Bill
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025
before parliament, as at 2025-09-04.
- Sponsor
- Barbara Pocock
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-09-04
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 2025-09-04.
The bill would stop companies that have acted unethically from winning Australian government contracts.
The Finance Minister would be required to make rules that exclude suppliers who have recent convictions, poor labour records or tax avoidance, or whose conduct harms public trust.
A public register of banned suppliers would be created as a transparency measure.
- The bill amends the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to add a new requirement that procurement contracts cannot be given to suppliers who have engaged in unethical conduct.
- It defines unethical conduct to include recent convictions, pecuniary penalties, poor labour practices, tax avoidance, or conduct harming the integrity of or confidence in the Commonwealth.
- It establishes a public register of excluded suppliers.
Potential suppliers and tenderers for Commonwealth government contracts, and the Finance Minister.
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