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  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2025

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    Date
    25 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    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

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

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    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 (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025

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    Date
    26 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    and
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to enable authorised nurse prescribers to prescribe certain pharmaceutical benefits under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Great Australian Bight (World Heritage Protection) Bill 2025

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    Date
    11 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    The bill: prohibits mining operations in the Great Australian Bight area; and requires the minister to submit the Great Australian Bight for consideration as a World Heritage Site. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    03 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to implement or respond to certain recommendations from previous reviews and inquiries in relation to the Freedom of Information framework, including the
    Review of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
    (the 2013 Hawke Review); and
    Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
    and
    Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work Amendment (Right to Work from Home) Bill 2025

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    Date
    05 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    POCOCK, Sen Barbara 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to give employees the right to request to work from home for up to 2 days per week. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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    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

  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to pause the indexation of excise duty rates on draught beer for two years, from 1 August 2025, 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022

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    Date
    05 Sep 2022 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to: require actions that would emit between 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions in any one year to be assessed for approval under Part 9 of the Act; require the minister, when approving any such action or when considering whether to enter into a conservation agreement, to consider Australia’s national carbon budget and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; require the minister to reject the approval of actions that would emit over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions; require the Climate Change Authority to develop a national carbon budget to 2050 and to annually assess the budget; prohibit the minister, subject to certain exceptions, from using alternative approval processes for certain emissions intensive actions; and introduce penalties for undertaking certain emissions intensive actions without approval if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Low Emissions Future) Bill 2025

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    Date
    29 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HUME, Sen Jane 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
    to remove the moratorium on nuclear energy in Australia;
    Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011
    to enable the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to exercise its functions in relation to ‘clean emissions energy technologies’, which includes civil nuclear energy and nuclear technologies; and
    Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012
    to remove the prohibition on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's ability to invest in nuclear technology or nuclear power. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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