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• Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to expand the Administrative Review Tribunal’s ability to determine matters without holding an oral hearing of the proceeding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australia Day Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  PIKE, Henry, MP 

  Summary

  Declares Australia Day as the national day of Australia to be observed on 26 January each year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health, Disability and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, the bill amends the:

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  ,

  National Health Security Act 2007

  and

  National Occupational Respiratory Disease Act 2023

  to transfer certain powers and functions to the Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exempt protected information from disclosure under the Act. Also repeals the

  Australian National Preventative Health Agency Act 2010

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health, Disability and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes the Australian Centre for Disease Control as a statutory Commonwealth public health authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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. 2) 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Establishes a national climate change adaptation framework which provides for the establishment of an authority, national climate change risk assessments, national adaptation plans, guiding principles of decision-making, reporting requirements and statements of consideration and compatibility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HENDERSON, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Establishes a commission of inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, the bill amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to support the establishment of the Commonwealth Parole Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum