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

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    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
    Before Senate 
    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

  • Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026

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    Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020

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    Date
    10 Feb 2020 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    HANSON, Sen Pauline 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008
    to require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to ensure that school education provides a balanced presentation of opposing views on political, historical and scientific issues; and
    Australian Education Act 2013
    to make financial assistance to a state or territory conditional on the state or territory having certain laws in force. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to extend the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning warrant framework for a further 18 months. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025

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    Date
    23 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
    to: make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s compulsory questioning powers framework permanent; expand the scope of adult questioning warrants; amend the eligibility and termination provisions for prescribed authorities; impose additional reporting requirements to ensure that the Attorney-General is made aware of any relevant information regarding the conduct of questioning under a compulsory questioning warrant; require that post-charge questioning occur only before a prescribed authority who is a retired judge; and
    Intelligence Services Act 2001
    to enable a further review of the framework by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019

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    Date
    12 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    to: require national broadcasters, commercial television broadcasting licensees and subscription television licensees to provide a minimum number of hours of television audio description per week; and provide for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirement. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025

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    Date
    31 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Establishes a scheme for courts to make Commonwealth workplace protection orders to prevent personal violence against Commonwealth workers or in Commonwealth workplaces. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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