Australian Senate Wimps Out
The Australian Senate passed a bill giving away responsibility for RU-486, the abortion drug. The drug will now be assessed by the Theraputic Goods Association (TGA), even though it isn't a theraputic drug. Even though there were a huge number of submissions against the bill (something like 3900 against, 100 for), our elected politicians decided to ignore the expressed will of their electorates.

The list of for and against senators is below. Please ensure that you encourage those senators who voted against it, and express your disapproval to those who voted for it. Especially in the next election.

For
Robert Hill – Lib, SA
Andrew Bartlett - Dem, QLD
Andrew Murray – Dem, WA
George Campbell – Lab, NSW
Richard Colbeck – Lib, TAS
Nigel Scullion – Clib, NT
Christopher Evans – Lab, WA
John Faulkner – Lab, NSW
Mitch Fifield – Lib, VIC
David Johnston – Lib, WA
Joe Ludwig – Lab, QLD
Ian MacDonald – Lib, QLD
Jan McLucas – Lab, QLD
Gavin Marshall – Lab, VIC
Kerry O’Brien – Lab, TAS
Marise Payne – Lib, NSW
Robert Ray – Lab, VIC
Nick Sherry – Lab, TAS
Glenn Sterle – Lab, WA
Russell Trood – Lib, QLD
John Watson – Lib, TAS


Fiona Nash – Nat, NSW
Claire Moore – Lab, QLD
Kim Carr – Lab, VIC
Trish Crossin – Lab, NT
Annette Hurley - SA
Linda Kirk – Lab, SA
Kate Lundy – Lab, ACT
Ruth Webber – Lab, WA
Penny Wong – Lab, SA
Dana Wortley – Lab, SA
Carol Brown – Lab, TAS
Anne McEwen – Lab, SA
Judith Adams – Lib, WA
Helen Coonan – Lib, NSW
Jeannie Ferris - Lib, SA
Kay Patterson – Lib, VIC
Judith Troeth – Lib, VIC
Amanda Vanstone – Lib, SA

Natasha Stott Despoja – Dem, SA
Lyn Allison – Dem, VIC

Christine Milne – Grn, TAS
Rachel Siewert – Grn, WA
Kerry Nettle – Grn, NSW
Bob Brown – Grn, TAS

Against
Eric Abetz - Lib, TAS
Guy Barnett – Lib, TAS
Mark Bishop – Lab, WA
Ron Boswell – Nat, QLD
George Brandis – Lib, QLD
Paul Calvert –Lib, TAS
Grant Chapman – Lib, SA
Stephen Conroy – Lab, VIC
Alan Eggleston – Lib, WA
Christopher Ellison – Lib, WA
Alan Ferguson – Lib, SA
Steve Fielding – FF, VIC
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells – Lib, NSW
Michael Forshaw – Lab, NSW
Bill Heffernan – Lib, NSW
John Hogg – Lab, QLD
Gary Humphries – Lib, ACT
Steve Hutchins – Lab, NSW
Barnaby Joyce – Nat, QLD
Sandy MacDonald – Nat, QLD
Brett Mason – Lib, QLD
Julian McGauran – Lib, VIC
Nick Minchin – Lab, SA
Stephen Parry – Lib, TAS
Helen Polley – Lab, TAS
Michael Ronaldson – Lib, VIC
Santo Santoro – Lib, QLD
Ursula Stephens – Lab, NSW
- posted by Alan Grey @ Friday, February 10, 2006