Division Description Changes — Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Reference to Committee — 26th Mar 2024

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senate vote 2024-03-26#8 Edited by mackay staff on 2025-01-11 15:07:59	Title Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Reference to Committee Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Reference to Committee - Amendment to reference Description ~~<p class="speaker">David Pocock</p>~~ ~~<p>I move an amendment to Senator Birmingham's motion in the following terms:</p>~~ The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-26.107.1) to a [motion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2024-03-26/9). The amendment was introduced by ACT Senator [David Pocock](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/act/david_pocock) (Independent). ### Amendment text > Omit all words after "That", substitute: > >> (a) the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 May 2024; and >> >> (b) for the purposes of the inquiry, the Senate directs the Committee to hold at least one public hearing of not less than 5 hours ### Original motion text *> That the Senate directs the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing on 26 March 2024, of not less than two hours, for the purposes of hear*ing from officials from the Department of Home Affairs regarding the details of the [Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7179). <p class="italic">Omit all words after "That", substitute:</p> <p class="italic">(a) the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 May 2024; and</p> ~~<p class="italic">(b) for the purposes of the inquiry, the Senate directs the Committee to hold at least one public hearing of not less than 5 hours.</p>~~ ~~<p>I seek leave to make a two-minute statement.</p>~~ ~~<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>~~ ~~<p>Leave is granted for two minutes.</p>~~ ~~<p class="speaker">David Pocock</p>~~ <p>We've seen again a worrying lack of process from the Labor government. Senator Scarr talked earlier about the legislation being stamped on Friday. It's Tuesday morning; we get a quick look at it, and they want to ram it through with the coalition's support. Despite protesting, they're happy just to sign this off. We saw the criticisms, when it comes to human rights, of the last legislation that was rushed through this place. You'd think we'd learn from it as a parliament.</p> <p>The way the government has treated the lower house Independents today is disgraceful. It's totally disgraceful to not allow them to say anything, to gag debate and to not even allow them to move amendments to this bill. We were promised so much by the Labor government and this is what we're getting: this lack of process and lack of transparency. I thought Dr Helen Haines, the member for Indi, summed it up when she said: 'If this is the best form of democracy Labor can give us, then I am sorely disappointed and I'm sure my constituents are too. Australians should be worried.'</p> <p>The contents of this bill aside—I'm not across it yet; we were given a hundred pages this morning—in terms of process, this should absolutely go through the Senate committee process. As Senator Shoebridge pointed out, we are dealing with human beings here. This has a material impact on people like you and me who have hopes and dreams. We should ensure that the laws we make have been well thought out and scrutinised, and then decide that, yes, this weighs human rights with community safety. It's so disappointing to see the Labor government doing this after all that they promised us.</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that the amendment as moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~David Pocock~~
~~I move an amendment to Senator Birmingham's motion in the following terms:~~
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-03-26.107.1) to a [motion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2024-03-26/9). The amendment was introduced by ACT Senator [David Pocock](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/act/david_pocock) (Independent).
### Amendment text
> *Omit all words after "That", substitute:*
>
>> *(a) the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 May 2024; and*
>>
>> *(b) for the purposes of the inquiry, the Senate directs the Committee to hold at least one public hearing of not less than 5 hours*
### Original motion text
> *That the Senate directs the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing on 26 March 2024, of not less than two hours, for the purposes of hearing from officials from the Department of Home Affairs regarding the details of the [Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7179).*
Omit all words after "That", substitute:
(a) the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 May 2024; and
~~(b) for the purposes of the inquiry, the Senate directs the Committee to hold at least one public hearing of not less than 5 hours.~~
~~I seek leave to make a two-minute statement.~~
~~Sue Lines~~
~~Leave is granted for two minutes.~~
~~David Pocock~~
We've seen again a worrying lack of process from the Labor government. Senator Scarr talked earlier about the legislation being stamped on Friday. It's Tuesday morning; we get a quick look at it, and they want to ram it through with the coalition's support. Despite protesting, they're happy just to sign this off. We saw the criticisms, when it comes to human rights, of the last legislation that was rushed through this place. You'd think we'd learn from it as a parliament.
The way the government has treated the lower house Independents today is disgraceful. It's totally disgraceful to not allow them to say anything, to gag debate and to not even allow them to move amendments to this bill. We were promised so much by the Labor government and this is what we're getting: this lack of process and lack of transparency. I thought Dr Helen Haines, the member for Indi, summed it up when she said: 'If this is the best form of democracy Labor can give us, then I am sorely disappointed and I'm sure my constituents are too. Australians should be worried.'
The contents of this bill aside—I'm not across it yet; we were given a hundred pages this morning—in terms of process, this should absolutely go through the Senate committee process. As Senator Shoebridge pointed out, we are dealing with human beings here. This has a material impact on people like you and me who have hopes and dreams. We should ensure that the laws we make have been well thought out and scrutinised, and then decide that, yes, this weighs human rights with community safety. It's so disappointing to see the Labor government doing this after all that they promised us.
~~Sue Lines~~
~~The question is that the amendment as moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.~~
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