TOTAL RESULTS: 109

• Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill provides for the collection and administration of the levy imposed by the

  Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Act 2026

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill imposes an annual levy on certain airlines and airport operators to recover the cost of activities carried out by the Aviation Consumer Protection Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit a person from engaging in unfair trading practices in trade or commerce; require a person offering goods or services at a base price to disclose information relating to any applicable transaction-based charges that would apply to those goods or services; and require a person offering goods or services under a subscription contract to provide subscribers with certain pre-contract and ongoing information and an easy and straightforward way to end a subscription, including an online cancellation option in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 1) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: implement certain recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in relation to suspension from duty while under investigation, sentencing procedures, disclosure of service offences, removing stigmatising language, and distinguishing between violent and non-violent commission of certain service offences; update superior tribunal procedures; establish the summary contravention scheme; and make a range of other amendments in relation to policing equipment, updates to prescribed quantities for drug offences, disclosure of investigative material, changes to service offences, changes to imprisonment terms for restricted courts martial and Defence Force magistrates, amendments to petition and for review processes, delegation of powers, functions of the Director of Military Prosecutions, harmonising termination grounds for judicial officers, application of territory rules of evidence, powers of investigating officers, and enabling removal orders for intimate images;

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to: update powers for service tribunals when dealing with accused persons suffering from a mental impairment; and establish the Defence Mental Health Tribunal as a specialised decision-making body;

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to update the title of ‘Director of Defence Counsel Services’ to ‘Director of Defence Legal Assistance’;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to extinguish convictions for historical homosexual service offences. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts and a contingent amendment to the

  Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Act 2026

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: remove the existing offence relating to the unauthorised disclosure of information by certain Commonwealth officers and replace it with a new offence prohibiting the improper use or communication of information by certain Commonwealth officers when done with the intention of obtaining a benefit or causing detriment to a Commonwealth entity or other person; and require the Attorney-General’s consent to prosecute journalists or certain other persons for secrecy offences unless otherwise prescribed by regulations; 12 Acts to make consequential amendments; 17 Acts and 5 regulations to remove certain secrecy offences and non-disclosure duties and remove criminal liability from secrecy offences, effectively converting those offences into non-disclosure duties without criminal liability; the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to ensure that secrecy offences are proportionate and consistent with the rule of law, clarify the scope of existing offences and limit their application to non-officials; and the

  Business Names Registration Act 2011

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to make minor and technical amendments to secrecy provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Sunsetting Provision) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of certain offences in relation to the unauthorised disclosure of information by certain Commonwealth officers for a further 6 months, until 29 December 2026. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Stripping Terrorists of Australian Citizenship) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  JOYCE, Barnaby, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to provide for a court to order the cessation of a person’s Australian citizenship where the person holds two or more citizenships and is convicted of a terrorism offence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Stop the Gambling Ads) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  CHANEY, Kate, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to prohibit the advertising of licensed interactive wagering services in Australia, subject to limited exceptions and phased implementation arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to increase penalties for offences relating to the importation, possession, buying, selling, supply, production or manufacture of illicit tobacco;

  Taxation Administration Regulations 2017

  to make consequential amendments;

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to enable law enforcement and intelligence agencies to apply for telecommunications interception warrants for the purpose of investigating illicit tobacco-related offences;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: include additional grounds for making a non-publication order and expand the types of information and documents which can be protected by those orders; enable responsible authorities to seek examination orders in certain circumstances; enable the sharing of certain information; enable jurisdictions that have signed up to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the National Cooperative Scheme on Unexplained Wealth to participate in equitable sharing arrangements; remove the requirement for a court to make a preliminary unexplained wealth order before considering an application for an unexplained wealth order; and enable the postal or electronic service of documents; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  and 3 other Acts to establish a search warrant framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026, the bill imposes a national policing information charge on an application to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission for a nationally coordinated criminal history check service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum