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25 June 2015 · 6:15 PM · Division 14

Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third reading agreed to

Aye
41
No
15
Not recorded voting
20

“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 pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they gave the bill a third reading.

The bill will now go to the Senate for the senators to decide whether to pass it or not.

What does this bill do?

According to the bill's homepage, this bill:

provide[s] statutory authority for the Commonwealth to provide assistance to other countries to carry into effect arrangements for the processing and management of unauthorised maritime arrivals who have been taken to regional processing countries, including the expenditure of Commonwealth money on these arrangements.

The bill will be "closing a loophole that left the offshore processing of asylum seekers at risk of being overturned by the High Court" (read more on ABC's PM program).

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.

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
41
No
15
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party180
Liberal Party150
Australian Greens010
Liberal National Party20
Palmer United Party02
Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party01
Deputy Senate President10
Democratic Labor Party10
Family First Party10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal Democratic Party01
National Party10
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 41

No · 15

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