Senate debates Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005
In Committee
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
Lyn Allison Victoria, Australian Democrats
1:03 pm
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 Deputy-President
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
I beg your pardon. I now know to what you are referring.
Lyn Allison Victoria, Australian Democrats
Those amendments relate to the bill we are dealing with today, which is the—
Lyn Allison Victoria, Australian Democrats
Yes, I am not moving those amendments.
John Hogg Deputy-President
That is now clear. (Quorum formed)
Question agreed to.
Bill reported without amendment; report adopted.