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  • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    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

  • Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to: require higher education providers who receive Commonwealth funding to disclose existing partnerships with, or investments in, defined prohibited entities and divest from these partnerships and investments within a 6-month period; and prohibit higher education providers from appointing to their governing bodies any individual that has investments in a prohibited entity or is a member of the board of a prohibited entity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    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

  • Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    21 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Amends the
    My Health Records Act 2012
    ,
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    and 5 other Acts to establish a framework which requires key health information to be shared with the My Health Record system, subject to certain exceptions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2024

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    Date
    20 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Removes fees imposed on the pathology sector for the approval of certain categories of pathology accreditation applications by repealing the
    Health Insurance (Pathology (Fees) Act 1991
    and
    Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015
    . Also makes consequential amendments to the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Housing Legislation Amendment (Fair Share for Regional Housing) Bill 2024

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    Date
    18 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HAINES, Helen, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    and
    Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
    to: ensure that financial assistance provided by Housing Australia, including through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), can be distributed to regional, rural and remote Australia and to local governing bodies and government-owned utility providers for critical enabling infrastructure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2024

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    LE, Dai, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to reduce the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study relating to subjects specified as ‘society and culture’. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

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    Date
    09 Oct 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Help to Buy Bill 2023 [No. 2]

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    08 Oct 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    21 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BRAGG, Sen Andrew 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
    to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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