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4 Dec 2018 · 5:01 PM · Division 11

Live Animal Exports

Phase out
Official title
Documents - Live Animal Exports - Phase out

Ayes 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
31
No
27
Not recorded voting
18

“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, which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't force the Government to do as the Senate asks, but are politically influential as they represent the bill of the Senate.

Motion text

That—

(a) the Senate calls on the Federal Government to legislate to phase-out long-haul live sheep exports; and

(b) this resolution be communicated to the House of Representatives for concurrence.

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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
31
No
27
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party170
Liberal Party016
Australian Greens90
National Party03
Independent11
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 27

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