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  • Date
    05 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HANSON, Sen Pauline 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
    to require petroleum production licensees to enter into a domestic reserve agreement with the Commonwealth. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    HAINES, Helen, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018
    to enable the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation to provide finance, grants or investments that support the provision of housing-enabling infrastructure, including for housing in regional, rural or remote Australia; and
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    to make contingent amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    12 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    SMITH, Sen Dean
    MCKENZIE, Sen Bridget 
    Summary
    The bill: amends the
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to continue its price monitoring of domestic air passenger transport services and related goods and services for 3 years; and repeals the
    Competition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    12 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    RICE, Sen Janet 
    Summary
    The bill: repeals the
    Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002
    ; and amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to: make consequential amendments; and provide for annual statements from the minister and the Threatened Species Commissioner on the impact of native forest logging. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to: increase the instant asset write-off threshold from $1,000 to $20,000 for the 2023-24 financial year; and provide small and medium businesses with access to a bonus tax deduction for the 2023-24 financial year relating to electrification and more efficient energy use;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    and
    A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
    to facilitate certain community charities achieving deductible gift recipient status;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: include two new entities on the list of deductible gift recipients and extend the listing for two other entities; extend the Global Infrastructure Hub’s income tax exemption for an additional year; broadly align existing tax requirements with a new accounting standard for insurance contracts; and amend the rules for non-arm’s length expenses for superannuation entities;
    Corporations Act 2001
    to reinstate the Australian Financial Complaint Authority’s jurisdiction to hear certain complaints relating to superannuation; and
    Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023
    to make contingent amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Sep 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Education Act 2013
    to: redefine the Commonwealth share of funding for a government school to 25%; and introduce an obligation on the minister to be satisfied when determining the Commonwealth share that it is consistent with the objective that every school-aged child in Australia has access to a fully-funded government school. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    WATSON-BROWN, Elizabeth, MP 
    Summary
    The bill: imposes a curfew and certain related restrictions on aircraft movements at Brisbane Airport; provides for the development of a long term operating plan for managing aircraft movements and airspace at Brisbane Airport; and provides for consultation procedures in certain circumstances. Also makes consequential amendments to the
    Airports Act 1996
    and
    National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    SCAMPS, Sophie, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to expand the circumstances in which certain petroleum mining developments must be assessed and approved by the minister. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    18 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    ANTIC, Sen Alex
    BABET, Sen Ralph
    ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
    CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 
    Summary
    The bill: prohibits health practitioners from performing gender clinical interventions intended to transition a minor’s biological sex, subject to limited exemptions; and prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into arrangements involving the expenditure or payment of money that provides or facilitates the provision of such a procedure or treatment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    18 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister and Cabinet 
    Summary
    Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

What is a bill?

A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.