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6 Mar 2014 · Division 3

Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014

Second Reading - Read a second time
Official title
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Second reading agreed to

Aye
82
No
51
Not recorded voting
17

“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.

This means that the majority of members agree with the main idea of the bill, which is to remove the foreign ownership and other restrictions that apply to Qantas but do not apply to other airlines based in Australia.(Read more on ABC News and on ABC Radio's AM program. )

The House will now consider the bill in further detail.

Background to the bill

The current restrictions on Qantas include: limits on the issue and ownership of Qantas shares, the makeup of the board of directors, use of the name Qantas and the location of the head office, place of incorporation and principle place of business.(Read more in the bills digest (852 KB).)

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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
82
No
51
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party660
Australian Labor Party049
National Party130
Independent11
CWM01
Country Liberal Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 82

No · 51

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