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12 Nov 2018 · 11:09 AM · Division 1

Productivity Commission Amendment (Addressing Inequality) Bill 2017

Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Official title
Productivity Commission Amendment (Addressing Inequality) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
32
No
31
Not recorded voting
13

“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. The senators can now discuss the bill in more detail.

What is the bill's main idea?

The bill was introduced to:

  • expand the functions of the Productivity Commission to include the undertaking of research on inequality and its effects on the Australian economy and community; and
  • require the commission to have regard in the exercise of its functions to the need to mitigate the negative effects of inequality.

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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
32
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party180
Liberal Party018
Australian Greens90
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
National Party03
Independent11
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 32

No · 30

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