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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Economics Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025

Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025

REPORT - March 2026

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Contents

Members
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Purpose of the bill
  • Key provisions
  • Financial impact
  • Commencement
  • Compliance cost implications
  • Consultation
  • Human rights implications
  • Legislative scrutiny
  • Conduct of the inquiry
Chapter 2 - Views on the bill
  • Support for modernising Australia’s digital asset regulations
  • Issues associated with the concepts of ‘factual control’ and ‘possession’
  • Asset holding standards and transaction and settlement standards
  • Client money standards
  • Interaction of the DAP and TCP regime with existing financial services law
  • Interoperability of the digital assets framework with international regimes
  • Other issues
  • Committee view
  • Introduction
  • The Coalition has Led on Digital Asset Reform
  • Regulation by Litigation
  • Need for More Strategic Direction from Government
  • The Bill Establishes the Framework – but Punts the Full System to Future Regulations
  • A Statutory Review
  • More Ambition is Required
  • Opportunity Lost
  • Technical Issues Raised by Stakeholders
  • Debanking Remains a Serious Barrier
  • Recommendations
  • Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Submissions
In this section
  • Chapters
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction
    • Chapter 2 - Views on the bill
  • Other information
    • Members
    • Abbreviations
    • Coalition Senators' Additional Comments
    • Appendix 1 - Submissions
Full Report (PDF)
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