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title: "Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025: in committee (Senate, 1 July 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to amendments (1) and (2) to the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025 in committee, which adds the amendments to the bill. Passed 31 to 21 in the Senate on 1 July 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-07-01/4"
---

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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 July 2026 · [Health](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=health) 

# Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025: in committee

Voting yes supported agreeing to amendments (1) and (2) to the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025 in committee, which adds the amendments to the bill.

Passed **31** yes **21** no 

The question put

That amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 3666 be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) (Liberal, voted no).

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 19 no  
19 members

  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - 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 [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - 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 [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Liberal Mostly yes 11 yes · 1 no  
12 members

  - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston)
  - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith)
  - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins)
  - Yes [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam)
  - Yes [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - Yes [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
  - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - Yes [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
  - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)  crossed the floor
- 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)
- One Nation All yes 4 yes · 0 no  
4 members

  - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts)
  - Yes [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson)
  - Yes [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell)
  - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals
  - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals
  - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - Yes Wendy Askew Party not recorded
  - Yes [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP
  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - 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.

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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%3A1%2F7%2F2026;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.

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