Stopping 60-day dispensing still an option, says Coalition
The health minister says he is waiting on legal advice on what would happen if the regulations are disallowed after 1 September.
The Coalition will launch a fresh bid to overturn Labor’s 60-day dispensing policy after it starts next month, Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie says.
The announcement followed a chaotic Thursday in the Senate that ended with Labor, the Greens and key crossbenchers voting down a Coalition attempt to disallow the 60-day dispensing regulations.
The government achieved this by forcing the disallowance motion to a vote, asking one of its own Senators to put it forward, then voting against it.
Ms McKenzie said the Coalition lodged a new disallowance motion late on Thursday afternoon, which will come up in the Senate when it returns to business in September.
