Published Impact Analyses

Announcement date
6 November 2025

Link to announcement 
Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025 – Parliament of Australia

Problem being addressed
In the National Cultural Policy, Revive the Australian Government reiterates the 2022 and 2025 election commitment to introduce requirements for Australian screen content on streaming services to ensure continued access to local stories and content. Although subscription video on demand (SVOD) services is currently investing in Australian content, there is no guarantee this level of investment will be maintained. 

Announcement date 

17 October 2025 

Link to announcement  

https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L01251/asmade/text  

Problem being addressed

Announcement date
18 September 2025

Link to announcement 
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Regulations 2025
Loans Securities Regulations 2025

Problem being addressed
The Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Regulation 2015 and Loans Securities Regulation 2015 (‘the Instruments’), as per the Legislation Act 2003, have been scheduled to sunset on 1 October 2025.

Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Regulation 2015

Announcement date
2 September 2025

Link to announcement 
https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L01032/asmade/text

Link to announcement

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Subsidy and Other Measures) Instrument 2025 - Federal Register of Legislation

Problem being addressed

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Final Report (Royal Commission) found that staffing levels in residential aged care were inadequate to support quality care to older people, and recommended that government adopt minimum care time requirements to ensure consistent and adequate staffing across all aged care homes. 

In October 2023, the Australian Government introduced mandatory care minutes requirements and substantially increased funding to aged care providers to fund them to increase their staffing to meet these requirements. 

Announcement date

4 September 2025

Link to announcement 

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025

Problem being addressed

Income apportionment was a long-standing practice, dating back to the early 1990s, adopted to calculate social security debts for some people who earned employment income and received a social security payment. Use of the practice ceased in December 2020, when legislative changes made assessing employment income much simpler.

The historical use of income apportionment is now understood to be generally unlawful.

Announcement date
22 August 2025

Link to announcement 
ACECQA child safety report makes 16 recommendations 

On 20 August 2025, the Minister for Social Services announced that the Australian Government would start to increase deeming rates from their relatively low levels introduced during COVID-19 to levels that more accurately reflect the returns pensioners and other payment recipients can reasonably access on their financial assets. From 20 September 2025, a deeming rate of 0.75% will apply to financial assets under $64,200 for singles and $106,200 for couples combined. Assets over this amount will be deemed at a rate of 2.75%.

Announcement date    
25 August 2025

Link to announcement 
https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00984/latest/text

Problem being addressed
Home ownership rates have been falling in Australia over recent decades. Between 1994 and 2021, rates of home ownership declined from 71.4 per cent to 66.3 per cent. The ratio of housing prices to household disposable incomes has increased substantially in Australia over recent decades. The ‘deposit hurdle’ – the challenge of accumulating a sufficiently-sized deposit to purchase a home – has grown significantly. A broad range of households, particularly younger cohorts, face challenges in saving a deposit.

Announcement date

The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Board approved Proposal P1055 - Definitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques on 4 June 2025 and on 25 July 2025 at the Food Ministers’ Meeting, Ministers agreed to not seek a review.  

Link to announcement 

The announcement can be found in the communiqué of outcomes from the Food Ministers' Meeting held on 25 July 2025. The approval report and supporting document can be found on the FSANZ web page for Proposal P1055.