Costly and hard to implement
Critics warned the reform could be rushed into operation before banks, smaller lenders and other businesses were ready, creating high compliance costs and practical difficulties in meeting the rules.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right)
Current status
This bill became law on Aug 26th, 2024.
Policy area
Budget, tax & economy
What does this bill do?
Australians and businesses can use the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to tell an accredited provider to carry out tasks like payments, account changes, switching providers and address updates on their behalf.
Why was it introduced?
The Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. let people access and share data, but left a gap: they could not use it to tell accredited providers to carry out actions like payments, switching providers or updating details. This bill expands the framework by creating action initiationThis is the new part of the Consumer Data Right that lets a customer direct someone to do things such as make a payment, switch providers, or update account details., letting ministers switch on specific actions and extending CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. privacy protections to that process.
Broader context
Australia’s Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. framework, created in 2019, let consumers share their data with accredited providers but stopped short of letting those providers act on the consumer’s behalf, leaving common tasks like payments, switching and account updates outside the system. The bill was introduced in November 2022 to add that action-initiation layer and extend CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. privacy safeguardsThese are the CDR privacy protections that limit how data can be used, shared, and stored, and the bill extends them to the action initiation process. to it, then after a long Senate delay it finally passed in August 2024 and became law, setting up a broader consumer-directed digital service model.
Key criticism
The main criticism was not of the goal itself but of rollout risks: critics warned the action-initiation scheme could add heavy compliance costs, expose privacy and scam vulnerabilities, and be implemented before businesses were ready. Those concerns came mainly from Coalition and Greens speakers and industry reporting, but no party represented in the debate opposed the bill outright.
Who supported it?
Stephen Jones MP introduced this bill. It passed on the voices.
Introduced in House 30 Nov 2022
Passed House 15 Feb 2023
Passed Senate 15 Aug 2024
Became law 26 Aug 2024
Did it become law?
Yes
Became law 26 Aug 2024
Final passage
Passed without a counted vote
Members called out ‘aye’ or ‘no’ — no individual votes were recorded.
Passage speed
635 days
From introduction to the latest recorded parliamentary step
Meaning
What does this bill do?
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Australians and businesses can use the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to tell an accredited provider to carry out tasks like payments, account changes, switching providers and address updates on their behalf.
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The minister can switch these new powers on action by action and choose which existing data holders, such as banks or energy retailers, must receive and carry out CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. instructions.
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Other organisations can apply to join as voluntary action service providers, with rules able to set approval tests, conditions, risk tiers, fees and what each approval level allows them to do.
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Action service providers must carry out a valid CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. instruction when they normally offer that kind of service, and the law largely leaves the actual service delivery to existing sector rules.
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Privacy protections are extended so the data used and shared when these instructions are prepared and sent is still covered by the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. privacy safeguardsThese are the CDR privacy protections that limit how data can be used, shared, and stored, and the bill extends them to the action initiation process..
Show source excerpts
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The CDR framework was created to provide individuals and businesses with a right to access and share their data in sectors that have been designated by the Minister. This Bill expands on this by introducing ‘action initiation’ reforms, which would enable CDR consumers to direct accredited persons to instruct on actions on their behalf using the CDR framework. These actions could include making a payment, opening and closing an account, switching providers, and updating personal details (such as an address) across providers.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) explanatory memorandum -
The Minister can declare (by legislative instrument) types of actions that can be initiated under the CDR, and the data holders that are to be action service providers.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) explanatory memorandum -
(1) Without limiting paragraph 56BB(da), the consumer data rules may include the following rules:
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) as-passed bill text -
A service provider given an instruction under the rules to perform an action must do so if the provider ordinarily performs actions of that type in the course of its business. Otherwise, this Part contains little regulation of the action layer (that is, regulating how service providers perform actions they are instructed to do). For example, the provider can perform the action, and charge any fees, in the way it ordinarily does.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) as-passed bill text -
The privacy safeguards are extended for action initiation so that they apply to CDR data that flows in the instruction layer from an accredited action initiator to an action service provider.
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) explanatory memorandum
Context
Broader context for this bill
Australia’s Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. framework, created in 2019, let consumers share their data with accredited providers but stopped short of letting those providers act on the consumer’s behalf, leaving common tasks like payments, switching and account updates outside the system. The bill was introduced in November 2022 to add that action-initiation layer and extend CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. privacy safeguardsThese are the CDR privacy protections that limit how data can be used, shared, and stored, and the bill extends them to the action initiation process. to it, then after a long Senate delay it finally passed in August 2024 and became law, setting up a broader consumer-directed digital service model.
- 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them.) Act 2019 creates the data-sharing framework
The existing law gave consumers a way to access and share their data with trusted parties, but it did not let those parties carry out actions for them.
Hansard ↗ - 30 Nov 2022
Government introduces action-initiation expansion
The bill was introduced to let the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. support authorised actions in the digital economy rather than only data sharing.
Hansard ↗ - 15 Feb 2023
House passes the bill
The House completed its consideration of the bill, sending the proposed expansion of the CDRThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. framework to the Senate.
Parliamentary timeline ↗ - 15 Aug 2024
Senate debate resumes after the bill sits for more than a year
Senators noted that the bill had been before the Senate without debate for well over a year, reflecting a prolonged pause before the reform could proceed.
Hansard ↗ - 15 Aug 2024
Parliament passes the bill
The Senate passed the bill and Parliament completed passage, clearing the way for the new action-initiation powers after the House had passed it in February 2023.
Parliamentary timeline ↗ - 26 Aug 2024
Royal AssentThis is the final step that turns a bill passed by Parliament into an Act of law. makes the reform law
Royal AssentThis is the final step that turns a bill passed by Parliament into an Act of law. turned the bill into an Act, formally extending the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. beyond data sharing into consumer-authorised action initiationThis is the new part of the Consumer Data Right that lets a customer direct someone to do things such as make a payment, switch providers, or update account details..
Parliamentary timeline ↗
Legislative route
How did it move through Parliament?
House Senate
Introduced 30 Nov 2022
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
Second reading opened 30 Nov 2022
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (03/05/2023) review 09 Feb 2023
Referred to Committee (09/02/2023): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (03/05/2023)
Referred to committee
APH bill page notesSecond reading debate 14 Feb 2023
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Sent to Federation Chamber for debate 14 Feb 2023
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Referred to Federation Chamber
Federation Chamber debate 14 Feb 2023
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Second reading debate
House second reading agreed 14 Feb 2023
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Second reading agreed to
Returned from Federation Chamber 15 Feb 2023
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Reported from Federation Chamber
House third reading agreed 15 Feb 2023
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Third reading agreed to
Introduced 06 Mar 2023
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
Introduced and read a first time
Second reading opened 06 Mar 2023
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
Second reading moved
Second reading debate 15 Aug 2024
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
Senate second reading agreed 15 Aug 2024
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
Second reading agreed to
Senate third reading agreed 15 Aug 2024
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
Third reading agreed to
Passed both houses 15 Aug 2024
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
Finally passed both Houses
Assent 26 Aug 2024
The Governor-General gave Royal AssentThis is the final step that turns a bill passed by Parliament into an Act of law., turning the bill into an Act.
Key criticism
The main case against this bill
The main criticism was not of the goal itself but of rollout risks: critics warned the action-initiation scheme could add heavy compliance costs, expose privacy and scam vulnerabilities, and be implemented before businesses were ready. Those concerns came mainly from Coalition and Greens speakers and industry reporting, but no party represented in the debate opposed the bill outright.
Criticism was mostly about safeguards, cost and timing rather than rejecting consumer data rights.
Privacy, scams and security safeguards may be too weak
Some supporters said consumers should not be asked to trust a larger action-initiation system unless privacy, cybersecurity, scam prevention and protections against misuse were strengthened first.
The broader Consumer Data Right scheme may be too complex for low take-up
Public reporting and industry analysis argued the wider Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. had already become complicated and expensive while attracting low usage, raising doubts about adding new action powers without simplification.
Further sources
Votes
Recorded votes
How the bill itself passed
The bill passed both chambers on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage.
Passed House passed the bill
House agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed
House passed the bill
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Passed Senate passed the bill
Senate agreed to the bill's third reading on the voices, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes for final passage in that chamber.
Passed
Senate passed the bill
Passed on the voices
In a voice vote, members call out Aye or No and the presiding officer judges which side has it. Individual names are only recorded if a formal division is called.
Amendments at a glance
Amendments grouped by chamber. These cards include amendment outcomes recorded without a counted division.
Senate
Carried Senate McKim amendment agreed on voices
The Senate JournalThis is the official record of Senate proceedings, including whether an amendment or motion was agreed to. records the amendment outcome as carried on voices, with no counted division recorded.
Carried
Senate McKim amendment agreed on voices
Carried on voices
The chamber decided this amendment without a counted division, so there is no list of individual Aye and No votes.
Parliamentary debate
Who spoke, and what they said
Start here — lead voices
Sponsor speech Supports
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones supports the bill and says it will expand the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to let people securely direct actions like switching providers, updating details, and making payments, which he argues will improve competition and consumer control while preserving privacy and security.
Read in Hansard ↗ Lead supporting voice Supports
Aaron Violi
Aaron Violi supports the bill because he says it will help consumers act on their data, improve productivity and make it easier to switch providers or update details.
Read in Hansard ↗ Lead non-major voice Supports
Zali Steggall
Steggall supports the bill, saying it gives consumers more control over their data and can help them get a better deal.
Read in Hansard ↗ Lead voice Supports
Paul Fletcher
Fletcher says the coalition supports the bill because it expands the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. so consumers can securely direct actions like payments and account changes, but he argues it should be referred to committee so the reforms are properly tested before rollout.
Read in Hansard ↗All speeches by bloc
Labor
2 speakers · 3 contributions · 2 support
Labor
2 speakers · 3 contributions · 2 support
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Stephen Jones ★ 2 contributions Stephen Jones supports the bill and says it will expand the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to let people securely direct actions like switching providers, updating details, and making payments, which he argues will improve competition and consumer control while preserving privacy and security.
Hansard records 2 separate contributions by Stephen Jones on this bill. They are grouped here so the speaker is listed once.
Minister's second reading speech
Stephen Jones supports the bill and says it will expand the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to let people securely direct actions like switching providers, updating details, and making payments, which he argues will improve competition and consumer control while preserving privacy and security.
“This bill will amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to expand the consumer data right to enable action initiation, a functionality which will empower consumers to authorise, manage and facilitate actions securely in a digital environment. The consumer data right or CDR is a pioneering economic reform that gives consumers the ability to safely share the data Australian businesses hold about them for their own benefit.”
Read this contribution in Hansard ↗Second reading speech
Stephen Jones supports the bill and says it will expand the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to improve productivity, give consumers and small businesses more control over data, and reduce the cost and complexity of everyday tasks. He also says the changes are backed by strong privacy and security protections.
“There are some things we do agree on though: the Consumer Data Right has the capacity to significantly enhance productivity, particularly in the services sector. Once this bill is passed into law, it will set the basis for expanding, to combine the power of data sharing with the ability for consumers to safely and securely instruct third parties to initiate actions on their behalf. In future, this could include things such as opening and closing accounts, making payments and applying for services. The reform will give individuals and businesses more control over their data and empower them to make informed choices as well as many other things. This will reduce the time pressures, cost and complexity experienced by individuals and small businesses when carrying out everyday tasks.”
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Don Farrell Farrell supports the bill, saying it will expand the Consumer Data RightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. to let consumers and small businesses securely authorise actions like payments, account changes and service applications.
“This Bill will amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to expand the Consumer Data Right to enable action initiation, a functionality which will empower consumers to authorise, manage and facilitate actions securely in the digital economy.”
Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Coalition
5 speakers · 5 support
Coalition
5 speakers · 5 support
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Aaron Violi ★ Aaron Violi supports the bill because he says it will help consumers act on their data, improve productivity and make it easier to switch providers or update details.
“It's one of the many reasons why I'm supporting this legislation.”
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Paul Fletcher ★ Fletcher says the coalition supports the bill because it expands the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. so consumers can securely direct actions like payments and account changes, but he argues it should be referred to committee so the reforms are properly tested before rollout.
“The bill before the House today, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022, amends the Competition and Consumer Act to enable consumers to 'authorise, manage and facilitate actions securely in a digital environment' under the data rights framework. The coalition supports this bill and, as we have made clear, we will seek to refer it to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee to report back by the end of the financial year.”
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Angus Taylor Taylor says the coalition will support the bill because it extends the consumer data rightThe Consumer Data Right is the legal framework that lets a customer share their data, and in this bill it is expanded so an authorised person can also carry out actions for them. and gives consumers more control over their data, but he warns the government must avoid rushing implementation and imposing unreasonable costs on business, especially small business.
“Whilst the coalition will be supporting this bill, we do have some concerns about the pace of reform, the imposts on business and the consultation with business. We are concerned that the government isn't listening to Australian businesses about the challenges that may stem from this reform, and we're concerned that the government may risk this substantive and important reform by failing to make sure that it's paced the right way, that it avoids unreasonable imposts on business that put at risk the reform being done well and that risk the social licence of the reform, because that's hugely important in the consumer data right. We strongly encourage the government to work with small business and consumers. Bring them along in the process. Don't leave them behind, because this has a lot of good things it can deliver for Australia—important reforms for Australia. What we don't need is a botched implementation.”
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Dean Smith Dean Smith says the coalition will support the bill because it should improve productivity, competition and consumer data rights, especially in banking and for small business.
“The coalition is pleased to be supporting this bill today. But it would be remiss of me not to draw the Senate's attention to an important issue, and that is delay and obfuscation. This bill spent just three months in the House of Representatives—just three months; November, December, January, February. Over the Christmas period, it passed efficiently, prudently, through the House of Representatives. So industry stakeholders are right to ask: why is it that it has taken 17 months for this bill to come to a vote in the Senate today? Seventeen months!”
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Perin Davey Davey says the Nationals will support the bill, but argues the government has wasted 17 months, consulted poorly and risked imposing unfair costs on smaller customer-owned banks and small businesses.
“Expanding the consumer data right needs to be done correctly and it needs to achieve a reduction in red tape and to support deregulation, which was the intent of the bill when the coalition commenced this process. But we will be supporting this bill today.”
Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Greens
3 speakers · 3 support
Greens
3 speakers · 3 support
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Nick McKim Nick McKim says the Greens will support the bill because it will help consumers switch more easily between essential service providers and improve competition.
“We will be supporting this bill today because it creates a framework to support consumers to access a range of outcomes, including to switch more easily between utility, insurance, telco and banking providers. There are some problems with it that I outlined in general terms earlier, but this bill does constitute a small but important step to make it easier for Australians to get a better deal for essential services and to improve competition in a range of sectors. But we do urge Labor to prioritise fixing the issues in the Consumer Data Right framework, with particular regard to consumer safety and security and to ensure that small banks and mutuals are not unduly impacted.”
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Larissa Waters Waters says the Greens will support the bill because it gives consumers a better framework to access and switch services more easily, but she says Labor has left it too long and must fix privacy, scam, security and small-bank concerns.
“So I'm glad that the bill is on today, and we will be supporting it because it creates a framework for consumers to access a range of outcomes, including to switch more easily between utility, insurance, telco and banking providers.”
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Peter Whish-Wilson Whish-Wilson says the Greens support the bill because it will make it easier for consumers to move their bank data and switch financial institutions, but he wants stronger safeguards for privacy, scams and financial abuse.
“That's why this bill has been sitting on the Notice Paperas has been pointed out by a number of speakers—for nearly 17 months. And that's why it's taken seven years to get legislation that can actually allow bank account portability and make it easier for Australian consumers of financial services to move. Of course, the banks see customer information as their intellectual property. They have the arrogance to assume that they own this information about Australian citizens and customers—but of course they don't. Essentially what this data right framework will allow is the transfer of information between financial institutions. I would like to put on record, as I know my colleagues have done today, that we need greater safeguards to protect consumer privacy in the consumer data right framework, to prevent scams and financial abuse, and that concerns have been raised around the sharing of information.”
Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
One Nation
1 speaker · 1 support
One Nation
1 speaker · 1 support
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Malcolm Roberts Roberts says One Nation supports the bill and argues it should have passed earlier because it provides protections that the Digital ID Bill lacked.
“It's about time the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022 came up for a vote. I wonder why it is that bills which take away rights, like the Digital ID Bill, are guillotined, debate denied, committee processes rigged to produce the desired outcome and then rushed through the Senate in the blink of an eye, yet bills that give people rights are held back for years. One Nation supports this bill, which should have been passed at the same time as the Digital ID Bill—a piece of legislation that relied on the protections provided in the consumer data right bill.”
Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Minor parties and independents
1 speaker · 1 support
Minor parties and independents
1 speaker · 1 support
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Zali Steggall ★ Steggall supports the bill, saying it gives consumers more control over their data and can help them get a better deal.
“I welcome the measures proposed in this bill, as would all consumers, because it gives control back to consumers and enables them to reap the benefits of their own data.”
Read the full speech in Hansard ↗
Record
Full record
- Act title
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Act 2024
- Act number
- Act No. 75, 2024
- Became law
- 26 Aug 2024
- Takes effect
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- Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table 26 Aug 2024
- Schedule 1, Parts 1 to 8 27 Aug 2024
- Schedule 1, Part 9 The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and (b) the commencement of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Act 2022. However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.
- Registered
- 26 Aug 2024
- Administered by
- Department of the Treasury
- Final law metadata was collected from the APH progress table; commencement rows were parsed from the bill text.
- Status
- Act -- Collected from the APH bill page.
- Originating house
- House of Representatives
- 30 Nov 2022
House · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
- 30 Nov 2022
House · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
- 14 Feb 2023
House · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
- 14 Feb 2023
House · Referred to Federation Chamber
Referred to Federation Chamber
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
- 14 Feb 2023
House · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
- 14 Feb 2023
House · Second reading agreed to
Second reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
- 15 Feb 2023
House · Reported from Federation Chamber
Reported from Federation Chamber
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
- 15 Feb 2023
House · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
- 06 Mar 2023
Senate · Introduced and read a first time
Introduced
The bill was formally presented to the chamber and read a first time, which starts its parliamentary journey.
- 06 Mar 2023
Senate · Second reading moved
Second reading opened
A minister or sponsoring member moved the second reading, opening the main debate on the bill's purpose and principles.
- 15 Aug 2024
Senate · Second reading debate
Second reading debate
The bill reached this recorded parliamentary step.
- 15 Aug 2024
Senate · Second reading agreed to
Second reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at second reading, meaning it accepted the bill in principle and allowed it to continue.
- 15 Aug 2024
Senate · Third reading agreed to
Third reading agreed
The chamber agreed to the bill at third reading, which completed passage through that chamber.
- 15 Aug 2024
Parliament · Finally passed both Houses
Passed both houses
Both houses passed the bill in the same form, completing parliamentary passage.
- 26 Aug 2024
Assent · Assent
Assent
The Governor-General gave Royal AssentThis is the final step that turns a bill passed by Parliament into an Act of law., turning the bill into an Act.
Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (03/05/2023)
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee (9 Feb 2023): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (3 May 2023)
APH bill page notes