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representatives vote 2019-07-24#7
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019; Second Reading- Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Description
<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question now is that this bill be read a second time.</p> - The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-07-24.133.1) to agree with the bill's main idea. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). This means they can now discuss it in more detail.
- ### What does the bill do?
- The [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6343) was introduced in order to:
- * *remove provisions inserted by the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 (the medical transfer provisions) which created a framework for the transfer of transitory persons (and their family members, and other persons recommended to accompany the transitory person) from regional processing countries to Australia for the purposes of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment; and*
- * *provide for the removal from Australia, or return to a regional processing country, of transitory persons who are brought to Australia under the medical transfer provisions, once the temporary purpose for which they were brought to Australia is complete.*
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