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  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to: provide for the automation of Medicare provider numbers; remedy minor issues; and amend the Bonded Medical Program in relation to repayment of education costs, Medicare benefits and Bonded Medical Program rules;
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007
    to ensure the validity of registration and claims processes for the Private Health Insurance Rebate Premiums Reduction Scheme;
    Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Act 2024
    to delay the commencement of assignment of Medicare benefits arrangements; and
    Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    BRAGG, Sen Andrew 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Housing Australia Act 2018
    to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
    to provide that the person responsible for payment of the National Joint Replacement Register levy is the person defined in the
    Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    POCOCK, Sen Barbara 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
    to require that government procurement contracts cannot be entered into with potential suppliers or tenderers who have engaged in unethical conduct. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Student Assistance Act 1973
    to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HUME, Sen Jane 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    ,
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to enable spouses to split their collective superannuation balances between them on an ongoing annual basis. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    to expand beneficial ownership disclosure obligations that apply to entities listed on Australia’s financial markets and broaden the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s regulatory enforcement powers;
    Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012
    to provide for new exceptions for the public disclosure of protected Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission information about new and ongoing investigations;
    Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021
    to reduce the frequency of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority review cycles;
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to extend the operation of the prohibiting energy market misconduct provisions from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2031; and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2026. Also makes minor, technical or machinery amendments to 11 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    07 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
    to establish the Triple Zero Custodian, with the ability to request the Australian Communications and Media Authority to require information, or direct action, from carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons in relation to matters which affect the Emergency Call Service;
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    to make consequential amendments; and
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    and
    Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
    to update references to ‘emergency services’. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Crimes Act 1914
    to support the establishment of the Commonwealth Parole Board. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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