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6 Feb 2013 · 6:32 PM · Division 7

Regulations and Determinations

Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 5) - DisallowAmendment

A vote on changing the text of a bill or motion, not on passing it.

Official title
Regulations and Determinations - Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 5) - Disallow

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
9
No
32
Not recorded voting
35

“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 Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young's motion to disallow the Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 5). In other words, they voted against getting rid of that Regulation so that it was no longer law.

Senator Hanson-Young explains that this Regulation:

amends the migration regulation so that any person who arrives by boat cannot seek family reunion under the Special Humanitarian Program.

She gives several reasons for why she wanted this Regulation disallowed.

Motion text

That the Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 5), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 230 and made under the Migration Act 1958, be disallowed.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
9
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party021
Australian Greens90
Liberal Party06
National Party02
Deputy Senate President01
Independent01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 9

No · 32

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