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.

Current Parliament

104

Bills before Parliament

53

Bills assented to

6

Bills not proceeding

Search for bills

Keyword(s)

Help icon Using the Bill Introduced date fields will allow you to search bills by the date they were introduced into Parliament.
Clicking the 'Bill Introduced (From)' and 'Bill Introduced (To)' fields displays a calendar.
Alternatively select date by typing into these fields in the format 'dd/mm/yyyy'.

Help icon Using the Bill Progress date fields will allow you to search bills by the dates they progressed through Parliament.
Clicking the 'Bill Progress (From)' and 'Bill Progress (To)' fields displays a calendar.
Alternatively select date by typing into these fields in the format 'dd/mm/yyyy'.

Status
Current Bills
Previous Bills
Type

TOTAL RESULTS: 19

Sort

  • Qantas Sale Amendment (Still Call Australia Home) Bill 2011

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 Aug 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick
    BROWN, Sen Bob 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to: require that Qantas’ principal operation centre is located in Australia; require that the majority of heavy maintenance of aircraft, flight operations and Qantas training is conducted in Australia; provide that the Qantas Board of Directors consist of at least one director with professional flight operations experience and one director with aircraft engineering experience; and provide that the minister or certain shareholder members may restrain Qantas from engaging in certain particular conduct. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 Aug 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    to: provide that Biosecurity Policy Determinations are disallowable legislative instruments; provide that a permit to import, introduce, or bring in an animal, plant, substance or thing is a disallowable legislative instrument; and provide that, when these instruments are presented to Parliament, the minister is required to table a risk analysis in both Houses and refer the instruments to parliamentary committees responsible for agricultural matters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    27 Feb 2007 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    FIELDING, Sen Steve 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to ensure that restrictions about foreign ownership and other matters that apply to Qantas also apply to Jetstar and other Qantas subsidiaries. 

    Bill

  • Quarantine Amendment (Health) Bill 2003

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    21 Aug 2003 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    in relation to: health clearances for incoming overseas vessels; independent medical assessments; vector monitoring and control activities; creation of vector control offence and penalty provisions; insertion and repeal of certain definitions; removal of certain outdated references; clarification that a person can be quarantined on the basis of a quarantine officer’s reasonable suspicion of infection or exposure; and provision that persons released under quarantine surveillance cannot be apprehended. Also contains savings and application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Quarantine Amendment (Ministerial Approval) Bill 1997

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Oct 1997 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
     

    Bill

  • Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    27 Nov 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    ), the bill amends the
    Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2014
    to: amend the short title of the Act to
    Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Act 2014
    ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of customs, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed
    Biosecurity Act 2014
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    27 Nov 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    ), the bill amends the
    Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2014
    to: amend the short title of the Act to
    Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Excise) Act 2014
    ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed
    Biosecurity Act 2014
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    27 Nov 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the
    Quarantine Act 1908
    ), the bill amends the
    Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2014
    to: amend the short title of the Act to
    Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Act 2014
    ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, so far as those charges are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed
    Biosecurity Act 2014
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    06 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure and Regional Development 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to: remove mandatory requirements in Qantas’ articles of association which include limits on the issue and ownership of Qantas shares, restrictions on the makeup of the board of directors, the use of the name Qantas, the location of the head office, place of incorporation and principle place of business; and remove compliance and enforcement measures relating to the mandatory requirements; and
    Air Navigation Act 1920
    and
    Qantas Sale Act 1992
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Quarantine Charges (Collection) Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    06 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill: provides for regulations to be made to deal with when quarantine charges are due and payable, and the liability of agents; provides that the Commonwealth may be notionally liable to pay quarantine charges and late payment fees; applies late payment fees and other penalties if quarantine charges are unpaid; provides that charges can be created over goods or vessels subject to quarantine; enables quarantine officers to withhold goods and vessels for sale when charges and fees are owing; enables abandoned goods and vessels to be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and provides for miscellaneous matters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

Browse bills

Browse all bills by title
Updated on Title
05 March 26 Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting Syste...
05 March 26 Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Sup...
05 March 26 Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Trans...
05 March 26 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025
05 March 26 Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Technical Am...
05 March 26 Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and F...

Bills lists

All bills before Parliament for the current calendar year and details of their progress.

Legislative Analysis

Parliamentary Library analysis of bills, including the purpose, background and key issues.

Legislative Instruments

Parliament delegates the power to legislate so details of law can be changed quickly by others. These delegated laws are referred to as legislative instruments and can be overruled – disallowed – by Parliament.

Disallowance Alerts

Legislative instruments subject to a notice of motion to disallow. The progress and eventual outcome of any such notice is also recorded.

Tariff proposals

The introduction of a tariff proposal is the formal procedure for initiating the collection of customs and excise duties.

Bills referred to committees

To inquire and report views on the bill from organisations and individuals.

Statistics on legislation

Printed bills and explanatory memoranda

Order printed versions at the Federal Register of Legislation by clicking the print icon at the document level.