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.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
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01 Apr 2026
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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01 Apr 2026
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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11 Feb 2026
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill imposes a tax of 15 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $3 million threshold and a further 10 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $10 million threshold.
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05 Feb 2026
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
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Amends the:
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments; Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and Social Security Act 1991
to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income.
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25 Nov 2025
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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BABET, Sen Ralph
ANTIC, Sen Alex
CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
HANSON, Sen Pauline
ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
BELL, Sen Sean
WHITTEN, Sen Tyron
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Amends the:
Online Safety Act 2021
to remove minimum age requirements for social media use and the obligation on providers of an age-restricted social media platform to take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users from having an account with the platform; and Age Discrimination Act 2004
to make a consequential amendment.
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03 Nov 2025
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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GEE, Andrew, MP
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Prohibits a constitutional corporation from constructing, installing or commissioning a windfarm in a state forest.
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09 Oct 2025
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025, the bill imposes a superannuation guarantee charge on any superannuation guarantee shortfall of an employer for a qualifying earnings day (the employee’s payday).
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04 Sep 2025
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Social Services
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
, Social Security Act 1991
and Student Assistance Act 1973
to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment.
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04 Sep 2025
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Senate
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Sponsor
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HUME, Sen Jane
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Amends the
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to enable spouses to split their collective superannuation balances between them on an ongoing annual basis.
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26 Aug 2025
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Senate
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Before Senate
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ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny
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Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Student Assistance Act 1973
to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
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