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• High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to implement Australia’s obligations under the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to provide that the maximum student contribution amounts for places in certain units of study revert to what those amounts would have been on 1 January 2026 if the amendments made by the

  Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020

  had not commenced. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  BRAGG, Sen Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jul 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  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

• Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require higher education providers who receive Commonwealth funding to disclose existing partnerships with, or investments in, defined prohibited entities and divest from these partnerships and investments within a 6-month period; and prohibit higher education providers from appointing to their governing bodies any individual that has investments in a prohibited entity or is a member of the board of a prohibited entity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Aug 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BRAGG, Sen Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023

  to prohibit the Housing Australia Future Fund from investing in housing-related assets or entities financed by the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  THORPE, Sen Lidia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

  to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew
  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  BABET, Sen Ralph 

  Summary

  The bill: clarifies that children born alive are persons; requires health practitioners to provide medical care, treatment and statistics on children born alive as a result of terminations; and provides that the mother of a child born alive is not liable to prosecution for an offence in respect of that child. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: broaden the remit of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to make agreements with any person under review who acknowledges inappropriate practice (including bodies corporate); and introduce new sanctions for persons who fail to respond to a notice to produce documents to the Director of the PSR or to a PSR Committee, or fail to appear at hearings;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to provide for: the recovery of interest payable on certain debts; the application of administrative penalties to Shared Debt Recovery Scheme debts; the use of financial information gathering powers in debt recovery; Administrative Appeal Tribunal reviews where one or more garnishee notices are issued in relation to certain debts; and clarification of the Commonwealth's ability to recover debts from a person or the estate of a person. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Transparent Patient Outcomes) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable the minister to make rules to establish and maintain a public register of statistical information relating to surgical procedures and patient outcomes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Targeted Sanctions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  RICE, Sen Janet 

  Summary

  The bill: provides for either House of Parliament, or certain parliamentary committees, to request the minister to table a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to persons that are responsible for serious human rights abuses or corruption; requires the minister to table in both Houses a statement on whether autonomous sanctions will be applied to certain persons responsible for the coup in Myanmar in 2021; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Australian Freedoms) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

  to: include a definition of 'Australian freedoms'; require the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to explicitly consider 'Australian freedoms' in its examinations of legislation; and require statements of compatibility for bills and disallowable legislative instruments to provide certain information in relation to 'Australian freedoms'. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Bonded Medical Programs Reform) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to introduce a statutory scheme (the Bonded Medical Program) which consolidates the existing Bonded Medical Places and Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship schemes under a single legislative framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Voluntary Student Services and Amenities Fee) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGRATH, Sen James 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to remove the compulsory student services and amenities fee levied on all higher education students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud Prevention) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON, Sen Pauline 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

  to require photographic identification on all Medicare cards to reduce fraudulent usage of Medicare cards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Halal Certification Transitional Authority Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BERNARDI, Sen Cory 

  Summary

  Establishes for a period of five years a Halal Certification Transitional Authority that may issue halal certificates to authorise the holders to certify that certain foods within the scope of their halal certificate are halal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FARRELL, Sen Don 

  Summary

  Establishes a High Speed Rail Planning Authority to advise on, plan and develop high speed rail on the east coast of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Racial Discrimination Act 1975

  to: amend section 18C, which prohibits offensive behaviour based on racial hatred, to replace the words ‘offend’, ‘insult’ and ‘humiliate’ with ‘harass’ (resulting in the formulation ‘harass or intimidate’); and provide that an assessment of whether an act is reasonably likely to harass or intimidate a person or group of persons is made against the standard of a reasonable member of the Australian community;

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to: replace the defined term of ‘alleged unlawful discrimination’ with ‘alleged acts, omissions or practices’; repeal the requirement for the President and commissioners to act in a way that promotes the collegiate nature of the Australian Human Rights Commission; provide that certain powers to report to the minister must be exercised by the President; expressly provide that the President is responsible for managing the administrative affairs, and is the accountable authority, of the commission; remove mandatory requirements to report to the minister on certain matters and replace them with discretionary reporting powers; provide that the President cannot delegate certain powers; introduce new grounds on which the commission or the President may or must close inquiries or terminate complaints; require the commission to act fairly in the performance of its inquiry functions; increase the threshold for lodging complaints; require the President to consider whether a complaint should be terminated on certain grounds before starting to inquire into the complaint; require the President to act fairly in his or her handling of complaints; allow the President to terminate complaints lodged more than six months after the alleged unlawful discrimination; require the inclusion of a note about the costs jurisdiction of the Federal Court (FC) and the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) in a notice of termination; prescribe procedures for voluntary conciliation conferences; and provide that applications may be made to the FC or FCC in relation to complaints terminated on certain grounds; and

  Native Title Act 1993

  to replace the mandatory requirement for the Social Justice Commissioner to provide an annual report to the minister with a discretion to report when he or she sees fit. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (New Zealand Citizens) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CARR, Sen Kim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to enable certain New Zealand citizens who are Special Category Visa holders to be eligible for HELP assistance from 1 January 2016. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MADIGAN, Sen John 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to provide that Medicare benefits are not payable for medically induced terminations carried out on the basis of gender. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance (Dental Services) Bill 2012 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BUSHBY, Sen David 

  Summary

  The bill: specifies actions the minister must take when a dental practitioner who has provided a dental service and claimed a Medicare benefit payment is required to repay the benefit because certain administrative processes have not been undertaken; and requires the minister to table a report in Parliament detailing the actions taken. Also amends the Health Insurance (Dental Services) Determination 2007 to allow for circumstances where a Medicare benefit can be paid where a written quotation was not provided prior to dental treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [2012]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide that the minister retains the power to decide an application for approval as a higher education provider although the required timeframe may have expired; require VET providers to notify the minister in writing of events which may affect their ability to comply with quality and accountability requirements; provide for the authorisation of certain uses and disclosures of information; allow the secretary to revoke or vary any determination made to pay an advance to a VET provider in certain circumstances; clarify that a VET provider must provide statistical and other information although an approved form of provision has not been specified; and make administrative arrangements relating to the assessment of an individual’s higher education loan program debt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to make administrative changes to the FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP programs by: requiring the minister to be satisfied that a body corporate is ‘fit and proper’; providing flexibility in the ‘principal purpose’ requirements; enabling the minister to give qualified approvals; providing for procedural fairness before a provider’s approval is suspended; and including new decisions which are subject to review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CORMANN, Sen Mathias
  FIELDING, Sen Steve
  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to provide that if an item in the general medical services table is disallowed under the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  , the corresponding item in the previous regulations is taken to apply from the time of disallowance. 

  Bill

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: the definition of “Student Load”; quality and accountability requirements; guidelines for incidental fees and fees in respect of overseas students; compliance audits on the operation of certain higher education providers; and Commonwealth supported students; and make a technical amendment to correct a drafting error;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Act 2005

  to reflect the renaming of Open Learning Australia to Open Universities Australia; and

  Australian National University Act 1991

  to repeal an obselete heading. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health and Ageing Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Health Act 1953

  to: increase the maximum number of members of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; provide for payment and/or waiver of recovery of 90 per cent of the value of pharmaceutical benefits supplied from an unapproved relocated pharmacy where the pharmacist has subsequently obtained approval; allow an agent to make and sign an application for a pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) safety net concession or entitlement card; provide that certain ministerial determinations apply to the supply of pharmaceutical benefits by hospitals in the same way as they do to supply by pharmacies; clarify the decision-maker’s discretion to cancel approvals to supply pharmaceutical benefits; and allow a medical services provider to send claims directly to the Health Insurance Commission;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

  ,

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that special supply arrangements can be used for the funding particular medicines not available through the PBS;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to restore specialist recognition status for certain specialists; and ensure that overseas trained doctors do not receive Medicare benefits for assisting at operations unless they have an exemption or have committed themselves to providing services in districts of workforce shortage; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to make technical amendments and corrections. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to clarify the circumstances under which medicare and residential care benefits paid to compensation claimants can be recovered; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to expand the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register to include previous foreign immunisation of children where these are notified to the Health Insurance Commission by recognised immunisation providers or prescribed bodies; and update certain definitions. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995

  and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance Reform) Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998

  in relation to the obligations of registered organisations; and to remove the rule change assessment process which requires registered health benefits organisations to submit all rule changes for government approval and replace it with a system of monitoring and compliance; and

  National Health Act 1953

  to: increase the powers of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman (PHIO) to investigate complaints and resolve disputes; provide for an annual “state of the health funds” report by the PHIO; and make amendments to the lifetime health cover provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Commission Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Industry Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  in relation to: gap cover schemes; the obligations of health funds to provide information to the public and the Health Insurance Commission; rationalising the structure of the Act; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to transfer responsibility for registration of billing agents from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council to the Health Insurance Commission. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Minimum Proficiency Requirements for Medical Practitioners) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 May 2001 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care Portfolio 

  Bill

• Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing for Property Offences) Bill 2000 [2002]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Seeks to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child by providing that a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory must not require a court to sentence a person (including a person who is under 18 years of age) to imprisonment or detention for a property offence. Also contains certain application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill

• Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 1999 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Bill

• Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 [1998]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 1996 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Health Legislation Amendment (Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Health, Disability and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to enable the publication of information on medical fees charged by medical practitioners and likely out-of-pocket costs; and

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to require private health insurers to apply to the minister for approval to change the premiums charged under a complying health insurance product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health, Disability and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to enable authorised nurse prescribers to prescribe certain pharmaceutical benefits under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to: enable the Department of Home Affairs, including the Australian Border Force, to collect facial images from persons that align with international standards and current biometric technology; and validate facial images that were provided by a person or collected by the department in the past and any action taken in relation to those images; and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to remove certain residency barriers to Australian citizenship for person engaging in activities of benefit to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  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

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  LE, Dai, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to reduce the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study relating to subjects specified as ‘society and culture’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health, Disability and Ageing 

  Summary

  Removes fees imposed on the pathology sector for the approval of certain categories of pathology accreditation applications by repealing the

  Health Insurance (Pathology (Fees) Act 1991

  and

  Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015

  . Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  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

• Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  My Health Records Act 2012

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and 5 other Acts to establish a framework which requires key health information to be shared with the My Health Record system, subject to certain exceptions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Removes fees imposed on the pathology sector for the approval of certain categories of pathology accreditation applications by repealing the

  Health Insurance (Pathology (Fees) Act 1991

  and

  Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Act 2015

  . Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Housing Legislation Amendment (Fair Share for Regional Housing) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HAINES, Helen, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  and

  Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023

  to: ensure that financial assistance provided by Housing Australia, including through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), can be distributed to regional, rural and remote Australia and to local governing bodies and government-owned utility providers for critical enabling infrastructure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LE, Dai, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to reduce the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study relating to subjects specified as ‘society and culture’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Oct 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Help to Buy Scheme 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Help to Buy Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to update the ‘assignment of Medicare benefit’ requirements for bulk billed and simplified billing services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Removal of Requirement for a Collaborative Arrangement) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to remove the requirement for a collaborative arrangement between an eligible nurse practitioner or eligible midwife and a medical practitioner to enable that midwife or practitioner to prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines or provide services under Medicare. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum