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7 Dec 2017 · 5:59 PM · Division 6

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017

Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Official title
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
31
No
26
Not recorded voting
15

“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 the bill's main idea, which means that they can now discuss the bill in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time.

What is the bill's main idea?

The bill was introduced to:

  • create a single job seeker payment
  • establish a drug testing trial and
  • remove existing exemptions for jobseekers experiencing drug or alcohol dependence.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
31
No
26
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party016
Liberal Party160
Australian Greens08
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party40
National Party30
Liberal National Party20
Nick Xenophon Team20
Australian Democrats01
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party10
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 26

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