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  • Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs and Trade 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) Bill 2026

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    12 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Export Control Act 2020
    to: enable export operations in relation to general products to be carried out at registered establishments without needing to be included in the registration; and expand the scope of export documentation that can be issued by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to include additional documentation required by trading partners. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2026

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
    to remove the prohibition on the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations; and
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to remove the prohibition on the Minister for Environment and Water declaring, approving or considering actions relating to the construction or operation of certain nuclear installations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Information Australia Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges relating to actions taken under the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    , including certain approvals containing conditions requiring the payment of a restoration contribution charge, the registration of priority actions in a bioregional plan, and the grant of national interest and Part 13 exemptions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to: streamline the assessment and approvals process; update provisions relating to accreditation and bilateral agreements; provide for bioregional plans; provide a framework for the minister to make, vary and revoke national environmental standards; make it clear that projects with unacceptable impacts on nationally protected matters can no longer be approved; prevent a project being approved unless all residual significant impacts of the action on nationally protected matters have been compensated to a net gain; provide a mechanism for projects that are in the national interest to be approved even if they do not meet certain requirements; allow conditions to be attached to taking an action covered by a national interest exemption; amend provisions relating to reconsiderations; update provisions relating to conservation planning and heritage; update compliance and enforcement powers; and make administrative amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 11 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Low Emissions Future) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    29 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HUME, Sen Jane 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
    to remove the moratorium on nuclear energy in Australia;
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011
    to enable the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to exercise its functions in relation to ‘clean emissions energy technologies’, which includes civil nuclear energy and nuclear technologies; and
    Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012
    to remove the prohibition on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's ability to invest in nuclear technology or nuclear power. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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