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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/debate/?id=2014-06-03.114.8) to read the bill for a second time. This means that the majority agreed with the main idea of the the bill and that the House can now discuss it in more detail.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law [here](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ) Alternatively, the House may vote immediately on whether to read the bill for a third time, which would mean the bill would be passed in the House and would now go to the Senate for their consideration.(In the case of this bill, the House did decide to read the bill for a third time without further consideration of the bill in more detail (see [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/debates/?id=2014-06-03.116.1)). This decision was made without division and so is not recorded here on Public Whip (see our [FAQ Section](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/faq.php#division) for more information about divisions and why they are not always called). ) _Background to the bill_ The bill was introduced to repeal the [Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/anphaa2010428/) in order to abolish the [Australian National Preventive Health Agency](http://www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/about-us).(For more information, including the bill's explanatory memorandum, see [here](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr5203%22). ) This Agency was established on 1 January 2011 "to provide national capacity to drive preventive health policy and programs".(Read more about the Agency on its [website](http://www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/about-us). More information on its abolition is available on Radio National's [Life Matters](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/put-the-cupcake-down3a-

House of Representatives, 2014-06-03. affirmative: ayes 76, noes 48.

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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/debate/?id=2014-06-03.114.8) to read the bill for a second time. This means that the majority agreed with the main idea of the the bill and that the House can now discuss it in more detail.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law [here](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ) Alternatively, the House may vote immediately on whether to read the bill for a third time, which would mean the bill would be passed in the House and would now go to the Senate for their consideration.(In the case of this bill, the House did decide to read the bill for a third time without further consideration of the bill in more detail (see [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/debates/?id=2014-06-03.116.1)). This decision was made without division and so is not recorded here on Public Whip (see our [FAQ Section](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/faq.php#division) for more information about divisions and why they are not always called). ) _Background to the bill_ The bill was introduced to repeal the [Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/anphaa2010428/) in order to abolish the [Australian National Preventive Health Agency](http://www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/about-us).(For more information, including the bill's explanatory memorandum, see [here](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr5203%22). ) This Agency was established on 1 January 2011 "to provide national capacity to drive preventive health policy and programs".(Read more about the Agency on its [website](http://www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/about-us). More information on its abolition is available on Radio National's [Life Matters](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/put-the-cupcake-down3a-

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