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14 Sept 2017 · 5:07 PM · Division 6

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

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
32
No
28
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 supported keeping schedule 2 of the bill unchanged. This vote occurred after NSW Senator Deborah O'Neill (Labor) proposed that that schedule should be opposed (and so taken out of the bill).

What is schedule 2?

Schedule 2 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.)

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
32
No
28
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party019
Liberal Party160
Australian Greens07
National Party40
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Deputy Senate President20
Nick Xenophon Team20
Country Liberal Party10
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal Democratic Party10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 32

No · 28

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