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17 Oct 2017 · 1:05 PM · Division 1

Suspension of Standing Orders

Let a vote happenProcedural motion

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

Official title
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

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
7
No
49
Not recorded voting
18

“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 to suspend the rules to allow a vote to happen. In parliamentary jargon, they voted against suspending the standing orders.

Greens Senator Richard Di Natale had introduced this motion so that he could move "a motion to give precedence to a motion relating to climate change".

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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
7
No
49
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party015
Liberal Party015
Australian Greens70
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
National Party03
Deputy Senate President02
Independent02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Country Liberal Party01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 7

No · 49

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