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.
TOTAL RESULTS: 98
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- Date
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04 Mar 2015
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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The bill: provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation; sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation; provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided; prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations; and provides for civil penalties.
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24 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
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Amends the
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
to remove greyhound racing from the list of excluded wagering services.
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09 Oct 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Amends the
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
to provide for a staged implementation of a prohibition on the advertising of licensed interactive wagering services.
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29 Nov 2023
- Chamber
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Senate
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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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- Date
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21 Aug 2024
- Chamber
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Senate
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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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04 Sep 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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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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25 Nov 2025
- Chamber
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Senate
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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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25 Aug 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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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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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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04 Feb 2026
- Chamber
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Senate
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Parliament delegates the power to legislate so details of law can be changed quickly by others. These delegated laws are referred to as legislative instruments and can be overruled – disallowed – by Parliament.
Legislative instruments subject to a notice of motion to disallow. The progress and eventual outcome of any such notice is also recorded.
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