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House r7378 Status Act

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025

Introduced by Peter Khalil, Angus Taylor

Amends the Defence Act 1903 to establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence to have general oversight of Australian defence agencies, other than the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Defence Intelligence Organisation.

Summary from the official bill homepage.

Became law

ActDefence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Act 2026
NumberNo. 5, 2026
Assent13 Mar 2026
StatusIn force

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 21 Oct 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.

Progress

DateStep
House
8 Oct 2025Introduced and read a first time
8 Oct 2025Second reading moved
29 Oct 2025Second reading debate
29 Oct 2025Referred to Federation Chamber
29 Oct 2025Second reading debate
30 Oct 2025Second reading debate
5 Nov 2025Second reading debate
5 Nov 2025Reported from Federation Chamber
5 Nov 2025Second reading agreed to
5 Nov 2025Consideration in detail debate
5 Nov 2025Third reading agreed to
Senate
6 Nov 2025Introduced and read a first time
6 Nov 2025Second reading moved
5 Feb 2026Second reading debate
5 Feb 2026Second reading agreed to
5 Feb 2026Committee of the Whole debate
2 Mar 2026Committee of the Whole debate
3 Mar 2026Committee of the Whole debate
3 Mar 2026Third reading moved
3 Mar 2026Third reading debated
4 Mar 2026Third reading agreed to
4 Mar 2026Finally passed both Houses
13 Mar 2026Assent

Divisions on this bill

Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.