Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 September 2025 · Health

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

Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Payman to the National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025.

Passed28 yes 24 no

The question put

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

Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).

How each party voted

LaborMostly no1 yes · 21 no
22 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes12 yes · 0 no
12 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoPauline Hanson
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJames McGrathLNP

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.