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29 Nov 2017 · 1:30 PM · Division 7

Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third reading agreed to

Aye
43
No
12
Not recorded voting
17

“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 to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time.

The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.

What does this bill do?

This bill will allow same-sex couples to marry under Australian law. However, it will also:

enable ministers of religion, religious marriage celebrants, chaplains and bodies established for religious purposes to refuse to solemnise or provide facilities, goods and services for marriages on religious grounds; and make amendments ... to provide that a refusal by a minister of religion, religious marriage celebrant or chaplain to solemnise marriage in prescribed circumstances does not constitute unlawful discrimination.

Read more in the bills digest.

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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
43
No
12
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party143
Australian Labor Party142
Australian Greens80
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Australian Democrats10
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent01
Liberal Democratic Party10
Liberal National Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 43

No · 12

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