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15 Oct 2026 · 1:38 PM · Division 13

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures) Bill 2026

Limitation of DebateAmendment

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Official title
Bills — Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate

Jacqui Lambie Network amendments defeated

Aye
11
No
35
Not recorded voting
30

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

No plain-English summary has been written for this division yet. The result above is read from the question recorded in the chamber, shown below.

Text recorded with this division

Sue Lines

I will now deal with amendments circulated by the Jacqui Lambie Network. The question is that the amendments on sheets 4181 and 4182 be agreed to.

Jacqui Lambie Network's circulated amendments—

SHEET 4181

(1) Schedule 1, item 15, page 7 (lines 22 to 28), omit subsection 361B(5), substitute:

(5) In performing the functions mentioned in subsection (1), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner may consult with any person or body the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner considers appropriate.

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SHEET 4182

(1) Schedule 1, item 15, page 10 (lines 17 to 28), omit section 361F, substitute:

361F Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner may require information or documents from persons

(1) If the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner reasonably believes that a person has information or documents relevant to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner's functions, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner may, by written notice, require the person to give the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner any such information or documents (or copies of any such documents).

(2) The notice must:

(a) be signed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner; and

(b) be served on the person required to give the information or documents; and

(c) specify the period within which the person must comply with the notice.

(3) A time specified in a notice must be at least 14 days after the notice is served on the person.

Offence failure to comply with notice

(4) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person is served with a notice under subsection (1) to give information or a document, specified in the notice; and

(b) the person fails to comply with the notice.

Penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

Reasonable excuse

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
11
No
35
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party024
Australian Greens80
Liberal Party05
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
Australia's Voice10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Senate President01
United Australia Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 11

No · 35

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