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5 Dec 2013 · 12:47 PM · Division 2

Asylum Seekers

Order for the Production of Documents
Official title
Documents - Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents

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
35
No
28
Not recorded voting
12

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

What was decided

This is a vote on a motion put by Labor Senator McEwen requesting that

all incident reports, logs, briefings, ministerial notes, internal communications and other reports (excluding any publicly available documents), in relation to the reported incident that took place on Friday, 15 November 2013, involving the towing of an Indonesian vessel near Christmas Island by an Australian Customs, Navy or other government asset or vessel be released.

The majority of MPs voted aye in support of this motion.

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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
35
No
28
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party230
Liberal Party022
Australian Greens90
National Party04
Senate President20
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 35

No · 28

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