Migration Amendment (Restoring Medevac) Bill 2025

Stage by Stage

Summaries in reported speech - not a transcript. In date order, both chambers.

1. Wednesday 12 February 2025 · Senate

   First Reading
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2. Wednesday 12 February 2025 · Senate

   Second Reading

   Senator David Shoebridge moved the second reading of the bill, which aims to restore medical evacuation provisions for asylum seekers held in offshore detention. He argued that the legislation would replicate the 2019 framework that allowed individuals assessed by doctors as requiring urgent care to be transferred to Australia. Shoebridge highlighted the inadequate medical conditions in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, citing reports of severe illness and a condition known as Resignation Syndrome among children. He urged the government to support the bill to address Australia's legal and moral responsibilities, noting that the debate was adjourned with leave granted for further remarks.

   Outcome: The debate was adjourned with leave granted for the senator to continue remarks later.

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