Bill

Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2024

lapsed, as at 2025-03-28.

Recorded stages

No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.

Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-11-18.

This bill would tighten the rules around lobbying federal politicians and officials.

It would widen the register of lobbyists to cover more types of lobbyists, require them to report their meetings, and ban unregistered lobbying.

Former ministers and senior officials would have to wait three years before lobbying, and ministers' diaries would be made public.

The bill would expand the Register of Lobbyists to include professional lobbyists, service firms, and in-house lobbyists.
It would make it an offence for unregistered professional lobbyists to lobby government representatives.
It would require lobbyists to file quarterly reports of their meetings with MPs and senior advisers.
It would force disclosure of ownership details and, with some exceptions, the names of third-party clients.
It would restrict gifts and hospitality from lobbyists to government representatives.
It would ban lobbying where a close relationship with the official could create a sense of obligation.

Professional lobbyists, in-house lobbyists, former ministers, senior officials, and government representatives.

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