A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Bills introduced to Parliament are scrutinised to make sure they meet certain standards and to consider whether they should be referred to a committee for further investigation. This can include feedback from stakeholders and the general public, and a report recommending potential improvements to the bill.
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01 Apr 2026
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
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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
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01 Apr 2026
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Treasury
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Defence
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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
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01 Apr 2026
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Senate
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Sponsor
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HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
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Amends the
Online Safety Act 2021
to: require social media services to provide users with the option to opt out of receiving recommended content (through algorithms) at any time; and impose certain reporting and risk assessment and mitigation obligations on providers of online services.
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01 Apr 2026
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Arts
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Arts
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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.
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01 Apr 2026
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Attorney-General
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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.
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