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30 Mar 2017 · 12:50 PM · Division 1

Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third reading agreed to

Aye
37
No
26
Not recorded voting
12

“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 to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time.

The bill will now go to the House of Representatives, where our Members of Parliament (MPs) will decide whether or not they will also pass the bill so that it can become law.

What does the bill do?

The purpose of the bill is to make sure that penalty rates can't be reduced if it means that there will be a reduction in the take-home pay of an employee.

This bill is a response to a Fair Work Commission ruling that "Sunday and public holiday penalty rates will be reduced for full-time and part-time workers in the hospitality, retail and fast-food industries".

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
37
No
26
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party230
Liberal Party018
Australian Greens70
National Party03
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 37

No · 26

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