Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Geelong Treaty Implementation) Bill 2025
passed, as at 2025-12-04. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-10-30
- second reading — 2025-10-30
- second reading — 2025-11-04
- other — 2025-11-04
- second reading — 2025-11-05
- second reading — 2025-11-05
- other — 2025-11-05
- third reading — 2025-11-05
- introduced — 2025-11-06
- second reading — 2025-11-06
- second reading — 2025-11-26
- second reading — 2025-11-27
- third reading — 2025-11-27
- passed — 2025-11-27
- royal assent — 2025-12-04
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-10-30.
This bill changes the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to remove customs duties on goods brought in under the Geelong Treaty, a nuclear submarine partnership agreement with the United Kingdom signed on 26 July 2025.
It adds a new concessional item to Schedule 4 of the Act, setting a 'Free' duty rate for goods used under the treaty, which helps Australia meet its treaty obligations to avoid certain taxes and charges.
The duty waiver starts on the later of the day after the bill receives Royal Assent or the day the treaty enters into force, and applies only to goods not yet cleared through customs with duties calculated at that time.
- Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to implement a customs duty waiver for goods imported under the Geelong Treaty.
- Inserts a new concessional item 58A into Schedule 4, prescribing a free rate of duty for goods used under the treaty.
- Sets the waiver to take effect on the later of the day after Royal Assent or the treaty's entry into force.
Importers of goods used under the Geelong Treaty, which involves the Australian and United Kingdom governments.
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