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13 Sept 2017 · 10:24 PM · Division 12

Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017

Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Official title
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea

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
34
No
30
Not recorded voting
10

“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 the main idea of the bills. In parliamentary jargon, they voted in favour of reading the bills for a second time.

The Senate can now discuss the bills in more detail.

What is the main idea of the bills?

The two bills are the:

Most significantly, the bills were introduced to get rid of certain media ownership, control and diversity laws, like the ‘75% audience reach rule’, which stops commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences if the combined licence area has a population over 75% of Australia' population. It would also get rid of the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which stops a company from having control over more than two out of three regulated media platforms in any one commercial radio licence area.

Read more in the bills digest.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Policies this vote counts towards

How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
34
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party021
Liberal Party180
Australian Greens07
National Party40
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Deputy Senate President20
Independent20
Nick Xenophon Team20
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal Democratic Party10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 30

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