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25 June 2024 · 5:16 PM · Division 3

National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Second Reading - Recognise Coalition's role
Official title
National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Recognise Coalition's role

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
58
No
82
Not recorded voting
11

“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 an amendment introduced by Mallee MP Anne Webster (Nationals), which means it failed. The amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea).

Amendment text

That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes:

(1) the measures contained in this bill are only a result of sustained advocacy from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and other groups with the support of the Coalition; and

(2) the bill is recognition by the Government that its initial approach to 60-day dispensing would have caused damage to all Australians who rely on their local community pharmacist".

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
58
No
82
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party076
Liberal Party310
National Party110
Independent72
Liberal National Party80
Australian Greens04
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 58

No · 82

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