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• Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BRAGG, Sen Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  POCOCK, Sen Barbara 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HUME, Sen Jane 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Jul 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  COLBECK, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Establishes a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts to review, consider and report on consultancy and services contracts entered into by Commonwealth entities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentences) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to remove mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Paid Reproductive Health Leave and Flexible Work Arrangements) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to enable employees to access 12 days of paid reproduction health leave in a 12 month period and to request flexible working arrangements when experiencing symptoms of perimenopause and menopause; and

  Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2023

  to enable the collection of certain data. 

  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