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TOTAL RESULTS: 83
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04 Sep 2025
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BRAGG, Sen Andrew
- Summary
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Amends the
Housing Australia Act 2018
to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance.
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04 Sep 2025
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POCOCK, Sen Barbara
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Amends the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
to require that government procurement contracts cannot be entered into with potential suppliers or tenderers who have engaged in unethical conduct.
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04 Sep 2025
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CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
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04 Sep 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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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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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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04 Sep 2025
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
Corporations Act 2001
to expand beneficial ownership disclosure obligations that apply to entities listed on Australia’s financial markets and broaden the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s regulatory enforcement powers; Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012
to provide for new exceptions for the public disclosure of protected Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission information about new and ongoing investigations; Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021
to reduce the frequency of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority review cycles; Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to extend the operation of the prohibiting energy market misconduct provisions from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2031; and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2026. Also makes minor, technical or machinery amendments to 11 Acts.
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03 Sep 2025
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024
and Migration Act 1958
to expand the Administrative Review Tribunal’s ability to determine matters without holding an oral hearing of the proceeding.
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28 Aug 2025
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House of Representatives
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Defence
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Act 1903
to amend the arrangements for review by the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal of decisions relating to defence honours, defence awards and foreign awards.
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26 Aug 2025
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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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30 Jul 2025
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Senate
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POCOCK, Sen David
- Summary
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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.
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