What parliament is working on

People moving to Australia must now declare if they received an organ transplant overseas.

passed_house

Creates new crimes for match-fixing, doping, and sports bribery in Australia.

introduced · Attorney-General

Bill tightens rules for Australia's carbon credit scheme to prevent fraud and make it more transparent.

introduced · Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Makes Housing Australia report more publicly on how it spends money and achieves housing goals.

passed_house

Stops people banned from being company directors from working as workplace relations advisers.

passed_house

Makes it illegal for police to strip search children without a court order or serious safety risk.

passed_house

Bans police from restraining pregnant women during labour and childbirth.

passed_house

Requires media companies to publicly register who owns them and disclose major financial interests.

passed_house

This bill would require doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive during abortion procedures.

introduced

A bill that makes online gambling companies pay a fee to help cover the cost of regulating their industry.

introduced · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

This bill makes technical changes to support a system where platforms pay news outlets for content.

introduced · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

This bill removes some gun ownership restrictions that were introduced after mass shootings.

passed_house

Allows news companies to charge tech platforms like Google and Facebook for using their articles.

introduced · Treasury

Removes a tax penalty that widows and widowers faced when inheriting their spouse's superannuation.

passed_house

Changes who can access voluntary assisted dying to ensure equal access regardless of disability.

passed_house

Sets up how news outlets and tech platforms negotiate over paying for news content.

introduced · Treasury

This bill requires big tech platforms to pay news organisations for their content.

introduced · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Updates tax and corporate laws to support the news media bargaining code.

introduced · Treasury

Changes the tax on airline passengers leaving Australia.

introduced · Home Affairs

Lowers the superannuation guarantee age from 18 to 16 for young workers.

passed_house

Makes it easier for Australia to stop people who've fought for terrorist groups overseas from returning home.

passed_house

Updates Australia's terrorism laws to add new offences and strengthen police powers.

passed_house · Attorney-General

Creates a fund to help pay for wage increases for early childhood education and care workers.

introduced · Education

Lets aged care staff override automated decisions when assessing what care people need.

introduced

introduced · Treasury

The government can now sell cheap land to developers who promise to build affordable housing.

passed_house

Makes tax advisers more accountable for giving bad advice and toughens penalties for rule-breaking.

introduced · Treasury

Gives the government power to manage medicine shortages and speed up approval of certain drugs.

passed_house · Health, Disability and Ageing

This bill tightens rules around online gambling to protect people from harm.

introduced · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Updates laws to match changes made by the Cash Distribution Framework Bill.

introduced · Treasury

Changes how much companies pay to register and maintain medicines and medical devices with Australia's regulator.

passed_house · Health, Disability and Ageing

This bill allows the government to charge gambling operators a fee to run the national self-exclusion register.

introduced · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Requires the government to consult the public before finalising major trade deals with other countries.

passed_house · Foreign Affairs and Trade

Updates Australian wine laws and related regulations to modernise rules for wine producers and sellers.

passed_house · Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

A technical fix-up bill making small legal corrections to Australia's welfare system.

introduced · Social Services

Streamlines Australia's biosecurity operations to make pest and disease checks faster and more efficient.

passed_house · Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Gives the federal government power to approve state and territory deals with foreign countries.

introduced · Foreign Affairs and Trade

This bill changes how courts review government decisions and administrative processes.

passed_house · Attorney-General

Creates a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner to improve aged care services for Indigenous Australians.

introduced · Health, Disability and Ageing

Creates a new commissioner role to investigate discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics.

passed_house

Requires Australian government contracts to prioritise local businesses and workers.

introduced

Makes social media companies responsible for enforcing a minimum age limit on their platforms.

passed_house · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Changes how HECS debts are repaid and how interest is charged on student loans.

introduced

Stops people using logos and images from major sporting events without permission.

passed_house · Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Changes how the government pays rebates for private health insurance to make the system fairer.

introduced · Health, Disability and Ageing

passed_house · Attorney-General

This bill makes various changes to tax laws, though the specific details aren't yet publicly available.

introduced · Treasury

Updates Defence laws to implement new victim support rules and other military changes.

passed_house · Defence

Changes how universities are funded and what they charge students for different courses.

introduced · Education

Speeds up how customs investigates whether imports are unfairly undercutting local industries.

passed_house · Industry, Science and Resources

Speeds up the Fair Work Commission's handling of workplace disputes by clearing its backlog of cases.

passed_house

Extends the temporary cut to fuel tax that was due to expire, keeping petrol and diesel cheaper for longer.

royal_assent · Treasury

This bill makes it easier for small businesses to get paid faster by large companies and government agencies.

introduced

Updates rules for Australia's carbon farming scheme to make it easier for farmers to earn money by reducing emissions.

introduced

Requires political ads to clearly show who paid for them and what they cost.

introduced

Changes workplace laws to make it easier for workers to form cooperatives where they own and run the business together.

royal_assent · Employment and Workplace Relations

Changes tax rules for individuals and businesses, including adjustments to deductions and tax rates.

royal_assent · Treasury

Changes how much income tax different earners pay by adjusting tax brackets and rates.

royal_assent · Treasury

Changes how the government rewards people for having private health insurance.

passed_house · Health, Disability and Ageing

Updates Australia's import tax rates to match new trade agreements and economic policies.

introduced · Home Affairs