Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Victorian Senator Janet Rice (Greens) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time". To read a bill for a second time is to agree with its main idea.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government and the Therapeutic Goods Administration to urgently remove barriers to gay and bisexual men, trans women and some non-binary people who have sex with men giving blood, including by replacing the current approach of a population-based risk assessment and the 3-month deferral period with an approach based on an individual risk assessment".