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  • Criminal Code Amendment (Using Technology to Generate Child Abuse Material) Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    CHANEY, Kate, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to create new offences for generating child abuse material using a carriage service. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    STEGGALL, Zali, MP 
    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

  • Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025

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    Date
    28 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    JOYCE, Barnaby, MP 
    Summary
    Repeals the
    Climate Change Act 2022
    ,
    Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Act 2024
    ,
    Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin Charges) Act 2024
    ,
    Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024
    and
    New Vehicle Efficiency Standards Act 2024
    . Also amends the:
    Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
    and
    Future Made in Australia Act 2024
    to remove references to net zero greenhouse gas emissions and the Paris Agreement; and
    National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
    to remove the emissions reduction safeguard mechanism 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to: make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning powers framework permanent; expand the scope of adult questioning warrants; amend the eligibility and termination provisions for prescribed authorities; impose additional reporting requirements to ensure that the Attorney-General is made aware of any relevant information regarding the conduct of questioning under a compulsory questioning warrant; require that post-charge questioning occur only before a prescribed authority who is a retired judge; and
    Intelligence Services Act 2001
    to enable a further review of the framework by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    22 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    to make a minor technical amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Crimes Amendment (Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentences) Bill 2025

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    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

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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

  • 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

  • Right to Protest Bill 2025

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    Date
    13 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David 
    Summary
    Recognises the right to engage in peaceful protest in a public place. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Constitution Alteration (Right to Free Speech) 2025

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    Date
    12 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    BABET, Sen Ralph 
    Summary
    Proposes an alteration to the Constitution to provide that the Commonwealth or a State must not make any law that limits the freedom of speech, including freedom of the press and other media. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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