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18 Sept 2018 · 1:13 PM · Division 2

Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018

Official title
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - in Committee - Require manufacturer consent for plain packaging

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
3
No
37
Not recorded voting
36

“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 an amendment introduced by Katter's Australian Party Senator Fraser Anning (Qld), which means it failed. Senator Anning explains what he had hoped to do:

This amendment seeks to give tobacco manufacturers the right of veto over government efforts to impose plain packaging on their products. The likelihood is that, if this amendment were passed, so-called plain packaging of tobacco products would come to an end. This amendment seeks to ensure that the property rights expropriated by the original Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 are restored.

In other words, the amendment would have basically put an end to the plain packaging laws.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
3
No
37
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party010
Australian Greens09
Liberal Party18
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party13
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Independent01
Liberal Democratic Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 3

No · 37

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