Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2025-02-12.232.1) introduced by Victorian Senator [Lidia Thorpe](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/lidia_thorpe) (Greens), which means it failed. It would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes that:* > >> *(i) significant barriers exist in accessing and transferring medical records for people in prisons, including minimal use of My Health Record, which disrupts continuity of care,* >> >> *(ii) the National Review of First Nations Health Care in Prisons (the Review) identified urgent reforms needed to address substandard healthcare in prisons, including improving access to medical records upon entry, transfer and release,* >> >> *(iii) recommendation 157 from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (the Royal Commission) states that:* >> >>> *… efforts must be made by the Prison Medical Service to obtain a comprehensive medical history for the prisoner including medical records from a previous occasion of imprisonment, and where necessary, prior treatment records from hospitals and health services. In order to facilitate this process, procedures should be established to ensure that a prisoner's medical history files accompany the prisoner on transfer to other institutions and upon re-admission and that negotiations are undertaken between prison me dical, hospital and health services to establish guidelines for the transfer of such information,* >> >> *(iv) systemic issues, such as incompatible information systems, force individuals and their advocates to submit freedom of information requests to access their own medical records, further delaying appropriate care,* >> >> *(v) Aboriginal Community Controlled Heal
Senate, 2025-02-12. negative: ayes 12, noes 23.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2025-02-12.232.1) introduced by Victorian Senator [Lidia Thorpe](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/lidia_thorpe) (Greens), which means it failed. It would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes that:* > >> *(i) significant barriers exist in accessing and transferring medical records for people in prisons, including minimal use of My Health Record, which disrupts continuity of care,* >> >> *(ii) the National Review of First Nations Health Care in Prisons (the Review) identified urgent reforms needed to address substandard healthcare in prisons, including improving access to medical records upon entry, transfer and release,* >> >> *(iii) recommendation 157 from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (the Royal Commission) states that:* >> >>> *… efforts must be made by the Prison Medical Service to obtain a comprehensive medical history for the prisoner including medical records from a previous occasion of imprisonment, and where necessary, prior treatment records from hospitals and health services. In order to facilitate this process, procedures should be established to ensure that a prisoner's medical history files accompany the prisoner on transfer to other institutions and upon re-admission and that negotiations are undertaken between prison me dical, hospital and health services to establish guidelines for the transfer of such information,* >> >> *(iv) systemic issues, such as incompatible information systems, force individuals and their advocates to submit freedom of information requests to access their own medical records, further delaying appropriate care,* >> >> *(v) Aboriginal Community Controlled Heal
How each member voted
Per-member votes are not present in this static export. Consult the original division record.
Related bills
Only formal divisions leave a per-member record. A procedural vote is not necessarily a vote for or against a bill.