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5 Dec 2023 · 9:30 PM · Division 25

Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 and another

In Committee - Vaping regulation
Official title
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 and another - In Committee - Vaping regulation

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
3
No
38
Not recorded voting
35

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against amendments moved by Queensland Senator Matthew Canavan (LNP), which means they failed.

What do the amendments do?

Senator Canavan explained that:

Firstly, it removes liquid nicotine from schedule 4 of the Poisons Standard. I note that, at the moment, schedule 4 means that to obtain liquid nicotine you need to do so with a prescription in this country...

The second part of my amendments gives the minister power to regulate all of those aspects of the vaping market and to do so in a way similar to how smoking is regulated in this country...

Finally, the third part of my amendments would establish an industry fund. Those who are selling e-cigarettes would have to fund a disposable vapes collection scheme.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
3
No
38
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party018
Australian Greens07
Liberal Party06
Independent02
Liberal National Party11
Australia's Voice01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
National Party01
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 3

No · 38

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