17 Oct 2019 · 11:32 AM · Division 2
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019
Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- Official title
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Second reading agreed to
- Aye
- 70
- No
- 64
- Not recorded voting
- 17
“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 the bill's main idea. In other words, they voted to read the bill for a second time, which means they can now discuss it in more detail.
What is the bill's main idea?
According to the bills digest:
The purpose of the Bill is to establish a drug testing trial of 5,000 new recipients of Newstart Allowance (NA) and Youth Allowance (other) (YA) in three discrete locations over two years.
Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate
Policies this vote counts towards
How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.
- Drug testing welfare recipientsSupporters vote Aye · counts strongly
Votes by party
Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
70
No
64
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 60 |
| Liberal Party | 50 | 0 |
| National Party | 12 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 |
| Liberal National Party | 4 | 0 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian Party | 1 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 1 | 0 |
How each member voted
Aye · 70
- Andrew GeeCalare · Independent
- Zali SteggallWarringah · Independent
- Bob KatterKennedy · Katter's Australian
- Angie BellMoncrieff · LNP
- Julian SimmondsRyan · LNP
- Phillip ThompsonHerbert · LNP
- Terry YoungLongman · LNP
- John AlexanderBennelong · Liberal
- Katie AllenHiggins · Liberal
- Kevin AndrewsMenzies · Liberal
- Karen AndrewsMcPherson · Liberal
- Bridget ArcherBass · Liberal
- Scott BuchholzWright · Liberal
- David ColemanBanks · Liberal
- Vince ConnellyStirling · Liberal
- Peter DuttonDickson · Liberal
- Warren EntschLeichhardt · Liberal
- Trevor EvansBrisbane · Liberal
- Jason FalinskiMackellar · Liberal
- Paul FletcherBradfield · Liberal
- Nicolle FlintBoothby · Liberal
- Ian GoodenoughMoore · Liberal
- Celia HammondCurtin · Liberal
- Andrew HastieCanning · Liberal
- Alex HawkeMitchell · Liberal
- Luke HowarthPetrie · Liberal
- Greg HuntFlinders · Liberal
- Steve IronsSwan · Liberal
- Craig KellyHughes · Liberal
- Andrew LamingBowman · Liberal
No · 64
- Adam BandtMelbourne · Greens
- Anthony AlbaneseGrayndler · Labor
- Anne AlyCowan · Labor
- Sharon BirdCunningham · Labor
- Chris BowenMcMahon · Labor
- Tony BurkeWatson · Labor
- Linda BurneyBarton · Labor
- Josh BurnsMacnamara · Labor
- Mark ButlerHindmarsh · Labor
- Terri ButlerGriffith · Labor
- Anthony ByrneHolt · Labor
- Jim ChalmersRankin · Labor
- Lisa ChestersBendigo · Labor
- Jason ClareBlaxland · Labor
- Sharon ClaydonNewcastle · Labor
- Libby CokerCorangamite · Labor
- Julie CollinsFranklin · Labor
- Pat ConroyShortland · Labor
- Mark DreyfusIsaacs · Labor
- Justine ElliotRichmond · Labor
- Joel FitzgibbonHunter · Labor
- Mike FreelanderMacarthur · Labor
- Andrew GilesScullin · Labor
- Patrick GormanPerth · Labor
- Luke GoslingSolomon · Labor
- Ed HusicChifley · Labor
- Stephen JonesWhitlam · Labor
- Ged KearneyCooper · Labor
- Matt KeoghBurt · Labor
- Peter KhalilWills · Labor
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