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• Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

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

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026, the bill amends the Air Navigation Act 1920 to make a consequential amendment. Also provides for transitional provisions in relation to the Aircraft Noise Ombudsperson. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

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

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill establishes an aviation consumer protection framework which will impose requirements on airlines and airport operators relating to the offer and supply of airline and airport services and establish a scheme for handling eligible complaints. Also establishes the Aircraft Noise Ombudsperson to review an aircraft noise management agency’s management of aircraft noise in Australian territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

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

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill provides for the collection and administration of the levy imposed by the

  Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Act 2026

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

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

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026, Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026 and Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026, the bill imposes an annual levy on certain airlines and airport operators to recover the cost of activities carried out by the Aviation Consumer Protection Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit a person from engaging in unfair trading practices in trade or commerce; require a person offering goods or services at a base price to disclose information relating to any applicable transaction-based charges that would apply to those goods or services; and require a person offering goods or services under a subscription contract to provide subscribers with certain pre-contract and ongoing information and an easy and straightforward way to end a subscription, including an online cancellation option in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 1) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: implement certain recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in relation to suspension from duty while under investigation, sentencing procedures, disclosure of service offences, removing stigmatising language, and distinguishing between violent and non-violent commission of certain service offences; update superior tribunal procedures; establish the summary contravention scheme; and make a range of other amendments in relation to policing equipment, updates to prescribed quantities for drug offences, disclosure of investigative material, changes to service offences, changes to imprisonment terms for restricted courts martial and Defence Force magistrates, amendments to petition and for review processes, delegation of powers, functions of the Director of Military Prosecutions, harmonising termination grounds for judicial officers, application of territory rules of evidence, powers of investigating officers, and enabling removal orders for intimate images;

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  to: update powers for service tribunals when dealing with accused persons suffering from a mental impairment; and establish the Defence Mental Health Tribunal as a specialised decision-making body;

  Defence Act 1903

  and

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to update the title of ‘Director of Defence Counsel Services’ to ‘Director of Defence Legal Assistance’;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to extinguish convictions for historical homosexual service offences. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts and a contingent amendment to the

  Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Act 2026

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026, the bill establishes a framework for public and educational lending rights to replace the existing Public Lending Right Scheme and the Educational Lending Right Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026, the bill repeals the

  Public Lending Right Act 1985

  and makes transitional and consequential provisions to support the implementation of the new public and educational lending rights framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: remove the existing offence relating to the unauthorised disclosure of information by certain Commonwealth officers and replace it with a new offence prohibiting the improper use or communication of information by certain Commonwealth officers when done with the intention of obtaining a benefit or causing detriment to a Commonwealth entity or other person; and require the Attorney-General’s consent to prosecute journalists or certain other persons for secrecy offences unless otherwise prescribed by regulations; 12 Acts to make consequential amendments; 17 Acts and 5 regulations to remove certain secrecy offences and non-disclosure duties and remove criminal liability from secrecy offences, effectively converting those offences into non-disclosure duties without criminal liability; the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to ensure that secrecy offences are proportionate and consistent with the rule of law, clarify the scope of existing offences and limit their application to non-officials; and the

  Business Names Registration Act 2011

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to make minor and technical amendments to secrecy provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Sunsetting Provision) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of certain offences in relation to the unauthorised disclosure of information by certain Commonwealth officers for a further 6 months, until 29 December 2026. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum