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  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to extend the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning warrant framework for a further 18 months. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to separate the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and establish the AER as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to: strengthen powers to take action in relation to child care subsidy (CCS) providers based on quality and safety; expand powers to publicise action taken against CCS providers; broaden powers of entry to enable authorised persons to enter premises without consent and streamline the process for seeking entry under a monitoring warrant; enable the delegation of powers to appoint an expert to conduct an independent audit of a large child care provider; and require Family Day Care and In Home Care providers to collect CCS gap fees directly from families. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Dental Benefits Act 2008
    and
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year;
    Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
    to update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences;
    National Health Act 1953
    to streamline pharmacy approval processes;
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    to: enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages; and support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods; and
    Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
    to clarify the intended operation of certain provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    and 5 other Acts to: provide a one-off 20 per cent reduction to Higher Education Loan Program debts and certain other student loans that are incurred on or before 1 June 2025; and increase the minimum repayment threshold from $54,435 in the 2024-25 financial year to $67,000 in the 2025-26 financial year and provide that compulsory student loan repayments are calculated on income above the new threshold rather than being based on a percentage of the repayment income. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to make compliance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence a quality and accountability requirement for higher education providers approved under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025, the bill provides for a National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence which may impose certain requirements and standards on higher education providers in relation to gender-based violence. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to amend the definition of ‘vaccine’ to enable new and merging technologies to be listed on the National Immunisation Program. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework to implement Australia’s obligations under the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Corporations Act 2001
    and
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
    to update Australia’s digital asset regulatory regime by: defining the core concepts of digital tokens, digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms; applying the financial services law in a way that is tailored to these platforms; providing targeted exemptions for certain digital token arrangements; and providing the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Minister with powers to regulate these platforms. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum