Matt Keogh (Burt, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I present a supplementary explanation to the bill. I move the government amendment as circulated:

(1) Schedule 1, item 44, page 18 (lines 10 to 20), omit the item.

The amendment circulated is to remove item 44 of schedule 1, which is part 8 of the schedule from the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2025. This item would provide a specific power for the Repatriation Commission to give notice to the Chief of the Defence Force of claims, decisions and treatment as part of non-liability health care for serving members under section 284A of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004. These notifications already occur along with notifications of other types of determinations, but non-liability health care provides fully funded treatment for cancer, mental health conditions and pulmonary tuberculosis without the need to establish that these conditions were caused by service. We have determined that it's appropriate at this time to remove this item, and we will consider the best approach for any notifications in relation to non-liability health care between the Repatriation Commission and the Chief of the Defence Force in the future. I thank the interim shadow veterans' affairs minister for his engagement on this matter.

Question agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

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