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Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025

Sponsor: David Pocock

Amends the Climate Change Act 2022 to: require decision-makers to consider the health and wellbeing of children in Australia when making significant decisions; and require decision-makers not to make significant decisions in relation to the exploration or extraction of coal, oil or natural gas if the decision poses a material risk of harm to the health and wellbeing of children in Australia.

Summary from the official bill homepage.

Progress

DateStep
Senate
28 Oct 2025Introduced and read a first time
28 Oct 2025Second reading moved
29 Oct 2025Second reading debate
29 Oct 2025Second reading negatived

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