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Scope: 713 bills from the 47th–48th Parliaments · votes, speeches & amendments to 14 May 2026
Before Reps Red Lines Package Omnibus Defence exporters and suppliers would be barred from providing military goods, technology or services where there is a real risk they could help genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. The ban would cover permitted and permit-free supplies, and the minister would have to refuse, change or cancel permits when the risk applies. Customs permissions could not override these bans. The Defence Minister would have to issue consistent export-prohibition notices where reasonably necessary, and knowingly or recklessly breaching one would be a separate offence. The Crown could be prosecuted, specified permit decisions would be reviewable, and findings by certain international courts could create a presumption that a real risk exists unless the contrary is proved.
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