Every bill in Australia's Parliament

312 federal bills since the 48th Parliament began in July 2025, each explained in plain English.

Before Parliament now (122)

• Tribunal staff could throw out weak appeals
  Administrative and Judicial Review Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Aged care assessors could overrule the computer tool
  Aged Care Amendment (Restoring Human Override for Aged Care Needs Assessments) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Gee's bill would make big AI firms keep an off switch
  AI Kill Switch and Data Centre Control Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• LGBTIQA+ people would get their own rights commissioner
  Anti-Discrimination Legislation Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics Discrimination Commissioner) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• AUSTRAC could ban risky money services like crypto ATMs
  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Universities would have to adopt antisemitism definition
  Antisemitism in Higher Education Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• Crime agency would keep charging for police checks
  Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Crime agency would get new secret powers
  Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Schools would have to give both sides on politics
  Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020 · Schools & Uni
• Government computers would face limits on decisions
  Automated Decision-Making (Safeguards and Transparency) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Aircraft noise complaints would move to a new office
  Aviation Consumer Protection (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Flyers would get minimum standards and a new ombudsperson
  Aviation Consumer Protection Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Government would collect a yearly levy from airlines
  Aviation Consumer Protection Levy (Collection) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Airlines and airports would pay a yearly levy
  Aviation Consumer Protection Levy Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• TV channels would need 14 hours of audio description
  Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019 · Rights & Fairness
• Media staff would list conflicts of interest publicly
  Broadcasting Services Amendment (Register of Media Interests) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Minister would have to publish carbon credit science
  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Carbon credit projects would face tighter checks
  Carbon Credits and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• MPs and senators would check every Census
  Census and Statistics Amendment (Parliamentary Oversight of the Census) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Child Support could block claims used to harass exes
  Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Ending Financial Abuse in the Child Support Scheme No. 1) Bill 2026 · Family & Community
• Green bank could not fund farms bought for carbon
  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Protecting Australian Farmland) Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• A judge would investigate antisemitism at universities
  Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 · Schools & Uni
• Donations from miners, banks and gambling could be banned
  Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Lying in political ads could become a crime
  Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Voter Protections in Political Advertising) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Senate inquiry would probe how river water helps nature
  Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Commission of Inquiry Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Former judge would lead Murray-Darling water inquiry
  Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Commission of Inquiry Bill 2026 (No. 2) · Farming & Regions
• 30% of homes on sold federal land would be cheap rentals
  Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill 2026 · Housing
• Courts could order big companies to sell off parts
  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Divestiture Powers) Bill 2024 · Business & Trade
• Free speech could be written into the Constitution
  Constitution Alteration (Right to Free Speech) 2025 · Rights & Fairness
• Caps on radio music fees would be scrapped
  Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023 · Business & Trade
• Emergency terror powers would run until 2029
  Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Shackling people in custody during birth would be banned
  Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During Childbirth) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Strip searches of anyone under 18 would be banned
  Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Judges would decide hate and terror sentences again
  Crimes Amendment (Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentences) Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Doctors could discuss assisted dying by phone and video
  Criminal Code Amendment (Equal Access to Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Match fixing would carry up to 10 years in jail
  Criminal Code Amendment (National Sport Integrity Offences) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Greyhound trade for racing would be banned at the border
  Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021 · Farming & Regions
• Parliament would have to approve sending troops to fight
  Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2020 · Defence & Security
• An independent body could handle Defence sexual assault
  Defence Amendment (Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention and Response Commission) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Australia's Digital ID laws would be scrapped
  Digital ID Repeal Bill 2024 · Tech & Online
• Recent politicians would be barred from top diplomat jobs
  Diplomatic Appointments (Selection Process) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Old gas price rules and export block would end
  Domestic Gas Reservation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Gas exporters would have to keep 20% for Australia
  Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Gas exporters would pay a yearly licence fee
  Domestic Gas Reservation Levy Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Election ads with false facts or deepfakes could be fined
  Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025 (No. 2) · Democracy & Government
• ACT and Northern Territory would get more senators
  Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair Territory Representation) Bill 2024 · Democracy & Government
• Firms seeking government deals would face donation ban
  Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023 · Democracy & Government
• 16 and 17 year olds could vote in federal elections
  Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023 · Democracy & Government
• Coal, gas and oil could get fast approvals again
  Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Fast Tracking Coal, Gas and Oil Projects) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Nuclear ban could end and clean energy funds back it
  Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Low Emissions Future) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Legal bans on nuclear power plants would be removed
  Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Projects emitting 100,000 tonnes a year would be refused
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 · Environment & Energy
• Companies would answer for packaging from shelf to bin
  Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Packaging (No Time to Waste) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• CFMEU administrator could ban people from the union for life
  Fair Work Amendment (Disqualified Officers) Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Workers could get 12 days of reproductive health leave
  Fair Work Amendment (Paid Reproductive Health Leave and Flexible Work Arrangements) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Any worker could ask to work from home two days a week
  Fair Work Amendment (Right to Work from Home) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• McKenzie's bill would scrap the national gun buyback
  Firearms Legislation Amendment (Repealing Unfair Gun Laws) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Littleproud's bill would end the national gun buyback
  Firearms Legislation Amendment (Repealing Unfair Gun Laws) Bill 2026 (No. 2) · Crime & Courts
• Government could pay your costs if it appeals
  Freedom of Information and Other Legislation Amendment (Stop the Financial Coercion) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Mining in the Great Australian Bight would be banned
  Great Australian Bight (World Heritage Protection) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Universities would have to drop deals with four industries
  Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• HECS indexation would move to November
  Higher Education Support Amendment (Fix HECS) Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• Parliament could vote down Home Guarantee Scheme changes
  Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 · Housing
• Housing Australia would report to Parliament every quarter
  Housing Australia Amendment (Transparency and Reporting) Bill 2026 · Housing
• Affordable housing would get one legal meaning
  Housing Legislation Amendment (National Definition of Affordable Housing) Bill 2026 · Housing
• Babies born alive after termination would get care
  Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Parliament would check laws against UN Indigenous rights
  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023 · First Nations
• National Human Rights Act could override clashing laws
  Human Rights Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Family trust income would face a 30% tax floor
  Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Online betting ads would be banned in four steps
  Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ban Gambling Ads) Bill 2024 · Health & Care
• Landholders could say no to gas and coal mining
  Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015 · Environment & Energy
• Lobbyists would have to register and report every meeting
  Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Every new law would need a costs and benefits report
  Mandatory Regulation Impact Statement Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• MPs outside government could get a staff floor
  Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Safe Staffing Guarantee) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Travellers would declare overseas organ transplants
  Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure) Bill 2026 · Migration & Citizenship
• Bill would ban the $5,000 review of veterans' physio
  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans’ Allied Health Care) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Veterans' injury care would have no cost or visit caps
  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans’ Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Governments would have to keep a 10-year housing plan
  National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 · Housing
• Gas producers would reserve 15 per cent for Australia
  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Domestic Reserve) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Abusive posts about adults could be easier to remove
  Online Safety Amendment (Broadening Adult Cyber Abuse Protections) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Tech firms would have a legal duty to keep users safe
  Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• You could switch off social media algorithms
  Online Safety Amendment (Fix Our Feeds) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• You could get deepfakes of your face taken down
  Online Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (My Face, My Rights) Bill 2025 · Tech & Online
• MPs would vet consultancy deals over $2 million
  Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Consultancy and Services Contracts Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Fee for leaving Australia would rise from $70 to $80
  Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Voters would be asked if immigration is too high
  Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018 · Migration & Citizenship
• Best farmland would be mapped and protected
  Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026 (No. 2) · Farming & Regions
• Joint implant makers would lose their $5,000 fee cap
  Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Over-65s would lose their bigger health insurance rebate
  Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 [No. 2] · Health & Care
• Parliament could block sales of defence land
  Protecting Australia’s Defence Heritage Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Firms could be barred from federal work for up to 5 years
  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Some federal projects would need 30% local goods
  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Local Industry Preference) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Slow payers could be locked out of federal contracts
  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Supporting Small Businesses To Be Paid On Time) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Arms exports linked to genocide risk would be banned
  Red Lines Package Omnibus Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Senate bill would ban arms exports linked to genocide risk
  Red Lines Package Omnibus Bill 2026 [No. 2] · Defence & Security
• Top public servants' pay would be capped under $430,000
  Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Net zero targets and their laws would be scrapped
  Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 [No. 2] · Environment & Energy
• Peaceful protest would become a legal right
  Right to Protest Bill 2025 · Rights & Fairness
• Over 300 secrecy rules could lose their jail terms
  Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Sex would mean biological sex in discrimination law
  Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sex-based Rights) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Religious schools could not expel students for who they are
  Sex Discrimination and Fair Work Amendment (Equality in Treatment in Religious Schools) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Social media ban for under-16s could be scrapped
  Social Media Minimum Age Repeal Bill 2025 · Tech & Online
• Centrelink debt rules could change after Robodebt
  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2] · Rights & Fairness
• Computers could approve Centrelink advances
  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2026 · Family & Community
• Clean-up would fix 41 laws and delete 106 old ones
  Statute Update Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Firefighters and paramedics could get 16.4 per cent super
  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment (Frontline Emergency Service Workers) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Workers under 18 would get super from their first shift
  Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Fair Super for Young Workers) Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Companies would get a tax break for donating spare food
  Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donations to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Mobile towers in disaster zones would need backup power
  Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Communications in Natural Disasters) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Lambie would keep new university chiefs under $430,000
  Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment (There For Education, Not Profit) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Similar biological products could share one fee
  Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Drug makers would give 12 months' stop notice
  Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medicines Shortages and Other Measures) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Medicine rules could keep up with changing standards
  Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Trade deals would need impact studies and no investor suits
  Trade and Investment Agreements (Consultation) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Widows and divorced partners could keep old home tax breaks
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Removing the Widows and Spouses Tax) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Big firms would stop reporting suppliers' pollution
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Scrapping Scope 3) Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Family trusts would pay at least 30% tax
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Home sellers from age 50 could add $500,000 to super
  Unlocking Supply of Family Homes Bill 2025 · Housing
• Government would stop buying more Murray-Darling water
  Water Amendment (Ending Further Murray-Darling Basin Water Buybacks) Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Hidden camera glasses could be paused at the border
  Wearable Recording Devices (Import Control) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• A new authority would support whistleblowers
  Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Hume's bill would speed up the Fair Work Commission
  Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Clearing the Fair Work Commission Backlog) Bill 2026 · Work & Super

Became law (154)

• Tribunal can now decide more appeals on paper
  Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 · Migration & Citizenship
• Aged care deposit levy now uses the new provider name
  Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• 26 laws changed so the new Aged Care Act could start
  Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• First Nations aged care official is now law
  Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Finance Minister got an $800 million fuel emergency fund
  Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Finance Minister got a $1.2 billion fuel security fund
  Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Parliament's four departments got their money for 2025-26
  Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026 · Democracy & Government
• Parliament's four departments get their 2026-27 money
  Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 · Democracy & Government
• Two Parliament departments got extra money for 2025-26
  Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026 · Democracy & Government
• Government can now pay its 2025-26 running costs
  Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Main 2026-27 Budget law includes $2 billion fuel fund
  Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027 · Money & Tax
• Parliament approved 2025-26 money for states and programs
  Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Budget law for state payments adds $3 billion fuel fund
  Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2026-2027 · Money & Tax
• Departments got extra running money for late 2025-26
  Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Extra 2025-26 money approved for states and big assets
  Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Departments got late extra money before 30 June
  Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• States' project money cap rose to $40 billion
  Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2025-2026 · Money & Tax
• Disease control centre takes over key health jobs
  Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Australia now has its own Centre for Disease Control
  Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• ASIO questioning powers were extended to March 2027
  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2025 · Defence & Security
• ASIO questioning powers are now permanent and wider
  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 · Defence & Security
• Foreign deals by states now face national test
  Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Old Iran and Syria trade bans now count from day one
  Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Iran and Syria) Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Travellers must now give biosecurity details
  Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Competition watchdog can keep cash flowing during changes
  Cash Distribution Framework (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Cash transport companies are now regulated
  Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Coal employers can now pay old leave debts over six years
  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Hate laws now bring longer jail terms and banned groups
  Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• National gun buyback and checks on gun owners are now law
  Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Illegal tobacco sellers now face bigger fines and jail
  Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Ministers can now sack four agency heads for misconduct
  Commonwealth Entities Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Federal parole powers move from Attorney-General to board
  Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Independent board now decides parole for federal prisoners
  Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Agencies can now get court orders to protect their staff
  Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Large streamers must now spend on new Australian shows
  Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Energy regulator now stands apart from the ACCC
  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Energy Regulator Separation) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Rival firms can now team up fast in a crisis
  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Responding to Exceptional Circumstances) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Hidden fees and sneaky sales tricks are now banned
  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• People can now use old works when owners cannot be found
  Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• ASIC company fees from 2011 to 2025 confirmed as legal
  Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Crypto exchanges will need a licence from 2027
  Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 · Money & Tax
• Drug cases now count the whole mixture's weight
  Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Australia can now list foreign state terror sponsors
  Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Rules now decide which UAE goods get lower import tax
  Customs Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Renamed trade watchdog now checks floods of cheap imports
  Customs Amendment (Safeguard Inquiries) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Jail terms for moving illegal tobacco are now law
  Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Border officers can now fine importers of fake brands
  Customs Legislation Amendment (False Trade Marks Infringement Notices) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Most goods from the UAE now come in with no import tax
  Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Tax on imported keg beer is now frozen for two years
  Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 · Money & Tax
• Goods for the UK submarine deal now pay no import tax
  Customs Tariff Amendment (Geelong Treaty Implementation) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• About 500 small import taxes are now scrapped
  Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 1) 2026 · Business & Trade
• MPs gain a mostly private committee to check Defence
  Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Veterans' suicide watchdog moved over without losing work
  Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Veterans' suicide watchdog gets its own law and new powers
  Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Military justice now has new rules on sexual crimes
  Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 1) Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Defence Housing can now house foreign troops and AUKUS crews
  Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Violent and sex offenders now barred from Defence
  Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Child care centres can now lose funding over safety
  Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025 · Family & Community
• International colleges now face tougher rules
  Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Nature data chief must now report every two years
  Environment Information Australia Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Nature check costs can now be charged as customs duty
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Nature check costs can now be charged as excise
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Government can now charge fees for nature project checks
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Developers now pay a charge to repair damaged nature
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Kakadu, Uluru and Booderee boards keep power between plans
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Bill 2025 · First Nations
• Nature law now bans unacceptable harm and lifts fines
  Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Draught beer tax is now frozen for two years
  Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 · Money & Tax
• Export plants can now handle goods outside registration
  Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Export lender can now stockpile fuel and critical minerals
  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Parents keep paid leave if their baby is stillborn or dies
  Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya’s) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Minister can fast-track truckies' fuel cost rules
  Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Award penalty and overtime rates can no longer be cut
  Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Pathology labs no longer pay Medicare approval fees
  Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) (Repeal) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Family doctor bonus payments now have their own law
  Health Insurance Amendment (Incentive Payments and Other Measures) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Bulk billed claims now usually have a one year limit
  Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Specialist fees can now be published online
  Health Legislation Amendment (Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Computers can now issue Medicare provider numbers
  Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Trained nurses can now write PBS scripts
  Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Australia now protects sea life on the high seas
  High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026 · Environment & Energy
• Some people facing removal lose the right to be heard
  Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 · Migration & Citizenship
• Border face photos now have clear legal backing
  Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Bill 2025 · Migration & Citizenship
• Capital gains now face a 30 per cent minimum tax
  Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Online betting firms now pay for new ad rules
  Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Betting ads now face new limits around live sport
  Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Robodebt victims now keep their payouts in full
  Knox Class Action (Facilitation) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• NSW Local Court judges keep their federal jobs
  Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• Minister can now add big events to brand rules
  Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Minister can now pause temporary visas for groups overseas
  Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026 · Migration & Citizenship
• Migrant worker sponsors will be listed on a public website
  Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025 · Migration & Citizenship
• First Nations children's commission moved to its own Act
  National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026 · First Nations
• Indigenous children now have a national commissioner
  National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 · First Nations
• NDIS providers now face fines up to $3.3 million
  National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• NDIS entry rules tighten and fraud checks get tougher
  National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Independent watchdog now enforces nine nature laws
  National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• PBS medicines now cost at most $25 a script
  National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Free vaccine program can now cover antibody shots
  National Health Amendment (Passive Immunological Products) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Betting companies now pay for BetStop ads
  National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Unis must pay for student complaints service from 2027
  National Student Ombudsman Levy Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• Media regulator must now report news outlet changes
  News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Newsrooms now share tech money by journalist numbers
  News Journalism Payments Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Eight news deals can wipe out a platform's news charge
  News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Platforms without news deals now face a 2.5 per cent charge
  News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Northern Australia lender can now approve loans until 2036
  Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• eSafety gets stronger powers to enforce age ban
  Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Government can now pay out on Pacific bank guarantees
  Pacific Banking Guarantee Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Three Parliament workplace reviews can now run as one
  Parliamentary Frameworks Legislation Amendment (Reviews) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Joint register fee now has clear rules on who pays
  Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Author payments for library books now sit in one law
  Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Bill 2026 · Family & Community
• Authors' 1985 library payments law is repealed
  Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026 · Family & Community
• Red tape cut across more than 20 Acts at once
  Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Clean-up law trims business paperwork across 26 Acts
  Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Secret information can now go to a Royal Commission
  Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Catch-all secrecy crime lasts six more months
  Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Sunsetting Provision) Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government
• Child support law now matches what Services Australia does
  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 · Family & Community
• Parliament backed old Centrelink debts and wiped small ones
  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 · Rights & Fairness
• New sport drug law: appeals and fewer public names
  Sport Legislation Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Implementation) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Watchdogs now check all ten spy agencies
  Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• People with over $3 million in super pay more tax
  Superannuation (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Imposition Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Bosses pay a charge when super misses payday
  Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Phone and internet sellers must now sign up or face fines
  Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025 · Tech & Online
• Spy warrant secrets can now be shown in court
  Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Triple Zero Custodian now oversees emergency calls
  Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025 · Tech & Online
• Outdoor mobile calls and texts are now the law
  Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Unis now pay a yearly charge for student complaints
  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (National Student Ombudsman Levy) Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• National interpreting service now has its own law
  Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025 · Migration & Citizenship
• Super over $3 million taxed more, low earners get more back
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• ASIC now keeps the company registers for good
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Gifts under $2 to charity can now be claimed on tax
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering an Efficient and Trusted Tax System) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Biggest fines on companies doubled to $100 million
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Three accounting rule bodies are merged into one
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026 · Business & Trade
• Smaller fuel tax cut ran for a month from July
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief No. 2) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Petrol and diesel tax was cut in half for three months
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Life insurers can no longer use your genetic tests
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Bill 2025 · Health & Care
• Tax Office now runs the big tech news charge
  Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media Bargaining) (Consequential) Bill 2026 · Tech & Online
• Employers must pay super on payday from 1 July 2026
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Payment rules now cover digital wallets and stablecoins
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025 · Money & Tax
• Dodgy tax agents now face jail and bigger fines
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Hidden owners of listed companies face new disclosure rules
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Financial Systems and Other Measures) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Super funds can no longer pay to be pushed at new workers
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Most investors lose the 50% capital gains discount
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Small businesses keep the $20,000 write-off for good
  Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 2) Bill 2026 · Money & Tax
• Child abuse survivors can now reach abusers' hidden super
  Treasury Laws Amendment (The Survivors Law) Bill 2026 · Crime & Courts
• University commission now takes over standards and deals
  Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• National commission now steers the university system
  Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Student debts were cut by 20% for 3 million people
  Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Universities can lose approval for breaking the code
  Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Universities must now follow a sexual violence code
  Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• A new commission now hands out each uni's funded places
  Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 · Schools & Uni
• Colleges' past use of tax file numbers made lawful
  VET Student Loans (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Parliament fixed four gaps before veterans' claims merge
  Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Ten fixes close gaps in veterans' compensation
  Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Childcare pay boost funded to 2028 and tied to safety
  Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026 · Work & Super
• Wine Australia can now survey grape growers
  Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Fair Work Commission gets new tools to clear cases
  Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1) Bill 2026 · Work & Super

Did not pass (36)

• Senate rejected Antic's bid to pay vaccine objectors
  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Amendment (No Jab No Pay Repeal) Bill 2025 · Family & Community
• Pike's plan to lock in 26 January lapsed without a vote
  Australia Day Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Ryan's gambling harm health bill lapsed without a vote
  Australian Centre for Disease Control Amendment (Gambling as a Public Health Issue) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• A bill to strip terrorists of citizenship was dropped
  Australian Citizenship Amendment (Stripping Terrorists of Australian Citizenship) Bill 2026 · Migration & Citizenship
• Steggall's national climate risk plan lapsed without a vote
  Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Senate voted down Pocock's climate duty to children
  Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Chaney's bill on party postal vote forms lapsed without a vote
  Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Protecting Voters) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Senate rejected McKim's price gouging ban twice
  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024 · Business & Trade
• Leeser's child abuse sentencing bill lapsed without a vote
  Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Sexual Abuse) Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Sharkie's ban on burning three flags lapsed without a vote
  Criminal Code Amendment (Flag Protection) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Senate rejected jail for unapproved terror repatriations
  Criminal Code Amendment (Keeping Australia Safe) Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• Chaney's ban on AI child abuse tools lapsed without a vote
  Criminal Code Amendment (Using Technology to Generate Child Abuse Material) Bill 2025 · Crime & Courts
• Senate dropped bill to limit military medal appeals
  Defence Amendment (Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal) Bill 2025 · Defence & Security
• Steggall's ban on lies in election ads lapsed without a vote
  Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Conaghan's plan to jail flag burners lapsed without a vote
  Flags Amendment (Protection of Australian National Flags) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Senate dropped plan to bring back FOI fees
  Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Dai Le's plan to cut history and politics fees lapsed
  Higher Education Support Amendment (Fair Study and Opportunity) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Senate rejected Faruqi's plan to undo degree fee rises
  Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025 · Schools & Uni
• Senate voted down Bragg's bid to keep housing fund from Cbus
  Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024 · Housing
• Wilkie's online greyhound betting ban lapsed without a vote
  Interactive Gambling Amendment (Ending Online Wagering on Greyhound Racing) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• A bill to ban online betting ads was dropped
  Interactive Gambling Amendment (Stop the Gambling Ads) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Ryan's lobbyist register bill lapsed without a vote
  Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2025 (No. 2) · Democracy & Government
• Senate rejected guaranteed staff for non-government MPs
  Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 · Democracy & Government
• Penfold's plan to map and protect top farmland lapsed
  Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• A smaller rebate for people 65 and over was dropped
  Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 · Health & Care
• Senate voted down Hanson's terrorist fighter ban
  Protecting Australians from Foreign Terrorist Fighters Bill 2026 · Defence & Security
• A plan to keep top farmland for farming was dropped
  Protecting Australia’s Prime Agricultural Land Bill 2026 · Farming & Regions
• Joyce's bill to scrap net zero laws lapsed without a vote
  Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Scamps' e-bike safety bill lapsed without a vote
  Road Vehicle Standards Amendment (Safer E-Bikes) Bill 2025 · Business & Trade
• Senate rejected Hanson's bill to end transgender protection
  Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 · Rights & Fairness
• Senate blocked bill to remove gender identity protections
  Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Biological Definitions) Bill 2025 · Rights & Fairness
• Senate rejected Cash's bill defining sex as fixed at birth
  Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Common Sense and Recognising Biological Sex) Bill 2026 · Rights & Fairness
• Wilkie's Robodebt fixes lapsed without a vote
  Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 · Rights & Fairness
• Gee's ban on wind farms in state forests lapsed without a vote
  Stopping Wind Farms in State Forests Bill 2025 · Environment & Energy
• Senate voted down Hume's yearly super split for couples
  Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025 · Work & Super
• Scamps's independent panels for top jobs lapsed without a vote
  Transparent and Quality Public Appointments Bill 2026 · Democracy & Government

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