27 Mar 2018 · 4:21 PM · Division 1
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018
Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- Official title
- Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Second reading agreed to
- Aye
- 75
- No
- 70
- Not recorded voting
- 5
“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 a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill. 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, among other things:
- set a lower minimum repayment threshold of $45,000 per year with a repayment rate of one per cent
- introduce a combined lifetime HELP loan limit of $150,000 for students studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses, or $104,440 for all other students that is indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
- change the indexation factor for HELP repayment thresholds from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) to the CPI.
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Policies this vote counts towards
How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debtsSupporters vote Aye · counts strongly
Votes by party
Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
74
No
70
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 66 |
| Liberal Party | 55 | 0 |
| National Party | 14 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal National Party | 1 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 1 | 0 |
| Speaker | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 74
- Rebekha SharkieMayo · Centre Alliance
- Julia BanksChisholm · Independent
- Andrew GeeCalare · Independent
- Andrew WallaceFisher · LNP
- Tony AbbottWarringah · Liberal
- John AlexanderBennelong · Liberal
- Kevin AndrewsMenzies · Liberal
- Karen AndrewsMcPherson · Liberal
- Julie BishopCurtin · Liberal
- Russell BroadbentMonash · Liberal
- Scott BuchholzWright · Liberal
- David ColemanBanks · Liberal
- Chris CrewtherDunkley · Liberal
- Peter DuttonDickson · Liberal
- Warren EntschLeichhardt · Liberal
- Trevor EvansBrisbane · Liberal
- Jason FalinskiMackellar · Liberal
- Paul FletcherBradfield · Liberal
- Nicolle FlintBoothby · Liberal
- Josh FrydenbergKooyong · Liberal
- Ian GoodenoughMoore · Liberal
- Andrew HastieCanning · Liberal
- Alex HawkeMitchell · Liberal
- Sarah HendersonVictoria · Liberal
- Luke HowarthPetrie · Liberal
- Greg HuntFlinders · Liberal
- Steve IronsSwan · Liberal
- Michael KeenanStirling · Liberal
- Craig KellyHughes · Liberal
- Andrew LamingBowman · Liberal
No · 70
- Adam BandtMelbourne · Greens
- Anne AlyCowan · Labor
- Sharon BirdCunningham · Labor
- Chris BowenMcMahon · Labor
- Gai BrodtmannCanberra · Labor
- Tony BurkeWatson · Labor
- Linda BurneyBarton · Labor
- Mark ButlerHindmarsh · Labor
- Terri ButlerGriffith · Labor
- Anthony ByrneHolt · Labor
- Jim ChalmersRankin · Labor
- Nick ChampionWakefield · Labor
- Lisa ChestersBendigo · Labor
- Jason ClareBlaxland · Labor
- Sharon ClaydonNewcastle · Labor
- Julie CollinsFranklin · Labor
- Pat ConroyShortland · Labor
- Michael DanbyMelbourne Ports · Labor
- Mark DreyfusIsaacs · Labor
- Justine ElliotRichmond · Labor
- Kate EllisAdelaide · Labor
- Joel FitzgibbonHunter · Labor
- Mike FreelanderMacarthur · Labor
- Steve GeorganasAdelaide · Labor
- Andrew GilesScullin · Labor
- Luke GoslingSolomon · Labor
- Tim HammondPerth · Labor
- Ross HartBass · Labor
- Chris HayesWerriwa · Labor
- Julian HillBruce · Labor
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