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Liberal Nationals Member for Wide Bay Mr Llew O'Brien MP has introduced the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2026.

This Bill is the same as the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022 introduced by Senator Canavan and Antic. An inquiry was conducted into the orginial Bill by the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs which released a report in August 2023 (report).

The original Bill had a matter of urgency by Senator Babet fail in August 2024 before it lapsed at the end of Parliament in 2025 following the Senate Inquiry stating the "legal, ethical and medical evidence did not support the Bill".

https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/08/06/where-was-lucy-labor-rush-to-defend-liberal-pioneer-backfires

>A Labor MP publicly throwing her support behind a Liberal attacked at her own women’s party meeting is being asked where she was when her own colleague was being targeted.