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Today in the Senate we debated the No Jab No Pay Repeal Bill.

As a crossbench Senator, I get one allocated opportunity each year to bring a bill forward for debate. I chose this one. It was originally introduced by Senator Antic in 2025, we had a discussion and decided we would debate it and call for a vote.

Under the current system, if a child does not meet the government’s full vaccination requirements Child Care Subsidy can be stopped and Family Tax Benefit Part A reduced.

For some families, that can mean losing more than $35,000 a year for one child.

Essentially if the bill passed it would have meant that if parents chose not to vaccinate their child, they would not get punished by the government.

Sadly the bill was defeated today. 

I think it was an easy one to support. Whatever your views on vaccination, parents are the ones who should make medical decisions for their children, not bureaucrats, not Canberra, not the government. 

I will upload the speeches later today so you can see what Senators said.

At the next federal election, if you care about parental rights and want the government out of your personal family decisions, vote differently.