22 Mar 2017 · 9:49 AM · Division 3
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Speed things along
- Official title
- Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Speed things along
Ayes 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
- 76
- No
- 69
- Not recorded voting
- 5
“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 speeding things along. In other words, they voted to decide on Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten's motion immediately rather than discussing it anymore.
Motion text
That the motion be put.
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Policies this vote counts towards
How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)Supporters vote Aye · counts strongly
Votes by party
Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
74
No
69
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 65 |
| Liberal Party | 55 | 0 |
| National Party | 14 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal National Party | 1 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 1 | 0 |
| Speaker | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 74
- Rebekha SharkieMayo · Centre Alliance
- Julia BanksChisholm · Independent
- Andrew GeeCalare · Independent
- Andrew WallaceFisher · LNP
- Tony AbbottWarringah · Liberal
- John AlexanderBennelong · Liberal
- Kevin AndrewsMenzies · Liberal
- Karen AndrewsMcPherson · Liberal
- Russell BroadbentMonash · Liberal
- Scott BuchholzWright · Liberal
- Steven CioboMoncrieff · Liberal
- David ColemanBanks · 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
- Andrew LamingBowman · Liberal
No · 69
- 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
- Jason ClareBlaxland · 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
- Joel FitzgibbonHunter · Labor
- Mike FreelanderMacarthur · Labor
- Steve GeorganasAdelaide · Labor
- Andrew GilesScullin · Labor
- Luke GoslingSolomon · Labor
- Tim HammondPerth · Labor
- Ross HartBass · Labor
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