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5 Dec 2006 · 12:47 PM · Division 2

Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006

Third Reading - Read a third time
Official title
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time

Third reading agreed to

Aye
33
No
30
Not recorded voting
13

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a third time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through here. ) This means that the majority agree that the bill should be passed in the Senate. As it has already passed in the House of Representatives,(See that division here. ) the bill will now become law.

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
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party260
Australian Labor Party022
Australian Greens04
National Party40
Australian Democrats03
Senate President11
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Family First Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 31

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