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senate vote 2022-11-24#4
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Title
Bills — Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading- Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Increase accessibility
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<p class="speaker">Malcolm Roberts</p><p>I move:</p>-
- The majority voted against a [second reading amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-11-24.49.1) introduced by Queensland Senator [Malcolm Roberts](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/malcolm_roberts] (One Nation), which means it failed. The amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion "That the bill be read a second time" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of a bill.
- ### Amendment text
- > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:*
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- > *(a) notes that many Australians are unable to access medical cannabis owing to the bureaucratic framework in place, and the cost to patients; and*
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- > *(b) calls on the Government:*
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- >> *(i) to make natural, whole plant, Australian medical cannabis available to any Australian with a medical need, by doctor's prescription, filled by a pharmacist on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; and*
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- >> *(ii) to ensure that the decision to prescribe medical cannabis is a matter between only the doctor and the patient, which is subject to real time prescription monitoring in the same way as other controlled medicines".*
<p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:</p><p class="italic">(a) notes that many Australians are unable to access medical cannabis owing to the bureaucratic framework in place, and the cost to patients; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government:</p><p class="italic">(i) to make natural, whole plant, Australian medical cannabis available to any Australian with a medical need, by doctor's prescription, filled by a pharmacist on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; and</p><p class="italic">(ii) to ensure that the decision to prescribe medical cannabis is a matter between only the doctor and the patient, which is subject to real time prescription monitoring in the same way as other controlled medicines".</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Roberts be agreed to.</p><p></p> -
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