Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019

The majority voted in favour of passing the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a third time. Because the bill had already been passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law.

What does this bill do?

According to the bills digest:

The purpose of the Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 (the Bill) is to amend the Migration Act 1958 to repeal the provisions inserted by Schedule 6 of the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019. These provisions (commonly referred to as the medical transfer, or medevac, provisions) established a framework for the transfer of transitory persons from regional processing countries to Australia for the purpose of medical treatment or assessment. The Bill also amends the Migration Act to allow for the removal of people brought to Australia under the medical transfer provisions back to a regional processing country once they no longer need to be in Australia.