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14 Sept 2016 · 7:10 PM · Division 4

Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third reading agreed to

Aye
46
No
2
Not recorded voting
28

“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 Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bills for a third time.

As the bills have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now become law.

Main idea of the bills

The bills increase the excise and excise equivalent customs duty on tobacco. Their objective is "to improve the health of Australians by reducing their exposure to tobacco products". Learn more about the bills in the bills digest.

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
46
No
2
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party140
Liberal Party130
Australian Greens90
National Party30
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party11
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party10
Nick Xenophon Team10
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 46

No · 2

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