Senate debates

Monday, 1 August 2022

Bills

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022; In Committee

7:33 pm

Photo of Janet RiceJanet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Now that it's after 7.30, I move my amendment regarding the immunity from prosecution:

(1) Schedule 9, items 3 and 4, page 140 (line 13) to page 141 (line 11), to be opposed.

To recap, I didn't receive any good rationale as to why there should be immunity from prosecution for restrictive practices after they've gone through all of the various hoops. Yes, let's make sure that the provisions are appropriate, but at the end of the day there does not seem to be any justification for giving immunity from prosecution to providers for those circumstances. My amendment would remove the second half of schedule 9.

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