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14 Sept 2017 · 5:48 PM · Division 9

Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 and another

Third Reading - Pass the bills
Official title
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills

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
31
No
27
Not recorded voting
16

“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 passing the bills in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted in favour of reading the bills for a third time.

Since the Senate had agreed to some amendments, the bills will now return to the House of Representatives for the Members there to decide if they agree with the amendments or not. If they do agree, the bills will become law.

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

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
31
No
27
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party019
Liberal Party150
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

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 27

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