Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Read a second time
House of Representatives, 2007-09-19. affirmative: ayes 78, noes 54.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a motion ↗︎ to read the bill for a second time. (Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through here ↗︎.) This means that the House can now consider the bill in more detail. Background to the bill The bill ↗︎ amends Health Insurance Act 1973 ↗︎ to enable eligible patients to access up to $4,250 in dental benefits over two consecutive calendar years and introduce new dental items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule. (Read more about the bill in the bills digest ↗︎ (96.1 KB).)
How each member voted
How each party voted
Party labels are those recorded for this division, rather than current affiliations. The member list is partial: 80 recorded ayes and 56 recorded noes; the official tally above remains the source total.
- Liberal: aye 64
- Labor: no 55
- CWM: aye 2
- Country Liberal Party: aye 1
- Nationals: aye 10
- Independent: no 1, aye 3
Ayes
- Alan Cadman (Liberal) — aye
- Alby Schultz (Liberal) — aye
- Alex Somlyay (Liberal) — aye
- Alexander Downer (Liberal) — aye
- Andrew Laming (Liberal) — aye
- Andrew Robb (Liberal) — aye
- Andrew Southcott (Liberal) — aye
- Barry Haase (Liberal) — aye
- Barry Wakelin (Liberal) — aye
- Bob Baldwin (Liberal) — aye
- Brendan Nelson (Liberal) — aye
- Bronwyn Bishop (Liberal) — aye
- Bruce Baird (Liberal) — aye
- Bruce Billson (Liberal) — aye
- Bruce Scott (CWM) — aye
- Cameron Thompson (Liberal) — aye
- Chris Pearce (Liberal) — aye
- Christopher Pyne (Liberal) — aye
- Danna Vale (Liberal) — aye
- Dave Tollner (Country Liberal Party) — aye
- David Fawcett (Liberal) — aye
- David Jull (Liberal) — aye
- De-Anne Kelly (Nationals) — aye
- Dennis Jensen (Liberal) — aye
- Don Randall (Liberal) — aye
- Fran Bailey (Liberal) — aye
- Gary Hardgrave (Liberal) — aye
- Gary Nairn (Liberal) — aye
- Geoff Prosser (Liberal) — aye
- Ian Causley (CWM) — aye
- Ian Macfarlane (Liberal) — aye
- Jackie Kelly (Liberal) — aye
- Jason Wood (Liberal) — aye
- Jim Lloyd (Liberal) — aye
- Joe Hockey (Liberal) — aye
- John Anderson (Nationals) — aye
- John Cobb (Nationals) — aye
- John Forrest (Nationals) — aye
- Judi Moylan (Liberal) — aye
- Julie Bishop (Liberal) — aye
- Kay Elson (Liberal) — aye
- Kay Hull (Nationals) — aye
- Ken Ticehurst (Liberal) — aye
- Kerry Bartlett (Liberal) — aye
- Kevin Andrews (Liberal) — aye
- Kym Richardson (Liberal) — aye
- Louise Markus (Liberal) — aye
- Luke Hartsuyker (Nationals) — aye
- Mal Washer (Liberal) — aye
- Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) — aye
- Margaret May (Liberal) — aye
- Mark Baker (Liberal) — aye
- Mark Vaile (Nationals) — aye
- Michael Ferguson (Liberal) — aye
- Michael Keenan (Liberal) — aye
- Pat Farmer (Liberal) — aye
- Patrick Secker (Liberal) — aye
- Paul Neville (Nationals) — aye
- Peter Costello (Liberal) — aye
- Peter Dutton (Liberal) — aye
- Peter Lindsay (Liberal) — aye
- Peter McGauran (Nationals) — aye
- Peter Slipper (Independent) — aye
- Petro Georgiou (Liberal) — aye
- Phillip Barresi (Liberal) — aye
- Ross Vasta (Liberal) — aye
- Russell Broadbent (Independent) — aye
- Sharman Stone (Liberal) — aye
- Sophie Mirabella (Liberal) — aye
- Steven Ciobo (Liberal) — aye
- Stewart McArthur (Liberal) — aye
- Stuart Henry (Liberal) — aye
- Teresa Gambaro (Liberal) — aye
- Tony Abbott (Liberal) — aye
- Tony Smith (Liberal) — aye
- Tony Windsor (Independent) — aye
- Trish Draper (Liberal) — aye
- Warren Entsch (Liberal) — aye
- Warren Truss (Nationals) — aye
- Wilson Tuckey (Liberal) — aye
Noes
- Alan Griffin (Labor) — no
- Ann Corcoran (Labor) — no
- Anna Burke (Labor) — no
- Annette Ellis (Labor) — no
- Anthony Albanese (Labor) — no
- Anthony Byrne (Labor) — no
- Arch Bevis (Labor) — no
- Bernie Ripoll (Labor) — no
- Bob McMullan (Labor) — no
- Bob Sercombe (Labor) — no
- Brendan O'Connor (Labor) — no
- Carmen Lawrence (Labor) — no
- Catherine King (Labor) — no
- Chris Bowen (Labor) — no
- Chris Hayes (Labor) — no
- Craig Emerson (Labor) — no
- Daryl Melham (Labor) — no
- Dick Adams (Labor) — no
- Duncan Kerr (Labor) — no
- Gavan O'Connor (Labor) — no
- Graham Edwards (Labor) — no
- Harry Jenkins (Labor) — no
- Harry Quick (Independent) — no
- Jennie George (Labor) — no
- Jenny Macklin (Labor) — no
- Jill Hall (Labor) — no
- Joel Fitzgibbon (Labor) — no
- John Murphy (Labor) — no
- Julia Gillard (Labor) — no
- Julia Irwin (Labor) — no
- Julie Owens (Labor) — no
- Justine Elliot (Labor) — no
- Kate Ellis (Labor) — no
- Kelvin Thomson (Labor) — no
- Kim Beazley (Labor) — no
- Kim Wilkie (Labor) — no
- Kirsten Livermore (Labor) — no
- Laurie Ferguson (Labor) — no
- Lindsay Tanner (Labor) — no
- Maria Vamvakinou (Labor) — no
- Martin Ferguson (Labor) — no
- Michael Danby (Labor) — no
- Michael Hatton (Labor) — no
- Nicola Roxon (Labor) — no
- Peter Garrett (Labor) — no
- Robert McClelland (Labor) — no
- Rod Sawford (Labor) — no
- Roger Price (Labor) — no
- Sharon Bird (Labor) — no
- Sharon Grierson (Labor) — no
- Stephen Smith (Labor) — no
- Steve Georganas (Labor) — no
- Steve Gibbons (Labor) — no
- Tanya Plibersek (Labor) — no
- Tony Burke (Labor) — no
- Warren Snowdon (Labor) — no
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