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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act.
Date of text: 09 April 1900 (1977)

Policies

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Christmas Island Marine Park Management Plan) Instrument 2025.
Date of text: 17 January 2025
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park Management Plan) Instrument 2025.
Date of text: 17 January 2025
Australia's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution.
Date of text: 2025
National Adaptation Plan 2025
Date of text: 2025
Net Zero Plan.
Date of text: 2025

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Farm Household Support Act 2014 (No. 12).
Date of text: 28 March 2014 (07 August 2019)
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995.
Date of text: 12 April 1995
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Levy Imposition (General) Act 1994.
Date of text: 1994 (25 March 2005)
Rural Adjustment Act 1992.
Date of text: 24 December 1992 (27 June 2011)
Primary Industry Councils Act 1991.
Date of text: 17 January 1990 (15 September 2007)

Climate change

Climate Change Act 2022.
Date of text: 13 September 2022 (20 February 2025)
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (No. 132).
Date of text: 27 September 2012 (14 September 2022)
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Registration Fees) Act 2012 (No. 133).
Date of text: 21 September 2012
Climate Change Authority Act 2011 (No. 143).
Date of text: 29 November 2011 (14 September 2022)
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (No. 101).
Date of text: 15 September 2011 (14 September 2022)

Cultivated plants

Biosecurity Act 2015 (No. 61, 2015).
Date of text: 16 June 2015 (09 July 2024)
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994.
Date of text: 05 September 1994 (01 March 2021)
Gene Technology Act 2000.
Date of text: 21 December 2000 (31 May 2024)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
Date of text: 24 March 1994 (31 May 2024)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994.
Date of text: 15 March 1994 (14 October 2024)

Disaster risk management

National Emergency Declaration Act 2020.
Date of text: 17 June 2021 (01 October 2022)
Future Drought Fund Act 2019.
Date of text: 12 December 2019 (05 July 2024)
Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration 2020.
Date of text: 18 March 2020
Northern Territory: Emergency Management Act 2013.
Date of text: 08 November 2013 (25 May 2021)
Queensland: Disaster Management Act 2003.
Date of text: 18 November 2003 (25 May 2016)

Environment

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Date of text: 16 July 1999 (28 March 2025)
National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998.
Date of text: 21 December 1998 (11 February 2016)
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020.
Date of text: 15 December 2020 (14 October 2024)
Meteorology Act 1955.
Date of text: 23 May 1955 (11 September 2014)
Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 (No. 122, 2023).
Date of text: 14 December 2023

Fisheries and aquaculture

Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Date of text: 10 November 1991 (18 December 2020)
Fisheries Administration Act 1991.
Date of text: 10 November 1991 (09 July 2024)
Biosecurity Act 2015 (No. 61, 2015).
Date of text: 16 June 2015 (09 July 2024)
Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2010 (No. 137 of 2010).
Date of text: 07 December 2010
Fisheries Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (No. 39 of 2010).
Date of text: 13 April 2010

Food and nutrition

Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.
Date of text: 27 June 1991 (22 May 2018)
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Chapter 2: Food Standards.
Date of text: 0000
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Schedules.
Date of text: 0000
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Chapter 1: Introduction and standards that apply to all foods.
Date of text: 0000
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Chapter 3: Food Safety Standards.
Date of text: 0000

Forestry

Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 (No. 166, 2012).
Date of text: 28 November 2012 (01 March 2021)
Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012.
Date of text: 28 November 2012 (10 October 2018)
Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 (No. 124 of 2017).
Date of text: 06 November 2017
Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007.
Date of text: 28 June 2007 (13 December 2013)
Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002.
Date of text: 05 April 2002 (2020)

Gender

Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (No. 4, 1984).
Date of text: 21 March 1984 (11 September 2021)
Victoria: Gender Equality Act 2020.
Date of text: 25 February 2020 (31 May 2022)
Victoria: Equal Opportunity Act 2010.
Date of text: 27 April 2010 (31 May 2022)
Western Australia: Equal Opportunity Act 1984.
Date of text: 07 December 1984 (12 December 2018)
Western Australia: Water Services Code of Practice (Family Violence) 2020.
Date of text: 08 December 2020

Indigenous peoples

Native Title Act 1993.
Date of text: 24 December 1993 (12 June 2024)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
Date of text: 27 November 1989 (15 February 2025)
Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services Act 2009 (No. 68 of 2009).
Date of text: 08 July 2009 (28 June 2011)
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
Date of text: 16 December 1976 (18 October 2023)
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975.
Date of text: 19 February 1976 (01 July 2019)

Land and soil

Soil Conservation (Financial Assistance) Act, 1985.
Date of text: 07 May 1985
Native Title Act 1993.
Date of text: 24 December 1993 (12 June 2024)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
Date of text: 27 November 1989 (15 February 2025)
Norfolk Island Administration Act 2016.
Date of text: 07 June 2016
Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015.
Date of text: 25 November 2015 (01 March 2019)

Livestock

Biosecurity Act 2015 (No. 61, 2015).
Date of text: 16 June 2015 (09 July 2024)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
Date of text: 24 March 1994 (31 May 2024)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994.
Date of text: 15 March 1994 (14 October 2024)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.
Date of text: 24 December 1992 (31 May 2024)
Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Act 2019.
Date of text: 02 October 2019

Mineral resources and energy

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.
Date of text: 21 December 2000 (20 September 2022)
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011.
Date of text: 04 December 2011 (14 September 2022)
Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Act 2024.
Date of text: 10 December 2024
Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 (No. 120, 2021).
Date of text: 2021 (20 February 2025)
Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (NO. 57, 2019).
Date of text: 07 August 2019

Sea

Navigation Act 2012 (No. 128).
Date of text: 13 September 2012 (15 February 2025)
Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (NO. 57, 2019).
Date of text: 07 August 2019
Norfolk Island Administration Act 2016.
Date of text: 07 June 2016
Maritime Powers Act 2013 (No. 15).
Date of text: 27 March 2013 (04 April 2017)
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (No. 121).
Date of text: 12 September 2012 (14 October 2024)

Social protection

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Act 2018.
Date of text: 01 February 2019 (12 December 2019)
Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Act No. 153 of 2018).
Date of text: 10 December 2018
Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012.
Date of text: 03 December 2012 (01 September 2021)
Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 2019.
Date of text: 05 September 2019
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Investment Mandate Direction 2019.
Date of text: 19 February 2019

Water

Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 (No. 111 of 2023).
Date of text: 07 December 2023
Water Act 2007.
Date of text: 03 September 2007 (07 December 2023)
Water Amendment (Water Markets Intermediaries Code and Trust Accounting Framework) Regulations 2025.
Date of text: 26 June 2025
Future Drought Fund Act 2019.
Date of text: 12 December 2019 (05 July 2024)
Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015.
Date of text: 25 November 2015 (01 March 2019)

Wild species and ecosystems

Nature Repair Act 2023 (No. 121, 2023).
Date of text: 14 December 2023
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Date of text: 16 July 1999 (28 March 2025)
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000.
Date of text: 12 July 2000 (07 December 2018)
Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 (No. 122, 2023).
Date of text: 14 December 2023
Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018.
Date of text: 24 August 2018 (14 October 2024)

Miscellaneous

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (No. 21, 1990).
Date of text: 17 January 1990 (01 July 2024)
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Act No. 125 of 1986).
Date of text: 06 December 1986 (10 November 2022)
Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
Date of text: 1974 (10 December 2024)
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 (No. 37, 2020).
Date of text: 09 April 2020
Export Control Act 2020 (No. 12, 2020).
Date of text: 06 March 2020 (07 December 2021)

International Agreements

Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union.
Date of text: 09 November 2023
Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea 2018.
Date of text: 06 March 2018
Agreement between the Government of Australia and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Date of text: 23 September 2011

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