Bill
Wine and Other Legislation Amendment 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
- other — 2026-08-11
- second reading — 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 wine industry laws to put into action the government's response to a review of wine and grape regulations.
It would give the wine industry body new powers to run surveys, set up rules for handling information, and make clear the law's goals include supporting consumer protection rules and a planned code for wine grape buying.
The bill would also let an agricultural research agency share contact details of levy payers with a mailing company to send out survey materials, while keeping privacy safeguards.
- It would let the wine industry body organise surveys of grape or wine producers.
- It would create a modern framework for managing information, with protections for sensitive data.
- It would update the purposes of the wine law to mention supporting consumer protection and a proposed code of conduct.
- It would allow the agricultural research agency to use and share levy information, including personal details, for its work.
- It would make small fixes to the rule-making power of the department's secretary.
The wine and grape industry, levy payers, and the agricultural research agency are affected.
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