Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026

Senator McKIM (Tasmania—Australian Greens Whip) (13:20): by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 4039: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 13), omit "Schedule 3", substitute "Schedules 3 and 3A". (2) Page 46 (after line 3), after Schedule 3, insert: Schedule 3A — Foreign military membership disclosure Migration Act 1958 1 After section 166 Insert: 166A Information regarding foreign military membership (1) The information that must be provided by a person entering Australia to a clearance authority under paragraph 166(1)(b) includes information in the form of answers to the following questions: (a) "Have you been a member of a foreign military within the last 12 months?"; (b) if the answer to the question in paragraph (a) is affirmative—"For each foreign military you have been a member of within the last 12 months, what is the name of the foreign military of which you were a member?".

(2) The regulations must provide for the questions mentioned in subsection (1) to be included in the person's passenger card (as referred to in regulations made for the purposes of section 166). The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator Sterle ): The question is that the Australian Greens amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 4039 be agreed to.