Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024

The majority voted against amendments introduced by the Australian Greens party, which means they were not successful. The amendments related to a review of peacekeeping service status, nuclear test participants, definitions of warlike and non-warlike service and the National Service Act service.

Amendment text

SHEET 3285

(1) Schedule 1, page 21 (after line 6), after item 66, insert:

66A After Part 6 of Chapter 11

Insert:

Part 6A — Review

438A Review of meaning of warlike service

(1) The Minister must cause an independent review to be conducted into whether it is appropriate for the meaning of the expression warlike service in section 6 to include peacekeeping service, including in areas of high risk and local or regional instability.

(2) The review must make provision for public consultation.

(3) The review must start as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section.

(4) The persons who conduct the review must give the Minister a written report of the review within 6 months of the commencement of the review.

(5) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister.

SHEET 3021

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 5), omit the table item, substitute:

(2) Page 268 (after line 14), after Schedule 6, insert:

Schedule 6A — Nuclear test participants

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

1 Subparagraph 5(3A)(b)(iv)

Omit "; and".

2 At the end of paragraph 5(3A)(b)

Add:

; or (v) an officer or employee of a government body, or an authority, of South Australia acting in the course of the officer or employee's duties; and

Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000

Amendment (2)

Amendment (2) is framed as a request because it adds an additional class of persons who are eligible to be provided with Commonwealth-funded treatment under the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006.

As the effect of the amendment is to increase the number of individuals who would be eligible to be provided with Commonwealth-funded treatment, the amendment is likely to increase expenditure under the standing appropriation in section 49 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006.

Amendment (1)

Amendment (1) is consequential to amendment (2).

Statement by the Clerk of the Senate pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000

Amendment (2)

If the effect of the amendment is to increase expenditure under the standing appropriation in section 49 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 then it is in accordance with the precedents of the Senate that the amendment be moved as a request.

Amendment (1)

This amendment is consequential on the request. It is the practice of the Senate that an amendment that is consequential on an amendment framed as a request may also be framed as a request.

SHEET 3023

(1) Schedule 1, item 58, page 15 (lines 17 and 18), omit the item, substitute:

58 Paragraphs 6(1)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

(a) warlike service means service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined in writing by the Defence Minister to be warlike service for the purposes of this Act, or service that is National Service Act service; and

(b) non-warlike service means service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined in writing by the Defence Minister to be non-warlike service for the purposes of this Act; and

(2) Schedule 1, item 60, page 20 (after line 7), after section 6C, insert:

6D Meaning of National Service Act service

(1) A person has rendered National Service Act service if the person rendered service because of a notice under section 26 of the National Service Act 1951 in the period beginning on 24 November 1964 and ending on 5 December 1972.

(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies regardless of whether the service was undertaken outside Australia.

Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000

Amendment (1)

Amendment (1) is framed as a request because it adds an additional class of persons who are eligible to be provided with income support under Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

As the effect of the amendment is to increase the number of individuals who would be eligible to be provided with income support, the amendment is likely to increase expenditure under the standing appropriation in section 199 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Amendment (2)

Amendment (2) is consequential to amendment (1).

Statement by the Clerk of the Senate pursuant to the order of the Senate of 26 June 2000

Amendment (1)

If the effect of the amendment is to increase expenditure under the standing appropriation in section 199 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 then it is in accordance with the precedents of the Senate that the amendment be moved as a request.

Amendment (2)

This amendment is consequential on the request. It is the practice of the Senate that an amendment that is consequential on an amendment framed as a request may also be framed as a request.