Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42

Summary

Establishes Health Workforce Australia as an independent statutory body to implement Council of Australian Governments (COAG) health workforce initiatives agreed to in November 2008 including funding, planning and coordinating clinical training, supporting clinical training supervision and health workforce research and planning, funding simulation training, and providing advice to Health Ministers. Also contains a regulation making power.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	13 May 2009
Second reading moved	13 May 2009
Referred to Main Committee	25 May 2009
Second reading debate	26 May 2009
Second reading agreed to	26 May 2009
Reported from Main Committee	27 May 2009
Third reading agreed to	27 May 2009

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	15 Jun 2009
Second reading moved	15 Jun 2009
Second reading debate	18 Jun 2009
Second reading debate	24 Jun 2009
Second reading agreed to	24 Jun 2009
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 1 Opposition agreed to	24 Jun 2009
Third reading agreed to	24 Jun 2009

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendment	24 Jun 2009


Text of bill as passed both Houses	24 Jun 2009
Assent Act no.: 72 Year: 2009	22 Jul 2009

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

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Proposed amendments

Senate

Opposition [sheet 5836]
CORMANN, Sen Mathias

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendment made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (14/05/2009): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Committee report (16/06/2009)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Explanatory memoranda

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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