What parliament is working on

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

introduced · Health, Disability and Ageing

passed_house

introduced · Industry, Science and Resources

passed_house

passed_house

introduced · Industry, Science and Resources

introduced · Treasury

introduced · Industry, Science and Resources

passed_house

introduced · Treasury

passed_house

royal_assent · Foreign Affairs and Trade

introduced

passed_house

introduced

passed_house

Creates a small tax on private health insurers to fund a national registry tracking joint replacement surgeries.

introduced · Health, Disability and Ageing

Updates Australian sports laws to match the world's anti-doping rules and catch cheaters better.

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

Removes spending limits on healthcare for military veterans and their families.

introduced

Changes child support rules to protect parents from financial abuse by their ex-partners.

introduced · Social Services

passed_house

Expands allied health care support for military veterans under compensation laws.

passed_house

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

royal_assent · Industry, Science and Resources

introduced

Speeds up approval of coal, gas and oil projects by cutting environmental review times.

passed_house

Sets a national definition for what counts as 'affordable housing' across Australia.

introduced

Stops the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from funding solar and wind projects on valuable farmland.

introduced

Creates a new fee that universities must pay to fund an independent student complaints service.

passed_house · Education

Creates a small fee on universities to fund a new national ombudsman who handles student complaints.

passed_house · Education

Makes it easier for people to sue big companies together in group lawsuits.

passed_house · Social Services

Updates customs laws to crack down on illegal tobacco imports using modern enforcement tools.

introduced · Home Affairs

Bill proposes to repeal or change existing Australian firearms laws, though specific amendments aren't yet detailed.

introduced

Changes how Australia picks ambassadors and high commissioners to be more transparent and independent.

passed_house

Lets businesses claim tax deductions when they donate food to charities instead of throwing it out.

passed_house

Requires organisations to tell people when AI makes decisions about them and lets people challenge those decisions.

introduced

Gives the government power to shut down AI systems and control data centres in emergencies.

introduced

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

passed_house · 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

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

passed_house

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

passed_house

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

passed_house

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

passed_house

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

passed_house

Bans police from restraining pregnant women during labour and childbirth.

passed_house

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

introduced

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

passed_house

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

passed_house

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

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

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

introduced · Treasury

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

introduced · Treasury

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

introduced · Treasury

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

passed_house

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

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

passed_house

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

passed_house · Education

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

passed_house · Attorney-General

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

passed_house

Changes the tax on airline passengers leaving Australia.

introduced · Home Affairs