26 Mar 2015 · Division 12
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015
Third Reading - Pass the bill
- Official title
- Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Third reading agreed to
- Aye
- 43
- No
- 16
- Not recorded voting
- 16
“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 of Senators agreed to pass this bill which requires telecommunications service providers to retain for two years telecommunications metadata on all of their subscribers.
More information is available in the following news articles:
- Metadata laws pass Federal Parliament
- What new metadata laws mean for you
- How to get around the metadata laws and leak - to me
- New data world order: government can read every Australian like an open book
- Smart criminals can get around metadata laws admits Brandis
- Data retention laws pass Federal Parliament as Coalition and Labor vote together
- Malcolm Turnbull lists ways to avoid having your metadata collected
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.
- Increasing freedom of political communicationSupporters vote No · counts strongly
- Increasing surveillance powersSupporters vote Aye · counts strongly
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications recordsSupporters vote No · counts strongly
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agenciesSupporters vote Aye · counts strongly
Votes by party
Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
43
No
16
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 18 | 0 |
| Liberal Party | 16 | 0 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 10 |
| National Party | 4 | 0 |
| Liberal National Party | 2 | 0 |
| Palmer United Party | 1 | 1 |
| Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party | 0 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 1 | 0 |
| Democratic Labor Party | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 1 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 1 | 0 |
How each member voted
Aye · 43
- Carol BrownTasmania · Labor
- Joe BullockWA · Labor
- Doug CameronNSW · Labor
- Kim CarrVictoria · Labor
- Jacinta CollinsVictoria · Labor
- Stephen ConroyVictoria · Labor
- Sam DastyariNSW · Labor
- Alex GallacherSA · Labor
- Katy GallagherACT · Labor
- Chris KetterQueensland · Labor
- Joe LudwigQueensland · Labor
- Anne McEwenSA · Labor
- Claire MooreQueensland · Labor
- Deborah O'NeillNSW · Labor
- Helen PolleyTasmania · Labor
- Lisa SinghTasmania · Labor
- Anne UrquhartBraddon · Labor
- Penny WongSA · Labor
- Stephen ParryTasmania · Deputy Senate President
- Matthew CanavanQueensland · LNP
- James McGrathQueensland · LNP
- Christopher BackWA · Liberal
- Simon BirminghamSA · Liberal
- George BrandisQueensland · Liberal
- David BushbyTasmania · Liberal
- Richard ColbeckTasmania · Liberal
- Sean EdwardsSA · Liberal
- David FawcettSA · Liberal
- Concetta Fierravanti-WellsNSW · Liberal
- Mitch FifieldVictoria · Liberal
No · 16
- Richard Di NataleVictoria · Greens
- Sarah Hanson-YoungSA · Greens
- Scott LudlamWA · Greens
- Christine MilneTasmania · Greens
- Lee RhiannonNSW · Greens
- Janet RiceVictoria · Greens
- Rachel SiewertWA · Greens
- Larissa WatersQueensland · Greens
- Peter Whish-WilsonTasmania · Greens
- Penny WrightSA · Greens
- Ricky MuirVictoria · Motoring Enthusiast
- John MadiganVictoria · Labor
- Nick XenophonSA · Independent
- Jacqui LambieTasmania · Jacqui Lambie Network
- David LeyonhjelmNSW · Liberal Democrats
- Glenn LazarusQueensland · Palmer United
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