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19 Apr 2016 · 3:32 PM · Division 11

High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016

Suspend standing orders
Official title
Motions - High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016 - Suspend standing orders

Noes 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
51
No
82
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 against a motion to suspend standing orders to let Labor MP Anthony Albanese to move a motion related to his bill, the High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016.

Albanese MP wanted to speed up discussion on his bill so that it didn't lapse due to Parliament dissolving and the approaching election. However, since this motion was unsuccessful, it seems likely that the bill will now lapse (as indeed happened).

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Grayndler from moving the following motion forthwith—That private Members' business No. 1 relating to the High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016, standing in the name of the Member for Grayndler, being called on immediately and being given priority over all other business for passage through all stages.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
51
No
82
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party066
Australian Labor Party480
National Party014
Australian Greens10
CWM10
Country Liberal Party01
Independent10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 51

No · 82

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