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representatives vote 2025-02-05#4

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on 2025-02-06 16:48:54

Title

  • Bills — Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Second Reading
  • Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Criticism of Government

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>
  • <p>The question before the House now is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Farrer be agreed to.</p>
  • 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). This amendment was introduced by Farrer MP [Sussan Ley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/farrer/sussan_ley) (Liberal).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
  • >
  • > *"the House notes that under this Government, Australians' access to affordable health care through the Medicare Benefits Schedule has only gone backwards, and it has never been harder or more expensive to see a GP".*
  • <p></p>