Anika Wells (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Aged Care) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Kylea Tink (North Sydney, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My understanding of the process of consideration in detail is that this is a stage of the legislation progressing through the House where I can ask questions of the minister about the intention behind the bill, but I note that the minister is not currently in the chamber, so I'm just looking for direction on how that stage of consideration in detail may proceed.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Consideration in detail will be, obviously, when the bill is considered in detail with amendments before the House, just as we just did with the Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, where the amendment had been circulated by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and moved accordingly and then we had a vote on that. So, unless there are detailed amendments being put forward before the House, the way the process works is that I was very clear about seeking leave and the minister did formally ask leave of the House, and then the opposition or any member can deny leave. It doesn't necessarily have to be an opposition member; it can be another member of the House who can deny leave for the third reading to be moved immediately. So we went through that stage. Obviously, if there were detailed amendments in that stage, that's where we get into the nuts and bolts of the consequential amendments.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a third time.