Question Time Podcast

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced eleven bills across defence, veterans, aged care, immigration, customs, carbon credits, child support, sport, and private health insurance on 17 September 2026.

12 questions · 10 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate passed the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026 at third reading by 33 votes to 19, removing cost and frequency limits on healthcare for veterans with accepted service-related conditions.

6 questions · 5 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 and introduced ten bills spanning student complaints, financial crime, private health insurance, and carbon credits on 16 September 2026.

11 questions · 11 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate voted down the No Jab No Pay Repeal Bill 2025 at second reading, 6 votes to 34, on a day that saw nine bills introduced and fifteen divisions held.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced seven bills on 15 September 2026, including two measures establishing a National Student Ombudsman funded by a levy on higher education providers.

15 questions · 17 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced eleven bills covering early childhood worker wages, veterans healthcare, private health insurance transparency, university access, and an omnibus package on 15 September 2026.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced six bills on 14 September 2026, including legislation to establish a national definition of affordable housing and to restrict Clean Energy Finance Corporation investment on agricultural land.

16 questions · 18 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced fifteen bills on 14 September 2026, including measures on early childhood education wages, sports integrity offences, telecommunications coverage, and environmental approvals for coal, gas and oil projects.

8 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

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Senate

The Senate introduced ten bills spanning national security, online safety, tax adviser accountability, biosecurity, wine regulation, and regulatory reform, while question time focused on a $6 million Marrickville golf club grant, trade with Israeli settlements, inflation, and superannuation flexibility.

6 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced two bills on workplace governance and online safety enforcement, while question time focused on a $6 million grant to a golf club linked to the Prime Minister and government responses to gender-based violence.

7 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced legislation strengthening enforcement powers against social media platforms that fail to comply with minimum age requirements for users.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced four bills on 7 September 2026 covering firearms law, automated government decision-making, AI safety controls, and childcare worker wages.

13 questions · 17 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced fifteen bills spanning criminal law, higher education, tax adviser oversight, veterans funding, and foreign relations on 20 August 2026.

15 questions · 18 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced a substantial package of legislation on 19 August 2026, including multiple bills establishing a framework requiring digital platforms to pay Australian news organisations for their content.

8 questions · 9 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced a package of gambling reform and news media bargaining bills on 18 August 2026.

15 questions · 19 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced six bills on 17 August 2026, including legislation requiring medical care for infants born alive during abortion procedures.

15 questions · 17 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced ten bills on 13 August 2026, including a suite of five measures establishing a framework requiring digital platforms to pay Australian news organisations for content.

9 questions · 9 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced sixteen bills spanning wage support for childcare workers, counter-terrorism law, gambling reform, medicines shortages, and biosecurity on 12 August 2026.

11 questions · 10 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced fourteen bills across telecommunications, biosecurity, therapeutic goods, aged care, anti-money laundering, wine, and cash distribution on 11 August 2026.

13 questions · 18 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced eleven bills across gambling reform, health, education, defence, and treasury matters on 2 July 2026, with no divisions held.

7 questions · 7 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced twelve bills covering aged care assessments, consumer protection, affordable housing, coal mining leave entitlements, pharmaceutical benefits, and regulatory reform on 2 July 2026.

7 questions · 5 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced fourteen bills on 1 July 2026 covering areas including aged care, online safety, biosecurity, social security, and foreign relations, with question time focused largely on cost of living measures taking effect from that date.

8 questions · 13 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced eight bills on 1 July 2026 covering university fee changes, pharmaceutical prescribing, consumer protections, trade consultation, sex discrimination, sporting event protections, and social media age enforcement.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

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Senate

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House of Representatives

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Senate

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House of Representatives

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House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief No. 2) Bill 2026, extending a temporary 30.4 per cent reduction in fuel excise duty from 1 July 2026 for approximately one month.

11 questions · 11 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced tax reform and aged care assessment bills on 23 June 2026, with question time dominated by capital gains tax and gas industry taxation exchanges.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced five bills on 22 June 2026, covering carbon farming, small business payment times, political advertising disclosure, illicit tobacco enforcement, and fuel excise relief.

9 questions · 15 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced a broad package of legislation on 22 June 2026, including income tax reform bills and budget appropriation measures totalling several financial years of government spending.

10 questions · 2 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced eight bills on 28 May 2026, including three tax reform measures and the annual appropriation bills authorising government spending for the 2026-27 financial year.

7 questions · 8 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced six bills on 27 May 2026, including the Appropriation Bills for the 2026-2027 financial year and an amendment bill targeting long-term sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

7 questions · 9 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced five bills on 26 May 2026, including the three annual appropriation bills authorising government spending for the 2026-2027 financial year.

9 questions · 15 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced nine bills on 25 May 2026, including measures on telecommunications resilience during natural disasters, capital gains tax changes, sex discrimination law, and federal appropriations for both the 2025-26 and 2026-27 financial years.

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House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025 to its third reading and considered multiple bills spanning consumer protection, defence discipline, secrecy laws, and the federal budget on 14 May 2026.

11 questions · 10 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced eleven bills on 14 May 2026, including measures to ban political donations from eight industries, allow child sexual abuse survivors to access perpetrators' superannuation, and make ASIO's compulsory questioning powers permanent.

6 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced eight bills covering regulatory reform, defence discipline, consumer protection, telecommunications, author lending rights, and secrecy law amendments on 13 May 2026.

9 questions · 19 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate introduced seven bills across six areas of law on 13 May 2026, including measures on superannuation transfers between couples, competition powers during crises, packaging waste responsibility, and counterfeit goods enforcement.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced nine bills on 12 May 2026, including three annual appropriation measures for 2026-27 and a series of amendments covering secrecy laws, consumer protections, author lending rights, and survivor financial support.

16 questions · 18 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate held question time on 12 May 2026 with no bills introduced or divisions recorded, as senators questioned ministers on housing policy, the NDIS, artificial intelligence, and Australia's international obligations.

6 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives introduced sixteen bills on 1 April 2026, spanning aviation consumer protection, NDIS integrity, secrecy law reform, and author lending rights.

8 questions · 10 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate held question time focused largely on the government's response to fuel supply pressures arising from Middle East conflict tensions, with ministers outlining the National Fuel Security Plan and related measures.

8 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 by 98 votes to 36 following a Senate message, while the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026 was defeated at its second reading 35 votes to 96.

10 questions · 11 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate on 31 March 2026 divided multiple times on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026, with all three recorded divisions on its second reading defeated.

7 questions · 5 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026 and two Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bills, with fuel security dominating both legislation and question time on 30 March 2026.

8 questions · 8 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate passed the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 at second reading by 37 votes to 26, establishing a new body to oversee university funding and policy.

8 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026 and the Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026 on 26 March 2026.

7 questions · 8 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate passed three appropriation bills for 2025-2026 by 40 votes to 5, authorising government spending across departments and parliamentary operations.

6 questions · 4 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives debated a range of legislation on 25 March 2026, with fuel shortages dominating question time as multiple members pressed the government on its response.

8 questions · 7 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives debated fuel supply shortages and passed three appropriation bills during its sitting on 24 March 2026.

9 questions · 9 Dorothy Dixers removed

Senate

The Senate held question time focused on fuel security, Middle East policy, wage theft enforcement, and gambling advertising, with ministers declining to directly answer several questions.

7 questions · 3 Dorothy Dixers removed

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives focused heavily on a national fuel supply crisis during question time on 23 March 2026, with Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen facing repeated questions about fuel shortages across multiple states and territories.

10 questions · 12 Dorothy Dixers removed