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  • Date
    27 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister and Cabinet 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Archives Act 1983
    ,
    Defence Act 1903
    and
    Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
    to make consequential amendments; and provides for application, saving and transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister and Cabinet 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes an independent Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission to monitor, inquire into and report on matters relating to suicide prevention and wellbeing outcomes for veterans, including the Commonwealth’s implementation of the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026, the bill supports the transition of the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People from an executive agency to a statutory agency. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill provides for the continuation of the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People as a statutory agency, with the functions and powers to advance the rights, interests, development, safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
    to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments;
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and
    Social Security Act 1991
    to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    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
    31 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to increase the maximum penalty for anti-competitive behaviour and certain breaches of competition and consumer law. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill imposes a tax of 15 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $3 million threshold and a further 10 per cent on earnings based on the percentage of the TSB exceeding the $10 million threshold. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Imposition Bill 2026 to reduce the tax concessions available to individuals with a total superannuation balance (TSB) exceeding $3 million, the bill amends 9 Acts to makes consequential and miscellaneous amendments. Also amends the
    Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
    to link the low income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) eligibility threshold to the relevant personal income tax threshold and link the maximum LISTO amount to the superannuation guarantee charge percentage. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum