📊 Scope of Change

The Reform Roadmap shows in what order changes have to land. This page shows how much changes: which parts of the statute book move, and which levels of government are actually implicated.

Legislative footprint

Every proposed reform section lists the Acts, conventions, or instruments it touches under context.affects. Below, each of those 383 citations has been bucketed by instrument family, and the most-touched instruments are ranked. Classification is heuristic -- entries that don't match a cleaner bucket fall into “Other”.

Constitution

Commonwealth Constitution provisions

Cth Act

200

Federal (Commonwealth) statutes

State / Territory

State or territory legislation

Regulation

Subordinate instruments, codes, schemes

Convention

Westminster conventions, standing orders

Treaty

International treaties and protocols

Other

Frameworks and uncategorised items

Most-touched instruments

All 224 instruments touched

Constitution 1

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 48

Cth Act 100

A New Tax System Act 1999 (Cth) 7
Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth) 1
Air Navigation Act 1920 (Cth) 1
Airports Act 1996 (Cth) 1
Auditor-General Act 1997 (Cth) 1
Australian Border Force Act 2015 (Cth) 2
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) 1
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) 2
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Act 2006 (Cth) 1
Australian Curriculum 3
Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth) 2
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) 1
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (Cth) 1
Australian Research Council Act 2001 (Cth) 1
Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth) 1
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) 3
Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 (Cth) 5
Child Support Act 1989 (Cth) 1
Climate Change Act 2022 (Cth) 3
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 4
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) 2
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973 (Cth) 1
Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017 1
Commonwealth Procurement Rules 1
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) 2
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) 6
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) 3
Customs Act 1901 (Cth) 1
Defence Act 1903 (Cth) 6
Defence Reserve Service Act 2001 (Cth) 1
Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 (Cth) 2
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) 2
Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) 2
Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Cth) 1
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) 7
Espionage and Foreign Interference Act 2018 (Cth) 1
Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) 1
Excise Tariff Act 1921 (Cth) 2
Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) 15
Fair Work Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Cth) 1
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) 1
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) 1
Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Cth) 1
Financial Framework Act 1997 (Cth) 1
Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Cth) 1
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) 5
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018 (Cth) 3
Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) 3
Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth) 2
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) 6
Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) 1
Indigenous Advancement Strategy (Cth) 1
Industry Research and Development Act 1986 (Cth) 1
Infrastructure Australia Act 2008 (Cth) 1
Intelligence Services Act 2001 (Cth) 1
Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth) 1
Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (Cth) 1
Legal Aid Commission Act 1977 (Cth) 1
Legislation Act 2003 (Cth) 3
Members of Parliament Act 1984 (Cth) 1
Migration Act 1958 (Cth) 4
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) 1
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cth) 1
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Act 2014 (Cth) 1
National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (Cth) 1
National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 (Cth) 1
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth) 3
National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 (Cth) 1
National Health Act 1953 (Cth) 1
National Land Transport Act 2014 (Cth) 1
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) 1
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016 (Cth) 1
Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) 2
Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 (Cth) 1
Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (Cth) 1
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 (Cth) 1
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) 1
Private Health Insurance Act 2007 (Cth) 2
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) 1
Productivity Commission Act 1998 (Cth) 1
Public Health Act 2023 (Cth) 1
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) 1
Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) 2
Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth) 1
Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (Cth) 1
Renewable Energy Act 2000 (Cth) 2
Reserve Bank Act 1959 (Cth) 1
Safety 1
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) 1
Social Security Act 1991 (Cth) 5
Social Security Act 1999 (Cth) 2
Superannuation Guarantee Act 1992 (Cth) 1
Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth) 1
Telecommunications Act 1979 (Cth) 3
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) 3
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth) 1
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) 3
Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (Cth) 1
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) 1
Water Act 2007 (Cth) 1

State / Territory 57

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 (Cth) 1
Anti-Discrimination Acts 1
Casino Control Act 1984 1
Casino Control Act 1991 1
Casino Control Act 1992 1
Coroners Act 1
Corrections Act 1986 1
Corrective Services Act 2006 and equivalent state and territory corrections acts 1
Crimes Act 1999 1
Customary law references in sentencing 1
Education Acts 1
Education curriculum frameworks 1
Firearms Acts 1
Gambling Regulation Act 2003 1
Gaming Machines Act 2001 1
Local Government Acts 2
National Health Reform Agreement 1
Planning and zoning legislation 1
State and territory education acts 1
State and territory electoral Acts 1
State and territory hate-speech and public-order statutes 1
State and territory health facility licensing legislation 1
State and territory human rights charters 1
State and territory land rights legislation 1
State and territory occupational licensing legislation 1
State and territory planning acts 1
State and territory planning acts ) 1
State and territory remote service delivery frameworks 1
State and territory sentencing acts and parole legislation 1
State anti-consorting and declared-organisation statutes Act 2012 1
State climate and environment legislation 1
State constitutions 1
State court procedure acts 1
State criminal codes 1
State criminal procedure Acts 1
State education acts and teacher registration legislation 1
State electoral funding legislation ) 1
State electoral legislation 1
State emergency management acts 1
State environmental assessment legislation ) 1
State fire management and invasive species legislation 1
State forestry and mining legislation 1
State gambling-tax statutes 2
State home education registration requirements 1
State land acquisition and compulsory acquisition Acts 1
State mining royalty legislation ) 1
State national parks and wildlife legislation 1
State police acts ) 1
State port authority legislation and lease agreements 1
State road and rail authority legislation 1
State stamp duty and payroll tax legislation 2
State stamp duty legislation 1
State tobacco licensing Acts 1
State vegetation management and biodiversity legislation 1
State victims' rights and compensation legislation 1
State wildlife protection and environmental legislation 1
Torrens title registration systems 1

Regulation 3

Customs Regulations 1956 1
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 1
Lobbying Code of Conduct 2

Convention 6

Governor-General's reserve powers and Letters Patent 1
Parliamentary standing orders 1
Senate Standing Orders 1
Statement of Ministerial Standards 1
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 1
Westminster conventions on ministerial responsibility 1

Treaty 3

1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol 1
ANZUS Treaty 1951 1
Paris Agreement commitments 1

Other 54

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission legacy frameworks 1
ACCC telecommunications access regime 1
Acts establishing individual statutory bodies 1
Administrative Decisions Act 1977 1
All statutory rights frameworks 1
Annual Appropriation Acts 1
AUKUS framework 1
Australia Act 1986 3
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 1
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 1
Australian Industry Participation plans 1
Australian Space Agency 1
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 1
Closing the Gap National Agreement 2
Common-law and statutory defamation frameworks 1
Common-law nuisance and trespass 1
Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 / ACMA powers framework 1
Criminal Code Act 1995 1
Education curricula 1
Employment Services framework 1
Enabling statutes for independent agencies 1
EPBC Act interactions with Indigenous Protected Areas 1
Fair Work Commission 1
Fair Work Commission annual minimum wage review 1
Family Law Act 1975 1
Fuel excise and road-user charging 1
Government communications and advertising policy 1
High Court interpretive jurisprudence 1
Indigenous Languages and Arts program 1
Infrastructure Investment Program 1
International treaties and multilateral agreements 1
Judiciary Act 1903 2
Legislation Act 2003 1
Local government zoning instruments 1
Multicultural access and equity policy frameworks 1
National Emergency Management Agency programs 1
National Firearms Agreement 1996 1
National Indigenous Australians Agency establishing legislation 1
Online Safety Act 2021 1
Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 1
Privacy Act 1988 1
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 1
Productivity Commission inquiry recommendations on workplace relations 1
Public Governance 5
Public Service Act 1999 2
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 3
Religious Discrimination Act framework 1
Royal prerogative 1
Safeguard Mechanism 1
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation 1
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 2
Small Business Fair Dismissal Code 1
Sovereign Australian Resources Fund 1
Treaties Committee and Joint Standing Committee on Treaties 1

Where does the work land?

Each cell counts the number of sections in that topic whose government_levels include that level. Darker cells mean the level is implicated more often.

Topic

Federal

State

Local

Intergovernmental

Foundational Values 6 6 3

Individual Rights 7 7 2 1

Digital Rights & Media 4

Indigenous Affairs & Equality 4 4 1 1

Rule of Law 5 3 1

Government Structure 6 3 1

Public Integrity 9 5