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Senate Chamber

16 September 2026

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The Senate resumes with Senator Lambie’s Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veteran's Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2023, hears cross‑party arguments on removing and permanently banning monetary caps on veterans’ allied health care, and then moves procedurally to close debate and pass the bill through its remaining stages.

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Veterans’ healthcare bill — context, debate and passage

10:40

Senate opens — Lambie bill and policy context

10:40

Senate sitting opens and bill introduced

10:40

Opening of sitting and Veterans’ bill listed

10:40

Lambie — criticism of allied health caps

11:51

Lambie — bill provisions to ban treatment caps

14:13

Government position on Royal Commission response and caps

17:42

McAllister — government reforms and Royal Commission response

17:42

Government — fee increase retained, cap withdrawn

19:32

Cross‑party debate — banning veterans’ allied health caps

20:42

Cash — opposition to veterans’ allied health caps

20:42

Cash — principle of no treatment caps

20:42

Cash — government backflip and minister’s conduct

24:14

Cash — pattern of retreats on veterans’ issues

27:42

Cadell and Shoebridge — legislate to prevent future caps

31:08

Cadell — call to legislate against future caps

31:08

Shoebridge — veterans’ campaign forces scrap of cap

35:40

Shoebridge — budget motives and ‘unintended consequences’ criticism

39:15

Senate debate — veterans’ allied health cap and Lambie bill

42:56

Chair’s intervention and Shoebridge defends strong language

42:56

Pocock — Canberra roundtable and veterans’ stress

45:52

Pocock — budget wording shows real cap

48:40

Roberts — support for bill and criticism of cap design

51:15

Collins — pattern of Labor decisions affecting veterans

57:50

Procedural closure and passage of veterans’ healthcare bill

01:04:15

Veterans’ healthcare bill — closure and second reading division

01:04:15

Procedural move to close debate and call division

01:04:15

Second reading division passed and bill title read

01:09:22

Veterans’ healthcare bill — third reading and final passage

01:13:20

Third reading motion, division and final passage

01:13:20

Aged care home‑care waiting list deaths — data and accountability

01:20:52

Aged care home‑care mortality data dispute

01:20:52

Aged care home‑care waitlists and mortality data dispute

01:20:52

Minister McAllister — delay in aged care mortality data

01:20:52

Ruston — failure to comply with order on aged‑care deaths

01:22:49

Ruston — family case study and allegation of data cover‑up

01:25:53

Allman‑Payne — criticism of waiting lists, deaths and IAT design

01:28:04

Defence discipline bill — government, crossbench and Coalition positions

01:33:03

Defence discipline bill — government case and crossbench concerns

01:33:03

Senate — bill called and government case

01:33:03

Senate — take‑note motion agreed and Defence discipline bill called on

01:33:03

Paterson — coalition support and bill schedules

01:37:13

Greens and One Nation — support and justice reform concerns

01:44:14

Shoebridge — Greens backing on Royal Commission sexual misconduct reforms

01:44:14

Roberts — support for bill and case of alleged justice weaponisation

01:50:25

Roberts — call for deeper reforms and accountability

01:58:24

Coalition senators — support, Royal Commission context and implementation limits

02:03:33

Collins — coalition position on Defence discipline bill

02:03:33

Collins — coalition support and Royal Commission context

02:03:33

Collins — coalition backs bill, flags civilian investigators concern

02:08:42

Blyth — Royal Commission context, reforms and coalition concerns

02:10:55

Blyth — support for bill and Royal Commission framework

02:10:55

Blyth — Royal Commission findings, obligations and prior reforms

02:13:42

Blyth — concerns on scope, medical records and implementation

02:18:11

Blyth — criticism of veterans’ allied health cap and closing support

02:22:03

Senate procedures — AI committee seat and business management

02:24:09

Senate ballot — crossbench AI committee seat

02:24:09

Senate ballot — crossbench seat on AI committee

02:24:09

President Lines — initiation of AI committee ballot

02:24:09

Shoebridge and Pocock — one‑minute candidate statements

02:30:57

Ballot concluded — Pocock elected to AI committee

02:34:25

Senate procedural management and bill referrals

02:45:10

Selection of Bills — Red Lines package referral dispute

02:45:10

Selection of Bills report and bid to exclude Red Lines bill

02:45:10

Greens challenge deal to block Red Lines inquiry

02:46:19

Pocock — support for Red Lines and international obligations

02:52:49

Allman‑Payne — community voices shut out on Gaza‑related bills

02:56:19

Division on McKim amendment and adoption of Selection of Bills report

02:59:21

Senate business management and select committee motions

03:07:59

Rearrangement and postponement of general business items

03:07:59

Divisions on Business of the Senate notices 2 and 3

03:08:48

Kovacic select committee proposal defeated at 12:15 hard marker

03:20:51

Senate proceedings on defence, NDIS, universities and sectoral issues

03:25:55

Triple-zero inquiry extension and RCDVS Bill introduction

03:25:55

Government business — inquiry extension and bill commencement

03:25:55

Hanson‑Young — extension of triple‑zero inquiry reporting date

03:25:55

Shoebridge — Greens support and focus on families

03:27:08

Coalition — overall support, data sharing and family protections

03:32:03

Coalition — backing bill, stressing data sharing safeguards

03:32:03

Coalition — support for families, integrity standards and oversight

03:38:26

Coalition detailed stance and Royal Commission–LGBTQIA+ context

03:43:13

Coalition detailed position — Schedules 1–5 and safeguards

03:43:13

Coalition response — information sharing and health governance

03:43:13

Coalition — defence families, serious offenders and DVSC oversight

03:50:22

Royal Commission reforms and LGBTQIA+ apology

03:54:53

Greens — LGBTQIA+ ADF discrimination, apology and redress

03:54:53

Minister McAllister — Royal Commission implementation and LGBTQIA+ apology

04:04:02

Senate legislative proceedings on defence, NDIS and universities

04:09:02

Defence RCDVS bills — debate and passage

04:09:02

Passage of Bill No. 2 and commencement of Bill No. 1

04:09:02

Defence discipline bill — committee stage and opposition amendments

04:13:03

Ministerial directions safeguards and final passage of Defence bill

04:22:27

Senate procedural agreement on NDIS and Universities bills

04:25:30

NDIS Class Action Facilitation Bill — swift second and third readings

04:25:30

Universities Accord bill — second reading and Greens crossbench amendments defeated

04:26:37

Senators’ short interventions on sectoral policy issues

04:43:22

Senators’ brief policy statements across key sectors

04:43:22

Two‑minute statements — farmgate bargaining, Parent Pathways, offshore decommissioning, trust tax and freight panel

04:43:22

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Senate Chamber

16 September 2026

Senate Thu, 17 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

10:40 - 11:12

Speaker 4

...influence of that glory and to the true welfare of the people of Australia. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

11:12 - 11:14

Speaker 1

I call the Clerk.

11:14 - 11:22

Speaker 2

President, I table documents pursuant to statute as listed on the dynamic red.

11:21 - 11:24

Speaker 3

And I'm calling the clerk again.

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