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Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

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Parliamentary Progress

Origin: House of Representatives

IntroducedFirst ReadingSecond ReadingCommitteePassed HousePassed SenatePassed BothRoyal Assent

Plain English Summary

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This Bill amends the Corporations Act and related laws to fund and authorize targeted stabilization and incremental modernization of ASIC’s separate legacy registries rather than migrating to a single national platform. ASIC keeps operational control; federal funds pay remediation while existing user fees and separate portals remain. The change reduces execution and rollout risk but forgoes the productivity and simplification benefits of a unified register.

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Document excerpt 1

Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026

Source: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7480

Parliamentary progress

Progress

House of Representatives

Introduced and read a first time

14 May 2026

Second reading moved

14 May 2026

Notes

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

All second reading speeches

Minister's second reading speech

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present Notes

Referred to Committee (14/05/2026): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Report due 17/06/2026

Official APH document links

First reading: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr7480_first-reps%2F0000%22;rec=0
Explanatory memorandum: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr7480_ems_3df32127-b595-4b84-b504-6f812a359a06%22
All second reading speeches: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result/Second_Reading_Speeches?BillId=r7480
Minister's second reading speech: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F29156%2F0025%22
Report due 17/06/2026: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/TLABBusinessRegistries

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.