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14 Nov 2018 · 4:00 PM · Division 3

Australia Network

Reinstate and award funding
Official title
Motions - Australia Network - Reinstate and award funding

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
13
No
40
Not recorded voting
23

“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 introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 states that the “corporation or prescribed companies [are] to be the only providers of Commonwealth-funded international broadcasting services”,

(ii) the Abbott Government stripped funding for the Australia Network from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and

(iii) the Morrison Government has indicated that it plans to work “with our commercial media operators to ensure the Pacific can connect to quality Australian media content”; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to reinstate the Australia Network and award the public funding for the Australia Network broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific to the ABC.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
13
No
39
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party015
Liberal Party013
Australian Greens90
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party03
Independent11
Liberal National Party02
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 13

No · 39

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