Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023 amends the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 to allow the Organ and Tissue Authority, DonateLife agencies, grant recipients and authorised family members to publish, disseminate or disclose information about diseased donors for the purposes of the Organ and Tissue Authority's community awareness, educational or commemorative activities. I also note that the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care has written to the Attorney-General to request a review of organ and tissue donation disclosure laws by the Australian Law Reform Commission. The Senate welcomes the proposed review by the Australian Law Reform Commission and asks that the terms of reference for the review be published as soon as practicable. The Senate notes the role of donor families in providing expertise to the reform of donation disclosure laws. I want to thank senators who've contributed to this debate for their thoughtful and generous comments and indicating their voting intention in relation to the bill, and I commend it to the Senate.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.