Migration Amendment Bill 2024, Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024, Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024

Andrew McLachlan

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by Senator Thorpe on sheet 2500. The question is that the amendment on sheet 2500 be agreed to.

_Senator Thorpe's amendment__in respect of the_ Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Omit all words after "That", substitute "the bill be withdrawn and the Senate notes that the bill:

(a) raises significant human rights concerns, including breaking Australia's human rights obligations as a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol to adhere to international standards in the protection of asylum seekers and refugees;

(b) was not subject to a proper consultation process, with key stakeholders and experts from lived experience refugee communities not consulted;

(c) criminalises refugees rather than looking at long-term strategies and solutions to address the underlying structural causes; and

(d) gives the Government power to impose punitive measures on countries, which could erode diplomatic ties and weakens Australia's foreign policy relations and stability globally".

Question negatived.

David Pocock

by leave—I withdraw the amendment on sheet 2495.

Andrew McLachlan

The question is that Senator David Pocock's second reading amendment on sheet 3168 be agreed to.

Senator David Pocock's amendment in respect of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that:

(a) the separation of powers established by the Australian Constitution is fundamental to the protection of Australia's democracy, and

(b) the executive government cannot exercise Chapter III judicial power, including to impose punishment".