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  • Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
    to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions;
    Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
    to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the
    Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
    ;
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations students; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to pause the indexation of excise duty rates on draught beer for two years, from 1 August 2025, 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Bill 2025

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    Date
    27 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to enable a Board for a Commonwealth reserve to continue making decisions after a management plan expires, provided those decisions are consistent with the expired management plan. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025 (No. 2)

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    POCOCK, Sen David 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
    to prohibit the authorisation of certain electoral and referendum matter that is inaccurate and misleading to a material extent, including material that has been modified using digital technology, such as ‘deepfakes’; and require electoral and referendum matter that has been created or modified using digital technology (including AI) to carry a statement to that effect;
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to establish an Electoral Communications Panel; and
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    and
    Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
    to remove the ‘media blackout’ period that prohibits electoral or referendum advertising in the last 3 days of voting in an election or referendum. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    STEGGALL, Zali, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
    to prohibit the authorisation of certain electoral and referendum matter that is inaccurate and misleading to a material extent, including material that has been modified using digital technology, such as ‘deepfakes’; and require electoral and referendum matter that has been created or modified using digital technology (including AI) to carry a statement to that effect;
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to establish an Electoral Communications Panel; and
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    and
    Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
    to remove the ‘media blackout’ period that prohibits electoral or referendum advertising in the last 3 days of voting in an election or referendum. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025

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    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

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations) Bill 2025

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    Date
    25 Mar 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to remove the ability of the minister to overturn a controlled action decision in certain circumstances where the request for reconsideration was made more than 5 years after the action commenced. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025

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    Date
    05 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to replace the Child Care Subsidy activity test with a guaranteed minimum of 72 hours per fortnight of subsidised early childhood education and care for all families, regardless of the time spent on recognised participation types, and a guaranteed 100 hour entitlement per fortnight for parents caring for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    05 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
    to extend the application of the
    Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Amendment (Overlapping Applications) Regulations 2024
    to feasibility licence applications made prior to the commencement of the regulations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair Territory Representation) Bill 2024

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    Date
    20 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    POCOCK, Sen David 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to: increase the number of senators from the Australia Capital Territory and the Northern Territory to half the number of senators for a state; and provide for 3 senators from each of the territories to be elected at each federal election giving territory senators a 6 year term. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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