Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I probably should have done this at the second reading stage, but I just want to indicate that the Democrats will support the Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005. We recognise that it fixes an anomaly that the government created during the free trade agreement and that it affects the complementary health sector and the off-the-shelf medication sector, which were required to do patent searches which, as I understand it, were always intended for the pharmaceutical companies. So we support this technical change.

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Are you moving amendments (1) to (5) on sheet 4709? Are they your amendments? They are in your name and Senator Stott Despoja’s name.

Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My apologies, I do not have them in front of me.

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is all right, Senator Allison—

Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I beg your pardon. I now know to what you are referring.

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Clerk has just handed them to me.

Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Those amendments relate to the bill we are dealing with today, which is the—

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

So you are not moving these amendments?

Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, I am not moving those amendments.

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That is now clear. (Quorum formed)

Question agreed to.

Bill reported without amendment; report adopted.