The Government combined the reviews of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 and the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No.2) Act 2024 for simplicity into a single review, the Closing Loopholes Review.

The review also further considered the effectiveness of the paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement legislated in the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Act 2022, as committed to in the Australian Government response to the 2024 independent review of that Act.

The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, appointed Ms Susan Booth to conduct the review.

The review's final report was tabled in Parliament on 20 August 2026. The final report is available at Review of the Closing Loopholes Acts.

The review considered:

• whether the operation of the amendments is appropriate and effective

• any unintended consequences of the amendments

• whether further amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, or any other legislation are necessary to improve the operation of the amendments to rectify any unintended consequences that are identified.

The review also considered relevant qualitative and quantitative research.

Submissions to the review

Submissions to the review have now closed.

Initial public submissions opened on 18 December 2025 and closed on 3 March 2026.

A draft report was published for stakeholder comment from 18 to 29 May 2026. Stakeholder submissions on the draft report have been published here.