SenateDivision 3 · 28 Jul 2025

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Therapeutic goods approvals to be by legislative instrument

Not passed5 aye · 45 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against an amendment (1) on sheet 3379, moved by Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), which means it failed.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 2, Part 6, page 22 (line 1) to page 23 (line 22), omit the Part, substitute:

Part 6 — Therapeutic goods approvals

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

52 Subsection 19(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) The Secretary may, by legislative instrument, grant an approval to a person for the importation into, or the exportation from, Australia or the supply in Australia of specified therapeutic goods that are not registered goods or listed goods:

(a) for use in the treatment of another person; or

(b) for use solely for experimental purposes in humans;

and such an approval may be given subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument.

Note: For variation of an approval for use of the kind referred to in paragraph (1)(b), see subsection (4B).

(1AAA) A legislative instrument made under subsection (1) must set out the reasons for the approval.

53 Subsection 19(4B)

Omit "by notice in writing", substitute "by legislative instrument".

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Committee of the whole: The Senate examines a bill in detail as a committee of the whole. Divisions at this stage decide specific amendments to the bill's text.

Related bills

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	0	25
Australian Greens	0	12
Liberal–National Coalition	0	7
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Unknown	1	0
Independent	0	1

Every vote

Other divisions this sitting day

What the Senate divided on around this vote, in order.

28 Jul 2025Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Senior Dental Benefits SchemeSenate 14–38
28 Jul 2025Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - First Peoples in custodySenate 13–34
28 Jul 2025Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Medicare benefit payable for services provided to people in detentionSenate 13–35
28 Jul 2025Committees — Economics References Committee; ReferenceSenate 25–31
28 Jul 2025Documents — Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 28–32
28 Jul 2025Matters of Urgency - Climate Change - No net-zero emissions targetSenate 7–39