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  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations) Bill 2025

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    Date
    25 Mar 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 remove the ability of the minister to overturn a controlled action decision in certain circumstances where the request for reconsideration was made more than 5 years after the action commenced. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025

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    Date
    05 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to replace the Child Care Subsidy activity test with a guaranteed minimum of 72 hours per fortnight of subsidised early childhood education and care for all families, regardless of the time spent on recognised participation types, and a guaranteed 100 hour entitlement per fortnight for parents caring for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    05 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
    to extend the application of the
    Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Amendment (Overlapping Applications) Regulations 2024
    to feasibility licence applications made prior to the commencement of the regulations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

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    Date
    18 Nov 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    and
    Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
    to: update key definitional terms including the meaning of ‘gift’, ‘disclosure threshold’ and ‘candidate’ and introduce the category of ‘nominated entity’; require expedited disclosure of gifts; consolidate financial reporting obligations; and make machinery amendments in relation to electoral and referendum operations;
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to: establish an annual gift cap, an overall gift cap and a State and Territory gift cap; establish annual caps on electoral expenditure; expand on existing obligations in relation to Commonwealth campaign accounts; introduce a new system of administrative funding and increase election funding; streamline reporting obligations for Senate groups; and make technical amendments in relation to compliance and enforcement powers. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024

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    Date
    30 May 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Export Control Act 2020
    to: prohibit the export from Australia of live sheep by sea on and after 1 May 2028; and enable the minister to make arrangements for payments or grants of financial assistance for certain activities relating to the phasing out of export of live sheep by sea. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Excise and Customs Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Administration) Bill 2024

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    Date
    16 May 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Customs Act 1901
    and
    Excise Act 1901
    to: remove renewal requirements and renewal fees for excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; confer a new discretion to issue entity level excise and excise-equivalent warehouse licences; and establish a public register of excise and excise-equivalent warehouses licences and licensed premises; and
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to remove licence requirements for certain onshore producers of crude oil and condensate. Also makes consequential and minor amendments to 4 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024

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    Date
    20 Mar 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase rates of duty for tobacco goods from 1 September 2023. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023

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    Date
    19 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Establishes the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee to provide advice related to the Commonwealth Government’s policies, programs and responsibilities for enhancing economic inclusion and participation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Jun 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Gives effect to Australia’s obligations arising out of the 2009 and 2013 amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 by amending the
    Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
    to: enable a permit to be granted for the export of carbon dioxide streams from carbon dioxide capture processes for the purpose of sequestration into a sub-seabed geological formation; enable a permit to be granted for the placement of wastes or other matter for a marine geoengineering activity for the purpose of scientific research; and make minor consequential and technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase the rate of excise duty imposed on the manufacture and production of petroleum-based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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