Division
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2) introduced by Kooyong MP [Monique Ryan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/kooyong/monique_ryan) (Independent), which means they were unsuccessful. ### What do the amendments do? The wording of the amendments is available on [openaustralia.org.au](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2). Dr Ryan [explained the purpose](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2) of the amendments: > *Amendment (1) refers to the definition of 'public health matters'. Each of the topics listed in the bill relates to forms of public health and harm, and it's clear and obvious that they should be the natural responsibilities falling within the scope of a well-defined and fulsome CDC. This amendment captures the additional harm of occupational exposures and the public health responsibility for injury prevention related to these. I note that the addition of public health exposures and occupational exposures has been supported by the Public Health Association of Australia and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and even by the Australian Council of Trade Unions—a body with which the government may be familiar.* > > *Amendment (2) refers to the functions of the director-general, which sets out the centre's advisory role and the intersections with and coordination of bodies with health responsibilities within the CDC. The health effects of climate change are captured under the existing definition of 'public health matters' in this bill, but what is not captured is the importance of the Centre for Disease Control in providing integrated advice in a matter of national and global consequence. These amendments aim to position the CDC as an authoritative and valuable contributor to the understanding of and policy advice on climate change impacts on public health, particularly in the absence of any other national body which curr
House of Representatives, 2025-10-27. negative: ayes 12, noes 75.
Question
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2) introduced by Kooyong MP [Monique Ryan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/kooyong/monique_ryan) (Independent), which means they were unsuccessful. ### What do the amendments do? The wording of the amendments is available on [openaustralia.org.au](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2). Dr Ryan [explained the purpose](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2025-10-27.36.2) of the amendments: > *Amendment (1) refers to the definition of 'public health matters'. Each of the topics listed in the bill relates to forms of public health and harm, and it's clear and obvious that they should be the natural responsibilities falling within the scope of a well-defined and fulsome CDC. This amendment captures the additional harm of occupational exposures and the public health responsibility for injury prevention related to these. I note that the addition of public health exposures and occupational exposures has been supported by the Public Health Association of Australia and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and even by the Australian Council of Trade Unions—a body with which the government may be familiar.* > > *Amendment (2) refers to the functions of the director-general, which sets out the centre's advisory role and the intersections with and coordination of bodies with health responsibilities within the CDC. The health effects of climate change are captured under the existing definition of 'public health matters' in this bill, but what is not captured is the importance of the Centre for Disease Control in providing integrated advice in a matter of national and global consequence. These amendments aim to position the CDC as an authoritative and valuable contributor to the understanding of and policy advice on climate change impacts on public health, particularly in the absence of any other national body which curr
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