Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 September 2025 · Health

National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025: second reading

Voting yes supported making Senator Ruston's amendment to the second reading of the National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025.

Defeated22 yes 34 no

The question put

That the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Ruston be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJane Hume
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded

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.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Australia, read through the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.