Bill
Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Bill 2026
passed, as at 2026-09-18. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-06-25
- second reading — 2026-06-25
- other — 2026-06-30
- second reading — 2026-06-30
- second reading — 2026-06-30
- other — 2026-07-01
- third reading — 2026-07-01
- introduced — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-09-07
- second reading — 2026-09-14
- second reading — 2026-09-14
- third reading — 2026-09-14
- passed — 2026-09-14
- royal assent — 2026-09-18
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 2026-06-25.
This bill updates the law that protects commercial rights tied to major sporting events in Australia.
It would let event organisers be recognised through a government instrument rather than a new Act each time, with rules set for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The bill also sets out what an event must meet to gain protection and how long that protection lasts, and it removes schedules for past events.
- The bill replaces the schedule-based recognition model with an instruments-based approach.
- The bill introduces requirements for an event to be recognised and limits the protection period.
- The bill allows for events to be added and removed by legislative instrument.
- The bill repeals schedules for historical events.
Organisers of major sporting events in Australia, particularly those of international significance, and the government bodies that recognise them.
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