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• Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Bill 2025, the bill amends the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments; and provides for application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes an independent Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission to monitor, inquire into and report on matters relating to suicide prevention and wellbeing outcomes for veterans, including the Commonwealth’s implementation of the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

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

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to establish a regulatory framework for a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation to ensure that baseline mobile coverage is reasonably available outdoors to all people in Australia on an equitable basis; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments prior to the commencement of the

  Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992

  and

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992

  to: establish a mechanism for employers with historical unpaid levy liabilities to enter into voluntary payment arrangements with the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation; and replace the defunct method for calculating the additional levy that is payable on late levy payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to update Australia’s digital asset regulatory regime by: defining the core concepts of digital tokens, digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms; applying the financial services law in a way that is tailored to these platforms; providing targeted exemptions for certain digital token arrangements; and providing the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Minister with powers to regulate these platforms. 

  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 House of Representatives 

  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

• Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework to support the provision of translating and interpreting services provided by the Department of Home Affairs in its capacity as the Translating and Interpreting Service National. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to establish a ban which prohibits insurers from using certain information about an individual’s genetic testing to inform the offer of life insurance cover, or the terms and conditions of the cover that is offered; the

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  to align Australia’s anti-discrimination law with the ban; the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to provide four licensing exemptions for foreign financial services providers; 7 Acts to support Australia’s continuing participation with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund by introducing special appropriations for current and future financial obligations to MDBs, enabling the delegation of certain powers, ensuring payments consistent with existing obligations can be made without additional ministerial approval, and making technical amendments; and the

  Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Act 2021

  to remove the requirement that individual financial advisers register themselves with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission annually from 1 July 2026. Also repeals 9 Acts and the

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Regulation 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to streamline the choice of superannuation fund process during employee onboarding;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to ban advertising of certain superannuation products to new employees as part of the onboarding process;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for World Rugby and its wholly-owned subsidiaries;

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to the Convention between Australia and the Portuguese Republic for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  to increase the maximum amount of wine equalisation tax producer rebate claimable by eligible wine producers to $400,000 each financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum