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5 Feb 2013 · 8:20 PM · Division 1

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support Bonus) Bill 2012

Second Reading - Read a second time
Official title
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support Bonus) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Second reading agreed to

Aye
74
No
70
Not recorded voting
6

“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 second time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law here. ) This means that the majority agree with the main idea of the bill and can now consider it in greater detail.

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced to allow for an Income Support Bonus payment to be paid to certain income support recipients. This payment would be made twice yearly to certain income support recipients from March 2013 and was announced as a measure in the 2012–13 Budget to "assist with cost of living pressures".(Read more about these measures and their background in the bills digest.)

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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
74
No
70
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party690
Liberal Party057
National Party012
Independent30
Australian Greens10
Country Liberal Party01
Katter's Australian Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 74

No · 70

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