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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to establish the Triple Zero Custodian, with the ability to request the Australian Communications and Media Authority to require information, or direct action, from carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons in relation to matters which affect the Emergency Call Service;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to update references to ‘emergency services’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Financial Systems and Other Measures) Bill 2025

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  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

• 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

• Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Bill 2025

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  Date

  26 Mar 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to reduce the first income tax marginal rate to 15 per cent for the 2026-27 financial year and to 14 per cent for the 2027-28 and later financial years; and

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Security Amendment (Security of Australia’s Transport Sector) Bill 2025

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  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the Independent Review into Australia’s Aviation and Maritime Transport Security Settings by amending the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  to update legislative and policy frameworks to enable iterative, risk-based and scalable regulation for the security of aviation, maritime and offshore facility sectors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2025

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  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999

  to: reduce the maximum fuel consumption for a car to be considered fuel-efficient to 3.5 litres per 100 kilometres; and align the indexation rates for luxury car tax thresholds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove income tax deductions for amounts of general interest charge and shortfall interest charge; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend the period within which the Commissioner of Taxation must notify a taxpayer of their decision to retain a business activity statement refund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2002

  to facilitate the return of responsibility and resources for administering Commonwealth business registers from the Australian Taxation Office to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in winding up the Modernising Business Registers Program;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  in relation to the regulation of safety and information standards and the penalty regime for industry codes;

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to increase the cap on the Housing Australia Special Account to $4 billion; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients. Also amends 6 Acts in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments and 2 other Acts to make contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Oct 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to replace the existing framework for mergers review with a mandatory and suspensory administrative system for acquisitions, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as the first instance administrative decision-maker. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2024 Tax and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: modify the foreign resident capital gains withholding payments regime to increase the withholding rate from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent and remove the threshold before which withholding applies; allow employers to make single touch payroll declarations for extended periods; and provide the Commissioner of Taxation with a power to retain tax refunds for a 90-day period to enable the commissioner to obtain financial institution details for the refund to be paid into; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend the time in which small or medium business taxpayers may apply to have a tax assessment amended. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum