Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

Senator McALLISTER (New South Wales—Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) (13:05): Earlier in the debate I read out an email from a person who has incurred a debt in precisely these circumstances, and they spoke about the hardship they had experienced as a consequence of that. This person made the point that the purpose of the bonded nature of this program is to ensure that people who do qualify as medical professionals fulfil their obligation to work in an area that is underserved by medical practitioners.

The purpose is not in itself to recoup funds from students, and we simply seek to make the system fairer. The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator Sterle ): The question is that parts 1 and 3 of schedule 4 stand as printed.