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 Steele-John to the National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025.
The question put
That the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Steele-John 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
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoAnne RustonLiberal
- NoLeah BlythLiberal
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
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.