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  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges relating to actions taken under the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    , including certain approvals containing conditions requiring the payment of a restoration contribution charge, the registration of priority actions in a bioregional plan, and the grant of national interest and Part 13 exemptions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to: streamline the assessment and approvals process; update provisions relating to accreditation and bilateral agreements; provide for bioregional plans; provide a framework for the minister to make, vary and revoke national environmental standards; make it clear that projects with unacceptable impacts on nationally protected matters can no longer be approved; prevent a project being approved unless all residual significant impacts of the action on nationally protected matters have been compensated to a net gain; provide a mechanism for projects that are in the national interest to be approved even if they do not meet certain requirements; allow conditions to be attached to taking an action covered by a national interest exemption; amend provisions relating to reconsiderations; update provisions relating to conservation planning and heritage; update compliance and enforcement powers; and make administrative amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 11 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill establishes the National Environmental Protection Agency as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    The bill: authorises certain activities undertaken in relation to tax file numbers (TFNs) for the purpose of administering, or facilitating the administration of, a student’s application for a VET Student Loan or the student’s loan itself; and authorises the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ disclosure of TFNs to VSL providers for the same purposes. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans' Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    ,
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
    ,
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025
    to make technical amendments prior to the commencement of the
    Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003
    to validate certain fees collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission between 1 July 2011 and 11 March 2025, including the indexation applied to those fees. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum