Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should increase the amount that patients pay for medicine under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (known as the 'co-payment').
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the House of Representatives whom They Vote For You places in one of its seven agreement groups for this policy (its own categories, shown as published). Bars show percentages of members, not vote totals; the number beside each bar is how many members that is. Members They Vote For You says haven't cast enough votes on the policy are counted separately, not in the bars.
- Consistently against
- Almost always against
- Generally against
- Mixture
- Generally for
- Almost always for
- Consistently for
Labor
27 members
Liberal
7 members
Nationals
4 members
One Nation
1 member
Katter's Australian
1 member
Independent
1 member
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
| Party | Consistently against | Almost always against | Generally against | Mixture | Generally for | Almost always for | Consistently for | Not enough votes | Members in bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 41 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 16 July 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Second Reading — Read a second time
- 16 July 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Agree to the bill
- 16 July 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Read a third time