14th May 2020, 1:20 PM – Representatives Health Insurance Amendment (General Practitioners and Quality Assurance) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Rural funding
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of keeping the second reading motion unchanged. A second reading motion is a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill.
This vote was put after the MP for McMahon Chris Bowen proposed the following amendment:
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 expresses its concern at the Government’s cuts and changes to Medicare, particularly those changes that have made access to medical practitioners more difficult in the regions, including:
(1) cuts to rural bulk billing incentives;
(2) changes to the District of Workforce Shortage and Distribution Priority Area health workforce classifications; and
(3) abolition of the Rural Other Medical Practitioners program".
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (39% turnout) | 0 Yes – 26 No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | No | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Absent | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Absent | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Absent | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Absent | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| David Smith Bean | Absent | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Absent | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Absent | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Absent | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (25% turnout) | 1 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (46% turnout) | 26 Yes – 0 No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Absent | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Absent | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Absent | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Absent | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Absent | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Absent | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Absent | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Absent | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Absent | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Absent | |
| John McVeigh Groom | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Absent | |
| National Party (53% turnout) | 8 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Absent | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (44% turnout) | 38 Yes – 28 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.