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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- Date
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05 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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POCOCK, Sen Barbara
- Summary
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Amends the
Fair Work Act 2009
to give employees the right to request to work from home for up to 2 days per week.
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- Date
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03 Sep 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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11 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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26 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health, Disability and Ageing
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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25 Aug 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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LE, Dai, MP
- Summary
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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’.
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- Date
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25 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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FARUQI, Sen Mehreen
- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to provide that the maximum student contribution amounts for places in certain units of study revert to what those amounts would have been on 1 January 2026 if the amendments made by the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020
had not commenced.
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- Date
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04 Sep 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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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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- Date
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21 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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BRAGG, Sen Andrew
- Summary
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Amends the
Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023
to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund.
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- Date
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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THORPE, Sen Lidia
- Summary
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Amends the
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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