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I will first deal with the second reading amendment moved by the opposition. The question is that the amendment on sheet 2526 be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by Pauline Hanson's One Nation. The question is that the amendment on sheet 2621 be agreed to.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation's circulated amendment

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that:

(a) extending the role of nurses and midwives working in rural areas should in no way be considered as a substitute for providing additional specialist medical practitioners who are in alarmingly short supply in many regional areas;

(b) introducing programs to provide more doctors in rural and regional areas is a priority; and

(c) a further option is to expand existing technology linking patients with specialist medical services via on the ground midwifery and nursing personnel".

Question negatived.