National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Senator DAVID POCOCK (Australian Capital Territory—Independent ACT Whip) (12:29): by leave—President, under the standing orders I ask that my name be recorded as opposing clause (b) in each of the Greens' amendments. The PRESIDENT: The question now is that the amendment moved by Senator David Pocock on sheet 3983 be agreed to. Senator David Pocock's circulated amendment— At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate: (a) notes that: (i) the expansion of automated decision-making authorised by this bill has been described in evidence to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee as unprecedented in Australia law, (ii) the automated decision-making powers in this bill extend beyond routine administrative tasks to decisions involving discretion, evaluative judgement and decisions that would normally require a human decision-maker to form a particular state of mind, and (iii) recommendations 17.1 and 17.2 of the Report of the Royal Commission in the Robodebt Scheme called for: (A) a consistent legal framework for automated decision-making, including transparency, review rights and public access to the rules and algorithms used, and (B) an independent legal body to monitor and audit automated decision-making systems for fairness, accuracy, bias and usability; and (b) calls on the Government to ensure that the provisions of the bill permitting automated decisions involving evaluative judgement or the formation of a particular state of mind are not utilised until recommendations 17.1 and 17.2 of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme have been implemented".

Question negatived.