Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another

The majority voted in favour of an amendment introduced by ACT Senator Katy Gallagher (Labor), which means it will now be added to the end of the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). These words do not make any legal changes but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Amendment text

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

(a) notes that:

(i) Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety research shows a clear connection between alcohol use and violence against women and children, including that:

(A) alcohol is involved in up to 65% of all police-reported family violence incidents,

(B) over half of intimate partner homicides involve men who have consumed high-risk levels of alcohol, and

(C) harms to children are significantly greater in households where a person drinks alcohol at high-risk levels; and

(ii) the Commonwealth Government's Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches and the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence both acknowledge that alcohol use is an exacerbating factor that increases the probability, frequency and severity of violence; and

(b) calls on Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to urgently act on their commitments in response to the Rapid Review to strengthen alcohol regulations, including:

(i) adopting clear objectives for harm reduction and preventing gender-based violence,

(ii) time restrictions for alcohol sales and home delivery, and

(iii) restricting advertising and targeted marketing".