Division
Rebecca White I move: That the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting. Dan Tehan I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "the second reading be considered immediately". On the last sitting day prior to the winter recess, the Senate sent a clear message about putting older Australians first, and it's now time the House of Representatives do the same. The bill that is the subject of the motion is about one fundamental matter: ensuring that humans, not computers, make decisions when it comes to our elderly. This is critically important because elderly Australians are deeply concerned at the moment with the way that the aged-care system is treating them. They do not want a faceless algorithm determining their outcomes when it comes to aged care. They want this matter addressed immediately because, if it isn't, what we're going to see is more and more perverse outcomes for elderly Australians. We're also going to see backlog after backlog after backlog, because people will seek review after review after review of the decisions that these algorithms are making. I have to make the point that those opposite, who are now in government, made a huge fuss about anything being automated when they were in opposition, yet here they are, using algorithms to determine outcomes for our elderly. We say enough is enough, and we would like to bring the debate and the discussion on so that we can make sure that this is fixed. If this bill can pass the parliament today, if this bill is considered immediately, then we will be able to address this issue, and we will go a small way to add in some sort of comfort to elderly Australians. There are still a lot of issues under which elderly Australians are buckling because of this government, but this is one thing that we could address. That is why we want to see this brought on and why we think it is critical that it is brought on. I'll look forward to hearing from
House of Representatives, 2026-08-11. negative: ayes 42, noes 87.
Question
Rebecca White I move: That the second reading be made an order of the day for the next sitting. Dan Tehan I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "the second reading be considered immediately". On the last sitting day prior to the winter recess, the Senate sent a clear message about putting older Australians first, and it's now time the House of Representatives do the same. The bill that is the subject of the motion is about one fundamental matter: ensuring that humans, not computers, make decisions when it comes to our elderly. This is critically important because elderly Australians are deeply concerned at the moment with the way that the aged-care system is treating them. They do not want a faceless algorithm determining their outcomes when it comes to aged care. They want this matter addressed immediately because, if it isn't, what we're going to see is more and more perverse outcomes for elderly Australians. We're also going to see backlog after backlog after backlog, because people will seek review after review after review of the decisions that these algorithms are making. I have to make the point that those opposite, who are now in government, made a huge fuss about anything being automated when they were in opposition, yet here they are, using algorithms to determine outcomes for our elderly. We say enough is enough, and we would like to bring the debate and the discussion on so that we can make sure that this is fixed. If this bill can pass the parliament today, if this bill is considered immediately, then we will be able to address this issue, and we will go a small way to add in some sort of comfort to elderly Australians. There are still a lot of issues under which elderly Australians are buckling because of this government, but this is one thing that we could address. That is why we want to see this brought on and why we think it is critical that it is brought on. I'll look forward to hearing from
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