Division

The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-25.150.15) to read the bills a second time. In other words, they voted in favour of agreeing with the main idea of the bills. This means they can now discuss them in more detail. ### What do the bills do? According to the Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia's Military Secrets) Bill 2024's [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd026) (which is a document prepared by the parliamentary library): > * The Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Bill 2023 creates a scheme for issuing foreign work authorisations to former defence staff members and other individuals who wish to work for, or provide specified training to, foreign military organisations or government bodies. Working or training without the relevant foreign work authorisation is a criminal offence with a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment. > > * Former defence staff members are defined as foreign work restricted individuals who must not perform work for, or on behalf of, foreign military organisations or government bodies unless the individual holds a foreign work authorisation for the work or another exception applies. > > * Australian citizens and permanent residents are restricted from providing training in certain areas for foreign military organisations and government bodies unless the individual holds a foreign work authorisation for that training or another exception applies. > > * *Former Defence contractors, consultants and outsourced service providers are not classed as former defence staff and therefore not foreign work restricted individuals. If they engage in work or training for foreign government bodies or military organisations their obligation to apply for a foreign work authorisation and criminal exposure will be different to that of former defence staff members even in cases where they have performed the

Senate, 2024-03-25. affirmative: ayes 28, noes 12.

Question

The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-25.150.15) to read the bills a second time. In other words, they voted in favour of agreeing with the main idea of the bills. This means they can now discuss them in more detail. ### What do the bills do? According to the Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia's Military Secrets) Bill 2024's [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd026) (which is a document prepared by the parliamentary library): > * *The Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Bill 2023 creates a scheme for issuing foreign work authorisations to former defence staff members and other individuals who wish to work for, or provide specified training to, foreign military organisations or government bodies. Working or training without the relevant foreign work authorisation is a criminal offence with a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.* > > * *Former defence staff members are defined as foreign work restricted individuals who must not perform work for, or on behalf of, foreign military organisations or government bodies unless the individual holds a foreign work authorisation for the work or another exception applies.* > > * *Australian citizens and permanent residents are restricted from providing training in certain areas for foreign military organisations and government bodies unless the individual holds a foreign work authorisation for that training or another exception applies.* > > * *Former Defence contractors, consultants and outsourced service providers are not classed as former defence staff and therefore not foreign work restricted individuals. If they engage in work or training for foreign government bodies or military organisations their obligation to apply for a foreign work authorisation and criminal exposure will be different to that of former defence staff members even in cases where they have performed the

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