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16 Oct 2018 · 4:19 PM · Division 1

Racism

Suspend the usual rules to allow a vote to happen
Official title
Motions - Racism - Suspend the usual rules to allow a vote to happen

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
70
No
72
Not recorded voting
7

“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 a motion, which means it failed.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving t he following motion immediately:

That the House rejects the resolution put to the Senate yesterday which included a white supremacist slogan that is also used by hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
70
No
71
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party650
Liberal Party054
National Party014
Independent21
Australian Greens10
Centre Alliance10
Liberal National Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01
Speaker10

How each member voted

Aye · 70

No · 71

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