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Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2)

16 September 2026

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Senators debate the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2023, canvassing Royal Commission findings, the government’s partial backdown on the $5,000 cap, cross‑party and crossbench attacks on budget‑driven limits to care, and culminating in successful second and third readings to legislatively ban caps on service‑related veterans’ healthcare.

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Veterans’ allied health cap — Lambie bill passage

11:22

Private Senators’ Bills opened — veterans’ healthcare cap

11:22

Government response — scrapping $5,000 allied health threshold

17:42

Opposition attacks veterans’ cap and urges support for Lambie bill

20:43

Crossbench rallies for uncapped veterans’ care and criticises budget savings

31:06

Further support for no caps and move to vote on Lambie bill

45:51

Lambie bill passes — veterans’ healthcare without caps

01:04:15

Royal Commissions follow‑up — aged care data and Defence discipline reform

01:20:52

Minister ordered to attend — aged care home care waiting list deaths

01:20:52

Defence Force Discipline Amendment Bill No.1 — Royal Commission justice reforms

01:33:23

Committee membership and bill referral — AI inquiry and Red Lines package

02:24:29

Ballot for Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence — crossbench seat

02:24:29

Selection of Bills report and Red Lines Package referral dispute

02:45:11

Formal business, divisions and select committee motions

03:08:21

Defence and veteran Royal Commission implementation — support measures and discipline bill

03:27:42

Defence Legislation Amendment Bill No.2 — implementing Royal Commission support measures

03:27:42

Defence Force Discipline Bill No.1 — committee amendments and passage

04:10:06

Late‑session legislation and senators’ policy statements

04:25:32

Fast‑tracked passage of Knox Class Action and Universities Accord bills

04:25:32

Two‑minute statements — agriculture, social policy, environment, tax and integrity

04:43:22

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Senate Chamber (part 1 of 2)

16 September 2026

Senate Wed, 16 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

11:22 - 11:25

Speaker 2

And I'm calling the clerk again.

11:25 - 11:49

Speaker 4

Private Senators' Bills. Order of the day number 78. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2023, resumption of second reading debate.

11:49 - 11:51

Speaker 1

Senator Lambie.

11:51 - 12:18

Speaker 7

Thank you, Deputy President. On budget night this year, Australian veterans found out that the Minister of Veterans' Affairs had decided to cap allied health services. I was alarmed. So alarmed that I put out a media release, which pointed out that capping care for veterans flies in the face of the recommendations by the Royal Commissioners. Recommendations that access to timely healthcare supports was key to getting the veteran suicide numbers down.

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