Last checked for updates: 27 October 2026

Current bills about: information sharing

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21 current bills found.

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FED 50 Per Cent Capital Gains Tax Discount for Innovative Start-up Investors; Electric Car FBT Exemption Replaced by Sliding Discount System; Plug-in Hybrids No Longer Eligible for FBT Discounts

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026

corporate governance electric vehicles government transparency information sharing renewable energy taxation

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Online Services Must Stop Harmful Content or Pay Huge Fines; Social Media Cannot Use Harmful Designs on Kids Under 16; Fines or Jail for Refusing to Give Info to eSafety Commissioner

Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026

child safety criminal penalties data privacy information sharing online safety privacy public safety social media

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED New Gas Regulator to Enforce Domestic Gas Supply; Heavy Fines for Exporting LNG Without a Licence or Failing to Supply Local Markets

Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026

criminal penalties energy infrastructure export licences government oversight information sharing natural gas

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Gas Suppliers Must Publish and Update Expressions of Interest or Face Fines; LNG Export Controls Removed; Gas Market Code Simplified

Domestic Gas Reservation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026

criminal penalties energy infrastructure export controls gas market information sharing natural gas

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED New Agency to Decide Student Places; New $50 Million Fund to Help Universities Change; Fines or Jail for Leaking Secret Education Info

Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026

criminal penalties data sharing educational administration government funding higher education Indigenous affairs information sharing privacy student placements tertiary education university funding +6 more

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED New Joint Committee to Oversee Census Preparation and Outcomes; Australian Statistician Must Review and Publish Results of Every Census

Census and Statistics Amendment (Parliamentary Oversight of the Census) Bill 2026

data privacy government oversight government transparency information sharing privacy

Opposition Bill

Senate

House of Representatives

Assent

FED Pecuniary Penalties for Breaching the Wine Australia Act

Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

data privacy government transparency information sharing wine industry

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Travellers Must Give Biosecurity Info or Pay Fines; Director of Biosecurity Must Explain Why, If Arrangements Are Refused

Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026

biosecurity border control border security criminal penalties environmental protection information sharing passenger information travel requirements

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Australian Universities Must Follow Australian Law at Overseas Campuses

Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026

foreign arrangements foreign influence foreign relations government accountability government transparency higher education information sharing national security university autonomy university governance

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED ACMA Must Tell the Communications Department When News Businesses Are Registered or Cancelled

News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026

communications regulation government accountability government transparency information sharing journalism payments news media

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED ACCC Can Share Info With Reserve Bank; ACCC Can Set Prices for Cash Distribution Services; Fines for Ignoring ACCC Directions up to $18 Million;

Cash Distribution Framework (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026

cash distribution consumer access corporate governance financial services information sharing payment systems

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED ASIC Can Limit Public Access to Registers and Share Information to Help Carry Out Its Functions

Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026

business registration company directors consumer protection corporate governance corporate transparency government transparency information sharing investor protection privacy

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Information Sharing and Record Access Powers for the Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner

Defence and Veterans' Service Commissioner (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025

defence defence services freedom of information government archives government transparency information privacy information sharing intelligence information military oversight national defence national security public records search warrants veterans affairs veterans services +10 more

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Warrant Powers Allowing the National Commissioner to Compel Documents and Testimony

National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026

civil liberties data privacy government surveillance Indigenous affairs Indigenous leadership information sharing law enforcement

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED People Cannot Be Punished for Sharing Secret Information With Royal Commissions

Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026

antisemitism court procedures criminal justice government accountability government transparency information sharing intelligence information legal immunity national security public inquiries social cohesion +6 more

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Health Providers Can Use Electronic Services to Share Info, Child Care Subsidies Expanded for Wellbeing Support, and Fines or Jail for Officers Who Misuse Official Information

Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2025

child care subsidy child protection child wellbeing criminal penalties data privacy government transparency health information healthcare information sharing pharmacy regulation privacy professional licensing public sector integrity +8 more

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED New National Environmental Protection Agency and Fines for Misusing Protected Information

National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025

data privacy environmental protection government accountability government agencies government oversight government transparency information disclosure information sharing privacy

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Government Appoints Head of Environment Information Australia to Manage National Data and Reports

Environment Information Australia Bill 2025

criminal penalties data privacy environment information environmental data environmental monitoring environmental protection government transparency information sharing privacy public information access state of the environment +6 more

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Information-Gathering Powers for the Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025

data privacy disease control government surveillance health data information sharing public health

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

FED Fines for Not Giving Information to Government

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

government accountability healthcare healthcare administration information privacy information sharing Medicare pharmacy regulation public health search warrants therapeutic goods vaping products +6 more

Senate

House of Representatives

Assent