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11 Mar 2009 · 12:19 PM · Division 2

Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009]

Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea
Official title
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea

Tied vote

Aye
31
No
31
Not recorded voting
14

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

What was decided

The same number of senators voted for and against the main idea of the bill, which means that the vote failed and that the bill won't be considered any further.

In parliamentary jargon, the bill won't be read a second time.

Main idea of the bill

The bill amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to political donations. For example, it proposed to reduce the donations disclosure threshold from $10 900 to $1000 and to ban foreign and anonymous donations to registered political parties. Read more about the proposed amendments in the bills digest.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Policies this vote counts towards

How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
32
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party250
Liberal Party024
Australian Greens50
National Party04
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Family First Party01
Independent10
Senate President10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 32

No · 32

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