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Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2026: Report from Federation Chamber

Parliament of Australia

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Date Published
13 Oct 2026
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2
Australian
Yes
Created
14 Oct 2026, 06:01 pm

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Summary

This parliamentary record details an amendment moved by Dr. Monique Ryan emphasizing the necessity of integrated national health data to realize the research potential of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The proposal advocates for establishing common data standards and secure linkages between clinical registries, genomic resources, and national datasets to improve patient safety. While the discussion focuses on health informatics, it highlights the Australian government's foundational policy work in managing data infrastructure necessary for safe AI implementation in the medical sector. The document reflects broader governance efforts to harmonize data privacy and quality as precursors to advanced frontier AI applications in public health.

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Report from Federation Chamber Bill returned from Federation Chamber with an unresolved question; certified copy of the bill and schedule of the unresolved question presented. Unresolved question— That the amendment moved by Dr M Ryan to the amendment proposed by Mrs McIntosh be agreed to: That all words after "reading" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "the House: (1) notes that: (a) for more than two decades, the National Joint Replacement Registry has demonstrated the value of high-quality clinical registry data to patient safety; (b) Australia's more than 140 clinical registries are fragmented and poorly integrated, and rely on inconsistent and often insecure funding; and (c) Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data remain largely unused by clinical registries despite their unique value as population-wide, longitudinal health records; and (2) calls on the Government to urgently: (a) develop a coordinated national approach to health data collection, including for clinical quality registries; (b) establish common data standards and enduring, privacy-protected linkage between clinical registries, MBS and PBS data, hospital, cancer and death records, and national genomic data resources; (c) house a national clinical registry in the Australian Centre for Disease Control; (d) prioritise the development of coordinated, high-quality national health data so that the research potential of artificial intelligence in health can be fully realised; and (e) release and respond to the Health Technology Assessment Review Implementation Advisory Group's final report and respond to the Strategic Examination of Research and Development report".