Debate resumed from 1 June, on motion by Mr Dutton:

That this bill be now read a second time.

upon which Mr Fitzgibbon moved by way of amendment:

That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: “whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:

(1)

condemns the Government and Minister for Health for squandering the opportunity to fundamentally reform our health system;

(2)

condemns the Government for failing to invest in rebuilding our health system, including Medicare, for the future, focused on prevention, early intervention and an ageing population; and

(3)

condemns the Government for its failings in relation to our health system, as evidenced by delivering a Budget containing hidden cuts and the related decision to sell off of Australia’s biggest not for profit health insurer, Medibank Private”.

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