Senate debates

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Bills

Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011; Second Reading

Photo of Stephen ParryStephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The question is that the amendment on sheet 7183, as circulated by senators Xenophon and Ludlam, be agreed to.

Senator Xenophon and Senator Ludlam's circulated amendment

At the end of the motion, add:

but the Senate calls on the Government to undertake an examination of the cost of expanding the class of persons eligible for the Repatriation Heath Card - For All Conditions (Gold Card) to include a person who is a nuclear test participant (within the meaning of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2000, and that such examination be completed within three months.

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