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5 Sept 2017 · 3:06 PM · Division 4

Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

Let another motion be putProcedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Let another motion be put

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
70
No
74
Not recorded voting
6

“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 Watson MP Tony Burke (Labor), which means it failed.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith:

The House calls on the Deputy Prime Minister to stand aside from Cabinet immediately.

Standing orders are the usual procedural rules of parliament.

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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
70
No
72
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party650
Liberal Party054
National Party014
Independent12
Australian Greens10
Centre Alliance10
Katter's Australian Party10
Liberal National Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01
Speaker10

How each member voted

Aye · 70

No · 72

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