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senate vote 2023-03-09#2

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Title

  • Bills — Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022; Second Reading
  • Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Deborah O&#39;Neill</p>
  • <p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Babet be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-03-08.186.1) introduced by Victorian Senator [Ralph Babet](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/ralph_babet) (United Australia Party) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time". To read a bill for a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) is to agree with its main idea.
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add "and the bill be referred to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 29 June 2023".*
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