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Senator McKIM (Tasmania—Australian Greens Whip) (15:45): by leave—At the request of Senator Waters, I move an amendment to the motion that has been circulated in the chamber: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Women's Health, be established to inquire into and report on: (a) best practice approaches to postpartum healthcare, including the delivery of physical and mental health support and services for mothers and their partners including those who have experienced infant loss; (b) women's experiences in the postpartum period, including the physical, psychological, emotional and economic impacts of birth; (c) best practice pregnancy and postpartum care models to support long-term maternal physical and mental health; (d) the cost and accessibility of postpartum healthcare, including: (i) infant feeding supports, (ii) mental health supports and services, (iii) physiotherapy services, including pelvic health services, and (iv) related allied health services; (e) antenatal and postpartum reproductive health support and education, including contraceptive care; (f) research, education and training on pregnancy and postpartum care for healthcare professionals working in maternal care; (g) existing Commonwealth, state and territory government policies, programs and healthcare initiatives addressing postpartum care; (h) data collection, reporting and monitoring processes and allocation of research efforts relating to postpartum healthcare; (i) the ways in which women and girls experience recurrent, severe, or long-lasting pain conditions; (j) women's experience in seeking appropriate healthcare responses to pain, including experiences of medical misogyny; (k) barriers to effective pain management, including the range and affordability of available treatments; (l) best practice approaches to assisted reproduction treatments; (m) access and affordability issues relating to fertility and assisted reproduction treatments; (n) the regulation of medical devices used in women's healthcare treatments, including risk assessments, monitoring and reporting; (o) the role of relevant regulators and other agencies in responding to complaints regarding medical devices; and (p) any related matters.

As listed on pages 5 to 7 of today's Notice Paper The PRESIDENT: The question is the amendment as moved by Senator McKim, standing in the name of Senator Waters, be agreed to. Question agreed to. Original question, as amended, agreed to.