Parliament will sit in February to consider the Government’s remaining proposals, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday.
The Senate rushed to pass 36 bills yesterday, Parliament’s last sitting day of the year.
"We've implemented reforms to make a difference, whether it's in housing and rental assistance, whether it's childcare support, cheaper medicines, energy bill relief, tax cuts for every taxpayer, fixing up single parenting payment,” Albanese said.
“We understand that there is more to do.”
Legislation passed in the Senate yesterday included a social media ban for children under 16, and a set of immigration bills that would impose criminal penalties on non-citizens who resist deportation.
Albanese did not give an expected election date, but he told the ABC’s 7.30 that the Senate will consider production tax credits for resources like green hydrogen in February.
The legislation is part of the Government’s Future Made in Australia plan, announced earlier this month, which would invest A$22.7 billion over the next decade into renewable energy.
Albanese also said new environmental laws would be reconsidered in the Senate in February after negotiations collapsed yesterday. “We negotiated through and we did not have a majority in the Senate to support that legislation,” Albanese said.
The Bill would establish agencies to regulate compliance with environmental laws and compile environmental data.