SenateDivision 13 · 25 Aug 2025

Motions - Medicare - Criticise Prime Minister

Not passed22 aye · 30 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against a motion introduced by South Australian Senator Anne Ruston (Liberal), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Prime Minister promised 71 times to Australians that 'all you need is your Medicare card, not a credit card' and that it would be 'free to see a GP';

(b) notes that, despite the Prime Minister's promise, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare:

(i) while the Prime Minister was busy waving around his Medicare card claiming it is all you need to see a doctor, Australians have forked out almost $2 billion to see a GP in the past year,

(ii) in May 2025 alone, during the election campaign, Australians paid a staggering $166 million in combined out-of-pocket costs, and

(iii) Australians need their credit cards more and more, as well as their Medicare card, to see a GP under Labor;

(c) condemns the Prime Minister for not being truthful with Australians during the Federal Election campaign; and

(d) calls on the Prime Minister to admit that he misled Australians about Medicare.

Context written by They Vote For You volunteers (ODbL), reproduced unchanged.

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	1	19
Liberal–National Coalition	18	0
Australian Greens	0	11
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	2	0
United Australia Party	1	0

Every vote

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