Lobbyists hoping to sway federal politicians will feature on a public register for the first time and won't be able to freely visit Parliament House out-of-hours or on weekends.
Long-awaited reforms of passholders access to Canberra's Parliament House were issued on Thursday, following campaigning by independent MPs.
Under current rules, those hoping to freely visit and walk parliament's halls can do so if an elected representative sponsors their pass, granting them access unafforded to the general public.
Until this week's reforms, which take effect on July 1, it was unclear who or how many people were the beneficiary of that golden ticket: the orange lobbyist pass.
The changes include a new public quarterly register showing each lobbyist, their parliamentary sponsors, as well as asking them to pay an as-yet unspecified fee.
