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14 Feb 2019 · 12:27 PM · Division 7

Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission

Respond to recommendations
Official title
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Respond to recommendations

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
34
No
31
Not recorded voting
10

“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 paragraph (b)(i) of a motion introduced by South Australian Senator Tim Storer (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.

Motion text

That the Senate—

...

(b) calls on the Federal Government to:

(i) immediately respond to each and every recommendation proposed by the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission's review of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, and

...

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
34
No
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party200
Liberal Party019
Australian Greens90
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
Independent12
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 31

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