The Bill to remove the Health Minister's veto on abortion drugs has been passed in the House of Representatives. No word on numbers that I can find yet, but both proposed amendments were voted down, and the Bill passed unchanged.
The vote was carried on the voices - with no official count taken because no one called for a division. But Liberal backbencher Malcolm Turnbull asked that his vote in favour of the bill be recorded.
You know, despite being a Liberal Malcolm Turnbull is really rather cool.
According to yesterday's West: (ammendments named after the ppl who put them forward, I guess)
The Kelly amendment: Would make the Minister's actions on RU-486 answerable to Parliament, effectively giving it the final say on the drug and the ability to overrule the minister's decision.
The Laming amendment: Would remove the Minister from the process and give Parliament the power to overturn the TGA's recommendation on RU-486 or any controversial drug that might be approved.
Basically, the ammendments were attempts to keep as much power as they could with the parliament, given the situation.
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"There was no vote after it had become clear that the majority of MPs supported it."
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The vote was carried on the voices - with no official count taken because no one called for a division. But Liberal backbencher Malcolm Turnbull asked that his vote in favour of the bill be recorded.
You know, despite being a Liberal Malcolm Turnbull is really rather cool.
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Nice to know that we have a parliament who can go against Little Johnny.
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The Kelly amendment: Would make the Minister's actions on RU-486 answerable to Parliament, effectively giving it the final say on the drug and the ability to overrule the minister's decision.
The Laming amendment: Would remove the Minister from the process and give Parliament the power to overturn the TGA's recommendation on RU-486 or any controversial drug that might be approved.
Basically, the ammendments were attempts to keep as much power as they could with the parliament, given the situation.