Health

Seeing a doctor or filling a script shouldn't blow the weekly budget.

In 2023, parliament brought in 60-day dispensing – letting patients get two months of medicine on one script instead of two, worth up to $180 a year on some medicines. Hanson and Roberts both opposed it in the Senate.

It's not the only place they've voted against making healthcare more affordable.

• 2025 – Hanson voted no against expanding publicly funded dental care, including the Senior Dental Benefits Scheme.
• 2018 – Hanson voted no on a Senate motion to expand “Denticare” access, a push for Medicare-style universal dental coverage.
• 2014 – Barnaby Joyce and Cory Bernardi voted for a federal Budget that cut $54 billion in public hospital funding.

It's all on the public record. See the full record on health and medicines, with every vote sourced.