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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

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

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Imposition Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill amends 9 Acts to makes consequential and miscellaneous amendments. Also amends the

  Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

  to link the low income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) eligibility threshold to the relevant personal income tax threshold and link the maximum LISTO amount to the superannuation guarantee charge percentage. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to establish a ban which prohibits insurers from using certain information about an individual’s genetic testing to inform the offer of life insurance cover, or the terms and conditions of the cover that is offered; the

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  to align Australia’s anti-discrimination law with the ban; the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; 7 Acts to support Australia’s continuing participation with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund by introducing special appropriations for current and future financial obligations to MDBs, enabling the delegation of certain powers, ensuring payments consistent with existing obligations can be made without additional ministerial approval, and making technical amendments; and the

  Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Act 2021

  to remove the requirement that individual financial advisers register themselves with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission annually from 1 July 2026. Also repeals 9 Acts and the

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Regulation 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to streamline the choice of superannuation fund process during employee onboarding;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to ban advertising of certain superannuation products to new employees as part of the onboarding process;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for World Rugby and its wholly-owned subsidiaries;

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to the Convention between Australia and the Portuguese Republic for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  to increase the maximum amount of wine equalisation tax producer rebate claimable by eligible wine producers to $400,000 each financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to require employers to make superannuation contributions for their employees at the same time as they pay their salary or wages. Also makes consequential amendments to 21 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Financial Systems and Other Measures) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to expand beneficial ownership disclosure obligations that apply to entities listed on Australia’s financial markets and broaden the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s regulatory enforcement powers;

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  to provide for new exceptions for the public disclosure of protected Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission information about new and ongoing investigations;

  Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021

  to reduce the frequency of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority review cycles;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to extend the operation of the prohibiting energy market misconduct provisions from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2031; and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2026. Also makes minor, technical or machinery amendments to 11 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Jul 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  to: expand the coverage of the payments regulatory framework to include new and emerging payment systems and participants; provide for new ministerial powers to designate payment systems when it is in the national interest to do so; and introduce civil penalty provisions and enforceable undertakings, and increase maximum penalties for certain criminal offences. Also makes consequential amendments to 4 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to reduce the first income tax marginal rate to 15 per cent for the 2026-27 financial year and to 14 per cent for the 2027-28 and later financial years; and

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999

  to: reduce the maximum fuel consumption for a car to be considered fuel-efficient to 3.5 litres per 100 kilometres; and align the indexation rates for luxury car tax thresholds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove income tax deductions for amounts of general interest charge and shortfall interest charge; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend the period within which the Commissioner of Taxation must notify a taxpayer of their decision to retain a business activity statement refund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2002

  to facilitate the return of responsibility and resources for administering Commonwealth business registers from the Australian Taxation Office to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in winding up the Modernising Business Registers Program;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  in relation to the regulation of safety and information standards and the penalty regime for industry codes;

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to increase the cap on the Housing Australia Special Account to $4 billion; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients. Also amends 6 Acts in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments and 2 other Acts to make contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum