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24 July 2019 · 7:27 PM · Division 7

Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019

Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Official title
Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
77
No
69
Not recorded voting
5

“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 bill's main idea. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time. This means they can now discuss it in more detail.

What does the bill do?

The bill was introduced in order to:

  • remove provisions inserted by the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 (the medical transfer provisions) which created a framework for the transfer of transitory persons (and their family members, and other persons recommended to accompany the transitory person) from regional processing countries to Australia for the purposes of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment; and
  • provide for the removal from Australia, or return to a regional processing country, of transitory persons who are brought to Australia under the medical transfer provisions, once the temporary purpose for which they were brought to Australia is complete.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
76
No
69
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party063
Liberal Party540
National Party140
Liberal National Party50
Independent13
Australian Greens01
Centre Alliance01
Katter's Australian Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
Speaker01

How each member voted

Aye · 76

No · 69

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