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19 June 2017 · 11:32 AM · Division 1

Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017

Second Reading - Delay the bill
Official title
Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Delay the bill

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
10
No
37
Not recorded voting
29

“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 a motion introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters (Qld), which means it failed.

The motion would have changed the second reading motion (that is, the motion where the Senate agrees with the bill's main idea), replacing the words "that the Senate agrees to read the bill for a second time" with the words below.

In brief, the Greens Party wanted to delay this bill until the treasurers of Australia's States and Territories could consider their proposal to make sanitary items GST-free.

Motion text

Leave out all words after "that", insert:

" the debate on this bill be adjourned until State and Territory Treasurers have had an opportunity to consider the Australian Greens’ proposal to remove the tampon tax."

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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
10
No
37
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party015
Liberal Party014
Australian Greens80
Independent02
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal Democratic Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 10

No · 37

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