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4 Dec 2006 · 8:28 PM · Division 6

Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006

Second Reading - Read a second time
Official title
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Second reading agreed to

Aye
33
No
27
Not recorded voting
16

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding. 1 voted differently from most of their party.

What was decided

The majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a second time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through here. ) This means that the majority of senators agree with the main idea of the bill and can now discuss it in more detail.

One senator, Australian Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett, rebelled against his party and crossed the floor to vote 'no' against this motion.(Read more about what it means to cross the floor in our FAQ Section. )

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced to allow the federal government to sell its interest in Medibank Private Limited and allow Medibank to operate on a “for profit” basis. The Coalition Government plans to do this after the 2007 election, should it be re-elected.(Read more about this privatisation proposal on Wikipedia here and on the ABC's World Today program here.)

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
34
No
28
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party240
Australian Labor Party021
Australian Greens04
National Party40
Australian Democrats21
Senate President11
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Family First Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 28

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