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Every committee inquiry public hearing 2-13 November, in one place

A bonus brief on every public hearing during the 2-13 November recess, in date order, with submission closing dates, reports due and what lands just beyond the break.

October 30, 2026

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The House has had its way, the Senate is now going to play

A wrap of the House's week: all eight bills passed, the Senate inherits the trust tax, gas and Digital Duty of Care bills, and Estimates call-outs include Snowy 2.0 and the Medicare portal intrusion.

October 30, 2026

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Duty done, trusts to go

The last House sitting day until 23 November: tax, trust, gas and defence bills go to votes, the Digital Duty of Care bill's detail is unpacked, and inflation lifts rate-rise odds.

October 29, 2026

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Duty calls on online safety

Online safety goes first in a renegotiated House week, with the tax bills debated today and voted Thursday, plus the Tax Reform No. 4 fine print and Estimates highlights.

October 28, 2026

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Eight bills on a three-day clock

The House's revised timetable aims to pass eight bills in three days, including the trust tax, gas reservation, defence and online safety bills, while Estimates hears Snowy 2.0 and NACC evidence.

October 27, 2026

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Parliament returns without one of its most respected

Parliament returns without Helen Haines and sets the House day aside for tributes, as the last Senate Estimates hearings of the year open and the week's committee hearings are mapped.

October 26, 2026

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Bonus edition: last week wrapped, Estimates week prepped

A bonus edition wrapping the last sitting fortnight — nine bills cleared and three government packages sent to Senate committees — and previewing what may turn up at Senate Estimates.

October 21, 2026

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Binned on Wednesday, back on Thursday

The Senate discharges the private health rebate bill and the government brings it back as No. 2, while the Digital Duty of Care bill is introduced and a trust tax inquiry is refused.

October 15, 2026

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More new, in the sprint towards the end of year

Gas reservation and trust tax bills are introduced, the Universities Accord bill passes both Houses, and summaries land of the counter-terrorism advisory report and an intelligence agencies review.

October 14, 2026

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One clause, two houses, and the Universities Accord

The Universities Accord bill hits a constitutional snag over appropriation amendments, the tobacco bill runs out of clock, and an MP's subpoena raises a parliamentary privilege question.

October 13, 2026

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Tobacco and carbon credits bills return, and gaps in how Health manages AI on the agenda

Parliament returns with the illicit tobacco and carbon credits bills, a Senate list of document answers and two Auditor-General reports, plus a summary of the youth justice report.

October 12, 2026

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The chambers were offline but the committees sure weren't

A recess stocktake: 17 committee hearings and ten Senate reports, from private health insurance and illicit tobacco to triple zero outages and intergenerational housing inequity.

October 11, 2026

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Uncapped, at last

The Veterans' Affairs Minister admits the allied health cap was wrong and the Senate passes the Veterans' Healthcare Without Caps bill, as both chambers rise until 12 October.

September 18, 2026

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Fuelling the fire that is going to burn for a while to come

The private health rebate cut clears the House, petrol prices and gas reservation dominate, and the sitting fortnight closes with veterans' care bills and two Senate reports due.

September 17, 2026

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The $5,000 question

The wage justice and Knox class action bills advance, the private health rebate fight enters its third day, and the veterans' allied health cap prompts two private senators' bills.

September 16, 2026

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Prepping, for all sorts of hikes

Fuel prices frame the day, the private health rebate bill still isn't through second reading, and House committee reports on disrespectful behaviour and alcohol and drugs are tabled.

September 15, 2026

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Full cover, at last

The private health insurance rebate bill is slated to finish, three private members' bills are introduced, and the Senate lines up four references and a run of document orders.

September 14, 2026

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The week in review - on a day of mourning

The week in review: the social media minimum age enforcement bill gets through, the infrastructure grants row continues, and the Human Rights committee flags income management concerns.

September 11, 2026

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A handicap that's got nothing to do with golf

A community infrastructure grant to the Prime Minister's golf club dominates the day, alongside new bills on a student ombudsman levy, the Knox class action and illicit tobacco enforcement.

September 10, 2026

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One search found nothing. A second found 700 pages.

The Senate chases paper trails — a minister's travel documents (none found, then 700 pages) and refugee intake records — while the social media minimum age bill becomes the week's fight.

September 9, 2026

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The pay rise clears; the veterans' cap doesn't

A childcare wage bill nears a vote, veterans protest the allied health cap, and the Senate takes up the social media minimum age enforcement bill as a new senator gives her first speech.

September 8, 2026

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The killswitch bill beat the members back to Canberra

Parliament returns with AI on the agenda: a new Joint Select Committee, two private members' bills on human control of AI, the childcare wage bill and a new Tasmanian senator.

September 7, 2026

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038

A party of two, and they didn't agree

Wraps the final sitting day and the fortnight by theme, from the Frankcom investigation fallout to the counter-terrorism and universities bills, and a two-member party that split its vote.

August 21, 2026

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Twelve bills clear the Senate, one letter still doesn't

Both Houses rise today: the Senate puts twelve bills to a final vote, a Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence is proposed, and an order for Tokyo's correspondence falls due.

August 20, 2026

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Closing the book, several times over

The Senate passes the NDIS bill 30 to 12, the House races to finish the news bargaining package, and the gambling reform bills head to the Senate under their own guillotine.

August 19, 2026

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All in before the adjournment bell

Three gambling bills clear every House stage under a guillotine, followed by the news bargaining package, while the Senate continues the NDIS bill and chases overdue document orders.

August 18, 2026

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Will the NDIS actually save the Budget?

A summary of the Senate Community Affairs committee's final report on the NDIS bill and its dissents, plus this week's House timetable for the gambling and news bargaining bills.

August 17, 2026

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The media platforms get the bill

The government introduces its news bargaining package, a charge on platforms' Australian ad revenue, as both Houses clear the decks; the NDIS inquiry report is due tomorrow.

August 13, 2026

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Back in the building, and the backlog is...consequential

Parliament resumes with the cash distribution and gambling bills first in line, a Senate list of omnibus bills, and committee reports due on aged care and anti-money laundering.

August 11, 2026

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The recess sat in public, and hardly anyone was watching

A stocktake of the recess's public committee hearings, from racism inquiries in Darwin to the NDIS bill and cash distribution, plus the Royal Commission's online hate hearings.

August 10, 2026

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The between times has 22 submissions closing

A topic-by-topic list of the 22 committee inquiries with submissions closing during the winter recess, from aged care and the NDIS to treaties and tax reform.

July 6, 2026

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A fortnight of high tempo, summarised

A thematic recap of the sitting fortnight — tax, the NDIS, health, gambling, workplace relations and integrity — plus the last day's outcomes and a correction that Parliament returns 11 August.

July 3, 2026

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The last day! (for 25 business days)

The final sitting day before recess: the House refuses to hand over NACC appointment documents, rejects 39 NDIS amendments and lines up votes on health, universities and tax bills.

July 2, 2026

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Down to the wire

Appropriation bills head for royal assent, the workplace bill returns from the Senate, and a gambling-ads amendment sits on the online safety bill ahead of today's vote.

July 1, 2026

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EOFY, not just another day

End of financial year: fuel relief passes as petrol prices rise, the Senate clears eight bills under time limits, and three House committee reports land.

June 30, 2026

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Expect the queues to fill 'er up

The last sitting week before the winter recess opens with the fuel excise relief bill on the Senate guillotine, a recap of Friday's hearings and Royal Commission hearings under way.

June 29, 2026

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Home and away

The tax package clears the Senate as last-ditch amendments fail, the House finalises it and the private health consumers bill, and seven public hearings run today.

June 26, 2026

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Settlement day.

The day of the Senate's scheduled vote on the tax reform package, plus the workplace bill clearing the House 87 to 43 and a run of new bills including Tax Reform No. 2.

June 25, 2026

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A yes with strings attached

A government–Greens agreement clears the way for the tax package in return for a longer NDIS inquiry; today covers the private health and workplace bills and the Senate tax debate.

June 24, 2026

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The tobacco bill that's still generating heat

The illicit tobacco bill ran out of clock and the Senate rejected a Greens bid to withdraw the NDIS bill; two Community Affairs reports are due today.

June 23, 2026

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Two bills to a vote, and the tax fight reopens

Parliament resumes: the House aims to pass the illicit tobacco and private health bills, while the Senate reopens the tax debate and the Greens move on gas exports and visa fees.

June 22, 2026

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Budget bills pass the House, still being contested in Estimates

The tax bills pass the House and a Select Committee on Cyber Security for small business is established, with the last day of Budget Estimates and two submission deadlines.

June 5, 2026

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Amendments rejected; scrutiny dialled ⏫

Second reading debates on the tax bills conclude with Opposition and Chaney amendments voted down, plus a solar recycling hearing and what each Estimates committee covers today.

June 4, 2026

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Fiery exchanges yesterday, more expected today

Debate on the tax and NDIS bills continues, the Treasurer announces an extra tax cut from 1 July, and a solar panel recycling hearing and Estimates are also in session.

June 3, 2026

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The House continues; the Senate's attention turns

The tax reform bills are in second reading as Senate inquiries run alongside, with the NDIS bill's overlap with Community Affairs and what each Group B Estimates committee covers.

June 2, 2026

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A pinch and a sub for the first day of the 6th month

A public-holiday Monday with the AUKUS ministers' statement, a First Nations racism inquiry deadline, and what Group B Budget Estimates covers across its four committees this week.

June 1, 2026

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The week's wrap - it was big

A wrap of the week: Appropriation Bills and the tax package in the House, the NDIS bill, the NACC resignation, and what Group A Estimates turned up in each committee.

May 29, 2026

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Tax package introduced, last day for Group A Budget Estimates

The first Tax Reform bill is introduced, with Estimates highlights from Home Affairs and a preview of the AFP and ASIO appearances on Group A's last day.

May 28, 2026

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Tax clock ticking toward Thursday

NDIS bill debate continues and the tax package lands tomorrow, with Estimates highlights on the NACC's second investigation, emissions accounting and the eSafety age assurance scheme.

May 27, 2026

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NACC, WhatsApp and FOI (and Budget)

Paul Brereton's NACC resignation and a foreign cyber attack on parliamentary accounts lead the day, with the Estimates program and the Royal Commission's largely closed hearing.

May 26, 2026

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Budget bills hit the floor

Appropriation Bills open in the House, Group A Budget Estimates begin in the Senate, and the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion opens its second hearing block.

May 25, 2026

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Fortnight done; hyper-busy coming

A longer edition recapping two weeks of committees and the Budget, with headline points from the Opposition's Budget reply and the committee report on the outdoor mobile bill.

May 15, 2026

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Opposition reply and two committee reports

The Opposition's Budget reply, a Senate report on the Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation bill, and a summary of the Privileges Committee's report on DPS handling of bulk email data.

May 14, 2026

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Post-Budget breakdown - where to from here

The post-Budget next steps: the headline fiscal numbers and the measures most likely to need new legislation, from negative gearing and CGT to NDIS savings and fuel.

May 13, 2026

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Krafted. BUDGET DAY

Budget day: what happens around the Treasurer's 7.30pm speech, the measures already announced by interest area, and the payday super committee report's key points.

May 12, 2026

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Parliament sitting — Budget eve

Parliament returns on Budget eve: the payday superannuation regulations report, a CSIRO Clayton submission deadline, and what to listen for in pre-Budget Question Time.

May 11, 2026

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Four deadlines close today; Budget next week

Four inquiry submission deadlines close at 5pm, the gas tax committee reports without agreed recommendations, and a wrap of the week's committee activity before Budget week.

May 8, 2026

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Gas tax lands today

The Senate gas tax committee tables its report on the PRRT, with key points from the small business insurance hearing and the National Emergency Declaration Act review.

May 7, 2026

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Small business insurance under the microscope

A Sydney hearing on small business insurance, the National Emergency Declaration Act review report, and a recap of the offshore processing hearing and the false trade marks bill report.

May 6, 2026

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Committees week and the Budget countdown

Parliament isn't sitting, but committees are busy ahead of the Budget: an illegal tobacco hearing, an offshore processing hearing, a trade marks bill report and four submission deadlines on Friday.

May 5, 2026

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