Where did the money go in August 2026? The largest grant agreements that started that month:

$150m · Australian Rail Track Corporation
$58.3m · Critical Metals for Critical Industries CRC…
$40.7m · Australian Associated Press Ltd

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This exposure draft would rewrite Part 2 of the Online Safety Act 2021 to impose a digital duty of care: anyone who provides or controls an…

Draft released 8 Sep 2026; not introduced.

Digital Duty of Care Bill 2026 (exposure draft)

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$9.5m grant for the design and construction of four new parks for Fairfield, with inclusive, age-appropriate equipment…

Recipient: Fairfield City Council. Agreement from 30 Jul 2026 (award value, not payments).

No open round: closed, non-competitive.

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This bill strengthens how the social media minimum age framework is enforced.

Passed 11 Sep 2026.

Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media…

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Andrew Wilkie: 672 speeches in the Opax record.

Top topic labels: Tax & budget 14%; Climate & environment 13%.

Shares of labelled speeches; labels overlap.

Records: 2010–2026.

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Housing: 19,369 collected speeches from 1,292 speakers.

Most in a completed year: 2,843 in 2025. Coverage varies.

Decades of affordability promises, negative gearing fights and supply debates.

Explore what parliament said:

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$10,000,000 grant award: The project will deliver the redevelopment of the Kogarah War Memorial Pool, commonly known as the Carss Park Pool. Works…

Start: 26 Aug 2026. Award value, not payments.

Office of Sport

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This bill would require providers of covered advanced AI systems to maintain ways to restrict, suspend or shut them down.

Introduced 7 Sep 2026; before parliament.

AI Kill Switch and Data Centre Control Bill 2026

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