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  • Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Amends: 13 Acts to provide for a ‘tell us once’ approach to support the sharing and use of information provided to various government agencies, including Services Australia; the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to amend the language used for the Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing) payment; the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    ,
    National Health Act 1953
    and
    Dental Benefits Act 2008
    to amend regulatory settings around certain health care services; the
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007
    to remove the risk of unintentional non-compliance by a private health insurer due to a rounding technicality; the
    Marriage Act 1961
    to allow marriage celebrants to accept digital forms of identity verification; the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
    to enable petroleum and environmental regulators to share certain information; the
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
    and
    Defence Act 1903
    to expand certain delegation powers; the
    National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
    to enable NBN Co mapping data to continue to be made publicly available; the
    Fuel Security Act 2012
    ,
    Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017
    and
    Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
    to enable the Government to respond to potential shortages of critical fuels; the
    Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
    to include the consideration of energy performance; and the
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to: provide for consistency in relation to certain social security benefits; and make minor or technical amendments. Also repeals the
    Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949
    and
    Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013

    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

  • Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
    to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions;
    Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
    to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the
    Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
    ;
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations students; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to provide that, unless employers and employees have expressly agreed otherwise, employer-funded paid parental leave must not be cancelled because a child is stillborn or dies. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025, the bill imposes a superannuation guarantee charge on any superannuation guarantee shortfall of an employer for a qualifying earnings day (the employee’s payday). 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
    to require employers to make superannuation contributions for their employees at the same time as they pay their salary or wages. Also makes consequential amendments to 21 Acts. 

    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
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Implements Australia’s obligations under the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by amending the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to provide for a free rate of customs duty for goods that are for use under the treaty. 

    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 statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum