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The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-02-10.159.5) introduced by Queensland Senator [Matthew Canavan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/matthew_canavan) (LNP), which means it failed. This was a [free vote](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/crossing-the-floor/) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than strictly along party lines. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, item 17, page 34 (after line 11), at the end of Division 4A, add:* > > *Subdivision G — Other requirements relating to mitochondrial donation licences* > > *28Y Annual reports* > > *(1) The NHMRC Licensing Committee must, within 1 month after the end of each reporting period, give the Minister a report in accordance with subsection (2).* > > *(2) The report must include the following de-identified information in relation to the reporting period:* > >> *(a) the number of each kind of mitochondrial donation licence issued under section 28J; and* >> >> *(b) the outcomes of the activities carried out under each licence issued under section 28J, including:* >> >>> *(i) the number of births of children as a result of pregnancies achieved using a mitochondrial donation technique under a clinical trial licence or a clinical practice licence; and* >>> >>> *(ii) the number of adverse events notified to the NHMRC Licensing Committee under paragraph 28S(3)(a); and* >> >> *(c) all clinical data obtained as a result of the activities carried out under each licence issued under section 28J, including:* >> >>> *(i) experimental data obtained from the use of the permitted technique specified in the licence; and* >>> >>> *(ii) clinical data about each child born as a result of a pregnancy achieved using the permitted technique specified in the licence.* > > *(3) The Minister must table a copy of the report in each House of the Parli

Senate, 2022-02-10. negative: ayes 27, noes 35.

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The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-02-10.159.5) introduced by Queensland Senator [Matthew Canavan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/matthew_canavan) (LNP), which means it failed. This was a [free vote](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/crossing-the-floor/) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than strictly along party lines. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, item 17, page 34 (after line 11), at the end of Division 4A, add:* > > *Subdivision G — Other requirements relating to mitochondrial donation licences* > > *28Y Annual reports* > > *(1) The NHMRC Licensing Committee must, within 1 month after the end of each reporting period, give the Minister a report in accordance with subsection (2).* > > *(2) The report must include the following de-identified information in relation to the reporting period:* > >> *(a) the number of each kind of mitochondrial donation licence issued under section 28J; and* >> >> *(b) the outcomes of the activities carried out under each licence issued under section 28J, including:* >> >>> *(i) the number of births of children as a result of pregnancies achieved using a mitochondrial donation technique under a clinical trial licence or a clinical practice licence; and* >>> >>> *(ii) the number of adverse events notified to the NHMRC Licensing Committee under paragraph 28S(3)(a); and* >> >> *(c) all clinical data obtained as a result of the activities carried out under each licence issued under section 28J, including:* >> >>> *(i) experimental data obtained from the use of the permitted technique specified in the licence; and* >>> >>> *(ii) clinical data about each child born as a result of a pregnancy achieved using the permitted technique specified in the licence.* > > *(3) The Minister must table a copy of the report in each House of the Parli

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