30 Nov 2016 · 4:58 PM · Division 1
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016
- Official title
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Second reading agreed to
- Aye
- 78
- No
- 70
- Not recorded voting
- 2
“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 agreed with the main idea of the bill, which means they can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time.
What is the bill's main idea?
The bill will get rid of certain media ownership, control and diversity laws, like the ‘75% audience reach rule’, which stops commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences if the combined licence area has a population over 75% of Australia' population. It also gets rid of the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which "prohibits control over more than two out of three regulated media platforms in any one commercial radio licence area".
Read more in the bills digest.
Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate
Policies this vote counts towards
- Increasing the diversity of media ownershipSupporters vote No · counts strongly
Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 66 |
| Liberal Party | 56 | 0 |
| National Party | 14 | 0 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 1 | 0 |
| Katter's Australian Party | 0 | 1 |
| Liberal National Party | 1 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 1 | 0 |
| Speaker | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 76
- Rebekha SharkieMayo · Centre Alliance
- Julia BanksChisholm · Independent
- Andrew GeeCalare · Independent
- Cathy McGowanIndi · Independent
- Andrew WallaceFisher · LNP
- Tony AbbottWarringah · Liberal
- John AlexanderBennelong · Liberal
- Kevin AndrewsMenzies · Liberal
- Karen AndrewsMcPherson · Liberal
- Julie BishopCurtin · Liberal
- Russell BroadbentMonash · Liberal
- Scott BuchholzWright · Liberal
- Steven CioboMoncrieff · Liberal
- Chris CrewtherDunkley · Liberal
- Peter DuttonDickson · Liberal
- Warren EntschLeichhardt · Liberal
- Trevor EvansBrisbane · Liberal
- Jason FalinskiMackellar · Liberal
- Paul FletcherBradfield · Liberal
- Nicolle FlintBoothby · Liberal
- Josh FrydenbergKooyong · Liberal
- Ian GoodenoughMoore · Liberal
- Andrew HastieCanning · Liberal
- Alex HawkeMitchell · Liberal
- Sarah HendersonVictoria · Liberal
- Luke HowarthPetrie · Liberal
- Greg HuntFlinders · Liberal
- Steve IronsSwan · Liberal
- Michael KeenanStirling · Liberal
- Craig KellyHughes · Liberal
No · 70
- Adam BandtMelbourne · Greens
- Anthony AlbaneseGrayndler · Labor
- Anne AlyCowan · Labor
- Sharon BirdCunningham · Labor
- Chris BowenMcMahon · Labor
- Gai BrodtmannCanberra · Labor
- Tony BurkeWatson · Labor
- Linda BurneyBarton · Labor
- Mark ButlerHindmarsh · Labor
- Terri ButlerGriffith · Labor
- Anthony ByrneHolt · Labor
- Jim ChalmersRankin · Labor
- Nick ChampionWakefield · Labor
- Lisa ChestersBendigo · Labor
- Sharon ClaydonNewcastle · Labor
- Julie CollinsFranklin · Labor
- Pat ConroyShortland · Labor
- Michael DanbyMelbourne Ports · Labor
- Mark DreyfusIsaacs · Labor
- Justine ElliotRichmond · Labor
- Kate EllisAdelaide · Labor
- David FeeneyVictoria · Labor
- Mike FreelanderMacarthur · Labor
- Steve GeorganasAdelaide · Labor
- Andrew GilesScullin · Labor
- Luke GoslingSolomon · Labor
- Tim HammondPerth · Labor
- Ross HartBass · Labor
- Chris HayesWerriwa · Labor
- Julian HillBruce · Labor
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