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13 Aug 2018 · 6:40 PM · Division 1

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018

Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Official title
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
74
No
68
Not recorded voting
8

“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. This meas that they can now discuss the bills in more detail.

What is the bill's main idea?

The bill was introduced "to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance from 1 July 2018".

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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
73
No
67
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party062
Liberal Party550
National Party140
Independent22
Australian Greens01
Centre Alliance01
Liberal National Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
Speaker01

How each member voted

Aye · 73

No · 67

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