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14 Sept 2017 · 5:03 PM · Division 5

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

in Committee - 2-out-of-3 cross media rule
Official title
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - 2-out-of-3 cross media rule

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
28
No
32
Not recorded voting
14

“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 an amendment introduced by NSW Senator Deborah O'Neill (Labor), which means it failed.

What did the amendment do?

This bill proposes to repeal the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which is that:

A person can only control two of the regulated media platforms (commercial television, commercial radio and associated newspapers) in a commercial radio licence area.

(Read more about this rule in the bills digest.)

This amendment supported removing that part of the bill so that the 2 out of 3 cross-media control rule remains unchanged.

What do the bills do?

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

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
28
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party190
Liberal Party016
Australian Greens70
National Party04
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party03
Deputy Senate President02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Country Liberal Party01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Independent01
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 28

No · 32

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