{"id":79373,"date":"2025-09-24T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=79373"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:33:30","slug":"consultation-opens-on-genetic-testing-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/09\/24\/consultation-opens-on-genetic-testing-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation Opens on Genetic Testing Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consult.treasury.gov.au\/c2025-700215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft legislation<\/a> to ban the use of adverse genetic test results in life insurance underwriting has been released for consultation.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Financial Services, <strong>Daniel Mulino<\/strong>, says publication follows consultation with community members, medical practitioners and genetic researchers, and \u201ccontinues our commitment to investing in genetic research and technology in Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Australians should not be discouraged from undertaking genetic testing out of fear&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAustralians should not be discouraged from undertaking genetic testing out of fear it may impact their ability to get life insurance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77241\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77241\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/fraser-daniel-mulino.png\" alt=\"Dr Daniel Mulino has accepted the role of Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister.\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Daniel Mulino.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe exposure draft legislation has been informed by a process of consultation and stakeholder engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People can have their say on the legislation via the <a href=\"https:\/\/consult.treasury.gov.au\/c2025-700215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury website<\/a>. The consultation period closes Sunday 12 October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to ensure that the legislation delivers on the objectives of the ban, providing Australians with the certainty to continue undertaking potentially life\u2011saving genetic testing without worrying it will affect their life insurance,\u201d said Mulino.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?s=genetic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to see our previous reports on genetic testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft legislation to ban the use of adverse genetic test results in life insurance underwriting has been released for consultation. Minister for Financial Services, Daniel Mulino, says publication follows consultation with community members, medical practitioners and genetic researchers, and \u201ccontinues our commitment to investing in genetic research and technology in Australia\u201d. Australians should not be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8282,8281],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-government","9":"category-health-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}