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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30 Oct 2025
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House of Representatives
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data.
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
.
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- Date
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges in relation to prescribed matters connected with the administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
.
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- Date
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges relating to actions taken under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
, including certain approvals containing conditions requiring the payment of a restoration contribution charge, the registration of priority actions in a bioregional plan, and the grant of national interest and Part 13 exemptions.
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30 Oct 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(the Samuel Review), the bill amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: streamline the assessment and approvals process; update provisions relating to accreditation and bilateral agreements; provide for bioregional plans; provide a framework for the minister to make, vary and revoke national environmental standards; make it clear that projects with unacceptable impacts on nationally protected matters can no longer be approved; prevent a project being approved unless all residual significant impacts of the action on nationally protected matters have been compensated to a net gain; provide a mechanism for projects that are in the national interest to be approved even if they do not meet certain requirements; allow conditions to be attached to taking an action covered by a national interest exemption; amend provisions relating to reconsiderations; update provisions relating to conservation planning and heritage; update compliance and enforcement powers; and make administrative amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to 11 other Acts.
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09 Oct 2025
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education
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Amends the:
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions; Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
; Higher Education Support Act 2003
to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations students; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system.
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27 Aug 2025
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to enable a Board for a Commonwealth reserve to continue making decisions after a management plan expires, provided those decisions are consistent with the expired management plan.
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23 Jul 2025
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education
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Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: strengthen powers to take action in relation to child care subsidy (CCS) providers based on quality and safety; expand powers to publicise action taken against CCS providers; broaden powers of entry to enable authorised persons to enter premises without consent and streamline the process for seeking entry under a monitoring warrant; enable the delegation of powers to appoint an expert to conduct an independent audit of a large child care provider; and require Family Day Care and In Home Care providers to collect CCS gap fees directly from families.
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25 Mar 2025
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to remove the ability of the minister to overturn a controlled action decision in certain circumstances where the request for reconsideration was made more than 5 years after the action commenced.
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