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1 Sept 2025 · 11:57 AM · Division 4

National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025

Second Reading - Criticism of Government
Official title
National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Criticism of Government

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
22
No
34
Not recorded voting
19

“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 to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill), which means it failed.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate:

(a) notes with concern the Government’s continuing delays in implementing the recommendations of the Health Technology Assessment review; and

(b) condemns the Prime Minister’s failure to secure a meeting with the President of the United States to advance Australia’s interests in relation to possible pharmaceutical tariffs and other issues”.

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
22
No
34
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party022
Liberal Party140
Australian Greens010
National Party30
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Australia's Voice01
Deputy Senate President10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 22

No · 34

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