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18 June 2013 · 7:53 PM · Division 12

Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — Third Reading — Read a third time

Official title
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — Third Reading — Read a third time

Ayes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
26
No
11
Not recorded voting
39

“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. This means that the bill is now passed in the Senate. Because it has already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now the sent to the Governor General to become law.

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced to amend the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 to restore the exclusion for the parliamentary departments and office holders from the application of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. This affects three parliamentary departments: the Department of the Senate, the Department of the House of Representatives and the Department of Parliamentary Services.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
26
No
11
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party120
Australian Greens09
Liberal Party80
National Party30
Senate President20
Deputy Senate President10
Democratic Labor Party01
Independent01

How each member voted

Aye · 26

No · 11

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