--- title: "Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025: second reading (Senate, 28 July 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported Senator Thorpe's second reading amendment to the Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025, which the Senate defeated. Defeated 13 to 34 in the Senate on 28 July 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-28/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 28 July 2025 · [Health](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=health) # Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025: second reading Voting yes supported Senator Thorpe's second reading amendment to the Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025, which the Senate defeated. Defeated **13** yes **34** no The question put That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Thorpe be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 24 no 24 members - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - No [Don Farrell](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell) - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 5 no 5 members - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Party not recorded Split 1 yes · 2 no 3 members - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson - No Warwick Stacey - No Wendy Askew - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent - No [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) One Nation - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United Australia Party Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together. [Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-28/1) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 3 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-28/3) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A28%2F7%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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