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  • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Dental Benefits Act 2008
    and
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to change the timeframe for making claims relating to bulk-billed Medicare and dental services from 2 years to 1 year;
    Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
    to update investigative powers in relation to Medicare fraud offences;
    National Health Act 1953
    to streamline pharmacy approval processes;
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    to: enable the department to manage and alleviate the consequences of therapeutic goods shortages; and support compliance and enforcement activities undertaken in relation to unlawful therapeutic and vaping goods; and
    Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
    to clarify the intended operation of certain provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025, the bill amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to make compliance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence a quality and accountability requirement for higher education providers approved under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025, the bill provides for a National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence which may impose certain requirements and standards on higher education providers in relation to gender-based violence. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

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    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

  • National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general patient charge from $31.60 to $25.00 from 1 January 2026. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998
    to: expand the coverage of the payments regulatory framework to include new and emerging payment systems and participants; provide for new ministerial powers to designate payment systems when it is in the national interest to do so; and introduce civil penalty provisions and enforceable undertakings, and increase maximum penalties for certain criminal offences. Also makes consequential amendments to 4 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, the bill supports the commencement of the
    Aged Care Act 2024
    by amending the
    Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006
    to ensure that the Act operates as intended. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025, the bill supports the commencement of the
    Aged Care Act 2024
    by amending: the
    Aged Care Act 2024
    and
    Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2024
    to make technical amendments and editorial corrections; 23 Acts to make consequential amendments; and the
    Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010
    to enable healthcare identifiers and other identifying information to be used in relation to the delivery and administration of health and aged care and other support services, including disability services. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 to implement Australia’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates, the bill amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to introduce rules of origin to determine if goods imported from the United Arab Emirates into Australia are eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 to implement Australia’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to give effect to the preferential tariff treatment applicable to eligible goods in accordance with the agreement 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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