Bill
Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026
passed, as at 2026-09-15. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-08-11
- other — 2026-08-11
- second reading — 2026-08-12
- second reading — 2026-08-12
- other — 2026-08-13
- third reading — 2026-08-13
- introduced — 2026-08-17
- second reading — 2026-08-17
- second reading — 2026-09-10
- second reading — 2026-09-10
- third reading — 2026-09-10
- passed — 2026-09-10
- royal assent — 2026-09-15
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 2026-07-01.
This bill would change the Biosecurity Act 2015 to make biosecurity operations more efficient and effective.
It would require travellers to provide biosecurity information at set times and in set ways, such as through the digital Australia Travel Declaration, and would require a Notice of Intention before certain decisions on approved arrangements.
The obligation for travellers mirrors the existing power in section 196 of the Act to require information from those entering Australia by aircraft or vessel.
- Require travellers to provide biosecurity information or documents at prescribed times and in prescribed manners.
- Require a Notice of Intention before refusing an application for approving or varying an approved arrangement under Chapter 7 of the Act.
- Remove the term 'relevant information' from section 568 of the Act.
Travellers entering Australia by aircraft or vessel, and biosecurity industry participants seeking approved arrangements.
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