Expanded Retirement Income Support for Former ADF Members
Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Topics
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Introduced by: Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Dr Daniel Mulino ALP
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Australians have faced extraordinary economic challenges over the last few years, driven by events beyond our shores. This week’s budget outlined the government’s strategy to respond to these challenges through responsible savings and supporting intergenerational equality and by building an economy that is more productive and more resilient.”
David Shoebridge GRN
“I indicate that my party won’t be opposing the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026.”
“The Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026—what a mouthful!— introduces a series of mostly minor changes to administrative rules across multiple areas of government, which will supposedly reduce red tape, simplify government administration, streamline regulatory processes, repeal outdated legislation and make technical corrections—meaning ’fix their earlier mistakes’.”
Dave Sharma LIB
“On the morning after the 2025 federal election, the Treasurer, Mr Jim Chalmers, went on national television and made a grand promise to the Australian people. He told the interviewer that, while Labor’s first term was ’primarily inflation without forgetting productivity’, its second term would be ’primarily productivity without forgetting inflation’.”
Michaelia Cash LIB
“The coalition, while supporting the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026, strongly opposes the changes to the Australian Human Rights Commission Act which are part of the Albanese government’s regulatory reform bill.”
Anthony Chisholm ALP
“I’d like to thank senators for their contributions to debate on the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026. Every Australian and every business deals with regulation on a daily basis. They deal with it when they start a business, when they stock a product on the shelf, when they access a critical service for a vulnerable relative and when they drive to work.”
Sean Bell PHON
“I move: At the end of the motion, add ”, and: (a) the Senate notes that: (i) Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the bill would allow any changes to two international agreements (the Madrid Protocol and Agreement of Nice) to be automatically incorporated into Australian law, specifically the Trade Marks Act 1995, with no further parliamentary scrutiny, and (ii) One Nation opposes international agreements bein…”