became law Nov 6th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Regulations can name State, Territory and some Commonwealth service units as agencies that must share relevant safety information with family courts.
Became law Jun 30th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Migrant workers in Australia keep Fair Work pay and workplace rights even if their visa status or another Migration Act breach would otherwise cast doubt on their work contract.
Became law Nov 6th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Family courts must now decide parenting cases using a shorter checklist that puts child safety first, including protection from family violence, abuse, neglect and other harm to children and their carers.
Became law Aug 11th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
The bill would change national security laws using recommendations from the Richardson review of Australia’s intelligence framework.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
The Clean Energy Regulator now also has functions under the Nature Repair Act 2023, making it one of the main agencies running Australia’s nature repair market.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Australia now has a voluntary national market where landholders and others can run approved nature projects and receive a tradable biodiversity certificate to attract private funding.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
ASIO now centrally runs Australia’s highest security clearances, including granting, keeping, changing and cancelling them, to create one national approach for the most sensitive government access.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 29th, 2023
Australia would require licences for crypto exchanges, digital asset custody businesses and stablecoin issuers, creating a separate national rulebook for this part of the market.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 27th, 2023
Australia Day would be locked into federal law as Australia’s national day on 26 January, making it harder for a government to remove or replace it on its own.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 27th, 2023
People in Australia would be able to complain to the eSafety Commissioner about online posts that show possible crimes and were shared to make the offender famous or notorious.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 27th, 2023
Online wagering companies could no longer take credit card payments from people in Australia, including payments routed through digital wallets or similar services, but debit cards would still be allowed.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 27th, 2023
Home batteries would become eligible for the same certificate incentive that already helps cut upfront costs for small solar and other renewable systems.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 27th, 2023
Australian workers would get a new minimum workplace right to switch off outside work hours under the National Employment Standards.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 23rd, 2023
People would commit a federal offence if they knowingly display a Nazi symbol in public in Australia without a reasonable excuse.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility can now support projects aimed at the particular infrastructure needs of Indigenous people in Northern Australia.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Australia added a temporary 35% extra import duty on most goods from Russia or Belarus that arrived between 25 April 2022 and 24 October 2023, unless a listed tariff concession still applied.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Foreign superyachts can keep using the special vessel law until 30 June 2025 instead of losing that option in 2023.
Became law Dec 14th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Infrastructure Australia can now assess social infrastructure like community facilities, spaces, services and networks as part of nationally significant infrastructure planning.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Australia brings in a tax treaty with Iceland to cut double taxation on the same income and support tax cooperation against evasion and avoidance.
Became law Aug 21st, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
People needing Medicare-covered cleft lip, cleft palate or craniofacial treatment can keep getting benefits after age 22 if their treatment was delayed or not arranged earlier.
Became law Aug 17th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
The government can make transition rules so actions taken by the interim Inspector-General of Aged Care carry over to the new legal office.
Became law Aug 17th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Jobs and Skills Australia now has a permanent leadership structure with up to two deputy commissioners to help run its work on skills, training and the labour market.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Parliament will now get a yearly public report on what the Repatriation Medical Authority did, adding regular oversight of the body that sets medical rules for veterans’ claims.
Became law Aug 17th, 2023
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Australia now has an independent Inspector-General of Aged Care to examine broad problems in how the federal government runs and regulates aged care, rather than handling one person’s complaint.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 22nd, 2023
Australia would get regular national reporting on retail power prices, giving the public clearer information about electricity costs in every state and territory.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 20th, 2023
Adds a new minimum workplace right for employees across Australia to disconnect from work outside their normal hours.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
Pharmacy companies approved to supply PBS medicines can now have that approval suspended or revoked when one of their directors is prosecuted, closing a gap that did not apply to sole pharmacists.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
When someone moves from the old program to enhanced income management, Services Australia can transfer the money left in their old income management account into their new BasicsCard bank account.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
Training providers' data-reporting rules can now be approved through a delegated process that the Skills Ministerial Council sets, which should make updates faster.
Became law Jun 28th, 2023
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
Students in university startup accelerator courses can now use a new HELP loan to cover course fees, with the loan paid to the provider and turned into a student debt after the census date.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
Any doctor could prescribe medicinal cannabis for people and animals without using the Approved Prescriber Scheme or Special Access Scheme.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 9th, 2023
Native forest logging in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and New South Wales would lose its special federal carve-out, so normal national environment law would apply to forestry operations.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 8th, 2023
Financial firms covered by later levy years must pay this levy if they were in a regulated part of the market during the earlier qualifying year.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 8th, 2023
Financial firms will fund a last-resort compensation program that pays consumers when an Australian Financial Complaints Authority decision is left unpaid for a covered financial product or service.
Became law Jul 3rd, 2023
Introduced Mar 8th, 2023
Australia now has a backstop that pays consumers when a financial firm does not pay an Australian Financial Complaints Authority ruling that is already in the consumer's favour.
Became law Sep 14th, 2023
Introduced Mar 8th, 2023
Banking will move from the old Banking Executive Accountability Regime to the new Financial Accountability Regime six months after the new regime starts, with the old banking-only rules then repealed.
Became law Sep 14th, 2023
Introduced Mar 8th, 2023
The law expands tougher accountability rules beyond banks to also cover insurers and superannuation entities across Australia’s prudentially regulated financial industry.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 6th, 2023
The bill would create independent selection panels in each department and a Public Appointments Commissioner to make major Commonwealth appointments more open and merit-based.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Mar 6th, 2023
The bill would let Australia stop paying post-office allowances to former Governors-General or their spouses if a former Governor-General engaged in serious misconduct.
Became law Oct 26th, 2023
Introduced Feb 16th, 2023
Australia can require people to win a random pre-application ballot before they can lodge visa applications for visa types later set by regulations, including the Pacific pathway this law was designed to support.
Became law Oct 26th, 2023
Introduced Feb 16th, 2023
People entering a visa ballot before becoming eligible to apply for a visa can be charged to register for that ballot.
Became law Nov 27th, 2023
Introduced Feb 16th, 2023
Financial advisers can now be registered separately under more than one Australian financial services licence, making it easier to work for different licensees.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Feb 15th, 2023
People who give confidential information to the Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission outside private sessions get the same privacy protections as if they had spoken in a private session.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Feb 15th, 2023
The Australia Council can now use the public name Creative Australia while it carries out its work.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 13th, 2023
Political donations over a much lower $1,000 threshold would have to be disclosed, and smaller donations from the same source would also count once they add up to that amount.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 13th, 2023
The bill would let Australia refuse or cancel a non-citizen's visa on a new character-test ground if they were convicted of certain serious offences and are seen as a risk to community safety.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Feb 13th, 2023
The bill would cancel the PEP11 offshore oil and gas exploration permit two months after the law starts, ending that project off the New South Wales coast.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Feb 9th, 2023
Australia gets a new housing fund seeded with $10 billion to support social and affordable housing and other urgent housing needs.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Feb 9th, 2023
Australia now has an independent National Housing Supply and Affordability Council to give the federal government expert advice on housing supply and housing costs.
Became law Sep 28th, 2023
Introduced Feb 9th, 2023
Australia’s national housing finance body is now called Housing Australia, but it stays the same legal organisation rather than being replaced.
Before Senate
Introduced Feb 8th, 2023
The bill would lower the voting age for Australian federal elections and referendums from 18 to 16.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Feb 8th, 2023
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency must publish each covered employer’s overall pay-gap results for every reporting period, so the public can compare how workplaces are tracking on equal pay.
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Introduced Feb 8th, 2023
Australia's Criminal Code would make it a new crime to use phone or internet services to encourage trespass, property damage, theft, or road blockages in busy city business and cultural areas.
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Introduced Feb 8th, 2023
The bill would make COVID-19 vaccination status a protected ground under federal workplace law, so employers could not discriminate against workers or job applicants for that reason.
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Introduced Feb 7th, 2023
The bill would have required the Australian Government to offer transfer to Australia to people still held in offshore processing in Papua New Guinea or Nauru, unless ASIO had given them an adverse security assessment.
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Introduced Feb 7th, 2023
The bill would let the Commonwealth mark some Northern Territory communities as alcohol-restricted areas and set up community-led alcohol plans to reduce alcohol harm.
Became law Feb 16th, 2023
Introduced Feb 7th, 2023
Combined prison sentences for multiple offences now count the same as a sentence for one offence across Australia’s migration laws and migration regulations.
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Introduced Feb 6th, 2023
Australians aged 16 and 17 would be able to vote in federal elections and referendums, bringing younger people into national voting while compulsory voting would still apply to them.
Became law Dec 16th, 2022
Introduced Dec 15th, 2022
Australia can now use mandatory gas market rules to control how gas suppliers and buyers negotiate, share information and resolve disputes in the wholesale market.
Became law Mar 21st, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Hospital leaders must report harmful incidents involving prescribed medical devices, so regulators can spot device safety problems earlier.
Became law Mar 21st, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Employers and others can now face the toughest federal work health and safety offence for grossly careless conduct, not just for taking a reckless risk of death or serious harm.
Became law Mar 16th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
The levy law now uses the updated name for the private health insurance rules covering medical devices and human tissue products, and it also fixes a wrong cross-reference in the register levy law.
Became law Mar 16th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Medical device and human tissue product sponsors will pay an annual levy to keep each listed product on the private health insurance benefits list, replacing the old application and listing fee model.
Became law Mar 16th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Private health insurers must now pay set benefits for listed medical devices and human tissue products, not just items described as prostheses.
Became law Mar 14th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Australia can now fund university research projects that turn priority technologies and services into ideas ready for commercial investors, helping more research reach business use.
Became law Mar 27th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Australians campaigning heavily in a referendum now have to report their referendum spending and relevant gifts, bringing referendum finance closer to federal election disclosure rules.
Became law Nov 28th, 2023
Introduced Dec 1st, 2022
Australians will be able to look up who sits on the Federal Executive Council, who is running each federal department, and which ministerial offices people hold.
Became law Aug 26th, 2024
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australians and businesses can use the Consumer Data Right to tell an accredited provider to carry out tasks like payments, account changes, switching providers and address updates on their behalf.
Became law Sep 13th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australian officials can share export-control information with foreign governments and international bodies when it is needed for exports, trade relationships or Australia’s international obligations.
Became law Sep 14th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australia now allows customs trial programs that can run for up to 12 months, with one extension of up to 6 months, so new border processes can be tested before broader law changes.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Creates the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation to direct more finance into parts of the Australian economy the government treats as national priorities.
Became law Apr 11th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Large industrial facilities can now earn tradable safeguard credits when they emit less than their limit, and other covered facilities can use those credits to help meet their own limits.
Became law Jun 19th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Federal whistleblower laws now exclude most personal workplace complaints like bullying, transfers and discipline, unless the conduct is retaliation or is serious enough to affect confidence in a government agency.
Became law Mar 10th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australia’s paid parental leave becomes a single 20-week payment, and the separate dad and partner payment ends.
Became law Sep 20th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australia now bars the head or deputy head of an intelligence agency from moving straight into the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security job, to strengthen the watchdog’s independence.
Became law Feb 16th, 2023
Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
People can claim tax deductions for donations to six newly listed organisations, including Melbourne Business School, the Australian Education Research Organisation, and Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition.
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Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
People with student and training loans would start repaying later because the minimum income threshold would rise and be linked to median wages from 1 July 2023.
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Introduced Nov 30th, 2022
Australian law would treat a child born alive after a termination as a person under Commonwealth law.
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Introduced Nov 29th, 2022
Governments, businesses and community groups would be barred from treating people differently over COVID-19 vaccination status in jobs, services, housing, education and sport across Australia.
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Introduced Nov 28th, 2022
Political ads and referendum ads would be banned if they make factual claims that are seriously misleading or likely to seriously mislead voters.
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Introduced Nov 28th, 2022
Australia would tighten fuel rules so light vehicles must meet the cleaner Euro 6d pollution standard, with diesel affected straight away and petrol from 1 July 2024.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Nov 28th, 2022
Video games sold in Australia with paid random-reward features would have to be assessed with those features in mind during classification decisions.
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Introduced Nov 24th, 2022
Federal political parties, candidates and related campaign groups could not take donations from fossil fuel, property, tobacco, banking, liquor, gambling, pharmaceutical or defence businesses and their peak bodies.
Became law Sep 14th, 2023
Introduced Nov 23rd, 2022
Companies can now sign documents required under the Corporations Act electronically as well as with pen and paper.
Became law Jun 23rd, 2023
Introduced Nov 23rd, 2022
Companies that develop eligible digital games in Australia can claim a refundable tax offset worth 30% of qualifying Australian development spending, with a yearly cap applying across related companies.
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Introduced Nov 22nd, 2022
Australia would ban imports of any product made wholly or partly with forced labour, no matter which country it comes from.
Became law Feb 20th, 2023
Introduced Nov 10th, 2022
Students who started a degree before 1 January 2021 and then moved into a related honours year can keep the older, lower student contribution rates from 2021 onward.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Imports from India can get the lower tariff rates under this law only if they meet the customs rules that decide whether they genuinely count as Indian goods.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Goods imported from India can get lower Australian customs duty if they meet the new legal test for being Indian goods under the trade agreement.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Most goods that qualify as British under the trade deal can enter Australia duty-free, unless they are in a list that keeps tariffs for a phase-down period or special products.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Australian importers can get lower customs duty on eligible UK goods, because the Act adds rules for when a product counts as genuinely from the United Kingdom.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
The Australian Communications and Media Authority can now formally decide to offer one or more new community radio licences in the main broadcasting bands.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Students now need both a Unique Student Identifier and to give it to their university and the federal education department to get Commonwealth-supported places and HELP loans.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Defence Force members can get home loan subsidy support earlier, with permanent members qualifying after 2 years of service and reservists after 4 years.
Became law Dec 6th, 2022
Introduced Oct 27th, 2022
Building industry employers and workers now deal with the Fair Work Ombudsman instead of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, and the building sector loses its higher special penalties.
Became law Dec 9th, 2022
Introduced Oct 26th, 2022
The law now defines which crimes the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Board can target as Commonwealth, Territory, or state offences with a federal link.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Oct 26th, 2022
From 1 January 2023, the fortnightly pension for totally and permanently incapacitated veterans rises to $1,595.66.
Became law Aug 21st, 2023
Introduced Oct 26th, 2022
Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council can enter contracts up to $1 million without needing the minister’s approval, giving the council more freedom to make decisions and run projects.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Oct 26th, 2022
Serious or repeated privacy breaches now face much tougher penalties, including up to $2.5 million for an individual and for a company the highest of $50 million, three times the benefit gained, or 30% of turnover.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
The Act approves $10.02674 billion for the Australian Government’s ordinary yearly operations in 2022-23, covering spending across departments and agencies named in Schedule 1.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
Approves about $3.6 billion in federal spending for 2022-23 on items outside the government's ordinary yearly running costs, including new budget measures and capital-style funding.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
Provides about $19.186 million from federal revenue for parliamentary departments under this law.
Became law Nov 3rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
The Act provides $155.107 million for parliamentary departments, giving Parliament’s support agencies money to keep operating and delivering services.
Became law Nov 3rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
Provides about $48.93 billion so the Australian Government can keep funding its ordinary day-to-day services in 2022-23.
Became law Nov 3rd, 2022
Introduced Oct 25th, 2022
The Act authorises $9.77 billion in extra federal spending so government can keep funding non-ordinary annual services during 2022-23.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Animal industry levy money can now be used to pay a non-government industry body's share of emergency biosecurity deed costs owed to the Commonwealth for a covered animal product.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australian customers no longer trigger Australian tax on some payments to Indian tax residents for remote services covered by the Australia-India tax deal, when those payments are not otherwise taxable here.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australia gets a new independent federal anti-corruption body that can investigate and report on serious or widespread corruption across the Commonwealth public sector, refer suspected crimes for prosecution, and do prevention and education work.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Businesses now need a new feedstock licence to import or make these chemicals for use in manufacturing other chemicals, but they still do not need quota and do not pay the levy for that use.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Offshore wind and transmission structures in Commonwealth waters are now treated as part of Australia for customs law while they are installed there, so normal border controls can apply offshore.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australia’s old federal law enforcement anti-corruption law is repealed, clearing the way for the National Anti-Corruption Commission to replace the former body.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australia can now set import levy rates for synthetic greenhouse gases by regulation instead of keeping the old $165 cap, as long as the total levy does not recover more than likely government program costs.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Levy amounts on licensed manufacturers can now be set later by regulations, including by a formula, instead of being locked into the Act for each reporting period.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Companies that break key competition or consumer laws can now face a maximum penalty based on whichever is higher: $50 million, three times the benefit, or 30% of turnover during the breach period.
Became law Nov 23rd, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Working age pensioners and some veteran payment recipients can have their payment paused for up to 2 years instead of cancelled when work income pushes them over the income limit, making it easier to restart payments later.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Ships carrying cargoes that leave oily surface slicks, such as some vegetable oils, now have to follow tighter tank cleaning, prewash and discharge rules before residues or wash water can be released in named northern European waters.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australia can now require incoming travellers to answer risk questions, be screened, or move to a checking area at airports and ports when a serious animal or plant disease threat is identified.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 28th, 2022
Australia would remove the federal ban that stops the Environment Minister from considering, declaring or approving nuclear power plants and related fuel-processing facilities under national environment law.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Sep 27th, 2022
From 10 July 2023, families with household income up to $80,000 can get a 90% child care subsidy, and families earning more get a lower rate on a sliding scale until it cuts out at $530,000.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Sep 27th, 2022
Australian workplaces can now break federal sex discrimination law if someone creates a workplace culture that is hostile to people because of their sex.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 27th, 2022
The bill would set up a new National Energy Transition Authority to lead Australia's shift to clean energy and support workers and communities affected by that change.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 26th, 2022
Australian police could investigate and prosecute ransomware-style computer attacks that happen overseas when the victim or affected data has a real link to Australia.
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Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Consumers can claim up to $150,000 from the last-resort compensation scheme when a financial firm does not pay money ordered by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Australia’s foreign investment fee cap rises from $1 million to $1.045 million, which keeps the legal ceiling in step with indexed application fees without doubling the cap itself.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Australia keeps three federal counter-terrorism powers in force for one more year, so they continue until 7 December 2023 instead of ending in 2022.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
From 1 July 2022, foreign workers in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme pay a final 15 per cent tax on each dollar they earn in Australia instead of ordinary foreign resident tax rates.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Australia can keep regulating rehabilitation at the Ranger Project Area after mining has ended by letting the minister grant a new authority for clean-up, repair and monitoring work.
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Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Financial firms would fund a new last-resort compensation scheme through an industry levy after the Commonwealth pays the setup and first year costs.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
The bill established the High Speed Rail Authority as a statutory agency to advise on, plan and, with state and territory consent, construct a high speed rail system in Australia.
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Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
The bill would bring banks, insurers and super funds under one new accountability regime, expanding rules that had mainly applied to banking.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Foreign investors face tougher penalties for breaking Australia’s residential land rules, with maximum financial penalties doubled to better protect housing supply and affordability.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Sep 8th, 2022
Payday lenders cannot offer a small loan if the repayments would break affordability rules set in regulations, which lets the rules cap repayments as a share of a borrower’s income.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Sep 7th, 2022
Australia keeps the old Emergency Response Fund but renames it the Disaster Ready Fund, so the same fund continues under a new name focused on future disaster readiness.
Became law Nov 29th, 2022
Introduced Sep 7th, 2022
Pensioners and other eligible income support recipients can keep money from selling their main home out of the assets test for up to 24 months while they buy, build, repair or renovate a new main home under both social security and veterans payment rules.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Sep 7th, 2022
From 1 January 2023, the maximum PBS co-payment for general patients falls by $12.50, cutting the usual top price from $42.50 to $30.00 per script.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 7th, 2022
Royal Commissions that are told to examine government actions would be allowed to use parliamentary material as evidence and draw conclusions from it.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Sep 5th, 2022
Gambling companies would have to tell AUSTRAC when they reasonably suspect a customer is trying to pay for gambling with money or property obtained illegally.
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Introduced Sep 5th, 2022
Big new projects that directly emit at least 25,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year would face a federal environmental check before they could go ahead.
Before Senate
Introduced Sep 5th, 2022
The bill would add greenhouse gas emissions to the national environmental approval system under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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Introduced Aug 4th, 2022
Oil and gas exploration rights off Sydney and King Island would end two months after royal assent, shutting down those two offshore permits on a set timetable.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
Small businesses can be told to complete an approved tax record-keeping course instead of being fined straight away when the Australian Taxation Office believes they have broken tax record rules.
Became law Nov 30th, 2022
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
Medicinal cannabis licence holders can now be charged separately for different regulatory activities during the same charging period, instead of facing only one combined licence charge.
Became law Oct 7th, 2022
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
The Act expands crisis support across the main veterans laws so more veterans and family members can get help even if the veteran is not in rehabilitation or did not have warlike service.
Became law Aug 9th, 2022
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
Commonwealth public sector super payments are recalculated on the basis that rent-free housing was not part of super salary from 1 July 1986, unless a specific exception applies.
Became law Dec 5th, 2022
Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
Medicare compliance deals can now be made not just with individual practitioners but also with companies and other non-practitioner people being reviewed, so more cases can be settled without a full Professional Services Review committee process.
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Introduced Aug 3rd, 2022
Age pensioners, some veterans, and some pensioner partners would have their payments paused for up to two years instead of cancelled when work income pushes them over the limit, making it easier to restart payments later.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Aug 1st, 2022
Australia would end offshore immigration detention and give people seeking asylum a legal right to independent oversight and quick review if their freedom is restricted.
Became law Dec 13th, 2022
Introduced Aug 1st, 2022
People in the Australian Capital Territory can again have their elected parliament debate and pass voluntary assisted dying laws, because the federal ban on ACT lawmaking in this area is removed.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 28th, 2022
Employees covered by the national Fair Work system get 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave each year instead of 5 days unpaid leave, with small-business employees starting later.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Residential aged care homes covered by the law must have at least one registered nurse on site and working at all times from 1 July 2023.
Became law Aug 5th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Residential aged care funding shifts to a new needs-based model, so government payments can reflect both each resident’s care needs and the type of service delivering the care.
Became law Dec 12th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Employers can provide eligible low-emissions cars for employees’ private use without paying fringe benefits tax, if the car is below the fuel-efficient luxury car tax threshold.
Became law Oct 28th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
More older Australians can get the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card because the single income limit rises to $90,000 a year.
Became law Oct 7th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Veterans in a Department of Veterans' Affairs funded full-time study rehabilitation program keep getting incapacity payments worked out at 100% of their normal weekly earnings until 30 June 2023.
Became law Aug 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Small businesses and primary producers hit by Cyclone Seroja can keep eligible recovery grants tax-free, so more of the support money stays with them.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Australia now has Jobs and Skills Australia as a federal body to give government advice on labour shortages, training needs, apprenticeships, regional areas, study pathways and barriers facing disadvantaged groups and women.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Australia abolishes the National Skills Commissioner by repealing the law that created that office.
Became law Nov 9th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
New Australian Human Rights Commission appointments must go through a merit-based process and be publicly advertised, so these jobs cannot be filled privately without an open recruitment round.
Became law Sep 13th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Australia now has climate targets in federal law to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, using both a 2030 end-point and a running 2021 to 2030 carbon budget.
Became law Sep 13th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Australia’s climate targets are built into the aims and work of existing federal energy, finance and research bodies, so their decisions can help cut emissions over time.
Became law Sep 30th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Australia ends the cashless debit card program, with about 17,300 current participants moved out of it under these reforms.
Became law Oct 7th, 2022
Introduced Jul 27th, 2022
Self-Employment Assistance payments are brought under family law and child support rules so those payments are treated like other income-tested support when courts assess maintenance and child support.
Not Proceeding
Introduced Jul 26th, 2022
Australia's customs law would be tidied up by deleting one repeated definition, without changing how goods are imported or exported.