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  • Australia Day Bill 2025

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    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 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

  • Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation) Bill 2025

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    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

  • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Protecting Voters) Bill 2025

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    Date
    03 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
    to prevent a registered political party or a candidate in a Senate or House of Representatives election from submitting a postal vote application on behalf of an elector. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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    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

  • Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025

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    Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025, the bill establishes a statutory independent Commonwealth Parole Board to make decisions about the conditional release and management of federal offenders and other detained persons. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025

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    Date
    06 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Arts 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Broadcasting Services Act 1992
    to require providers of certain subscription video on demand services to ensure minimum levels of expenditure on new eligible Australian programs; and
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment Bill 2025

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    Date
    05 Nov 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Copyright Act 1968
    to: facilitate the use of copyright materials for which the copyright owner cannot be identified or located (commonly known as ‘orphan works’) by limiting the remedies available for infringing use if the user conducts a reasonably diligent search for the copyright owner or owners and meets certain other requirements; clarify the scope of section 28 which relates to the performance and communication of copyright material in the course of educational instruction; and make minor technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2025

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    Date
    09 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003
    to validate certain fees collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission between 1 July 2011 and 11 March 2025, including the indexation applied to those fees. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Sexual Abuse) Bill 2025

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    Date
    27 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
    LEESER, Julian, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Crimes Act 1914
    in relation to mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences relating to child abuse material transmitted or possessed through a carriage or postal service and the making of recognizance release orders for child sex offences only in exceptional circumstances. 

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