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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
    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
    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
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    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
    03 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024
    and
    Migration Act 1958
    to expand the Administrative Review Tribunal’s ability to determine matters without holding an oral hearing of the proceeding. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, the bill amends the:
    Biosecurity Act 2015
    ,
    National Health Security Act 2007
    and
    National Occupational Respiratory Disease Act 2023
    to transfer certain powers and functions to the Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control; and
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to exempt protected information from disclosure under the Act. Also repeals the
    Australian National Preventative Health Agency Act 2010

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes the Australian Centre for Disease Control as a statutory Commonwealth public health authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    to enable a Board for a Commonwealth reserve to continue making decisions after a management plan expires, provided those decisions are consistent with the expired management plan. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Surveillance Devices Act 2004
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to enable the disclosure and use of protected network activity warrant information and network activity warrant intercept information in certain circumstances;
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to: transfer the statutory function of the Communications Access Coordinator; permit limited access to stored communications to enable agencies to undertake development and testing activities; and make a technical correction; and
    Crimes Act 1914
    to clarify the threshold for authorising and varying controlled operations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Aug 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    The bill: amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to provide that the rules of natural justice do not apply in relation to third country reception arrangements with a foreign country; and responds to the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in
    AJN23 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
    (2024) 304 FCR 586; [2024] FCAFC 103 by validating certain visa decisions made on or before 8 November 2023. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum