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17 June 2020 · 4:13 PM · Division 10

Asylum Seekers

Resettlement
Official title
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Resettlement

Tied vote

Aye
27
No
27
Not recorded voting
22

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The same number of senators voted for and against parts (c)(ii) and (d) of the motion, which means they failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) ...

(b) ...

(c) agrees that:

(i) ...

(ii) the indefinite detention of refugees, both offshore and onshore, causes trauma and harm to people who have applied for refugee status under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; and

(d) calls on the Federal Government to immediately accept the kind offer from the New Zealand government to provide resettlement to 150 people each year from Australia's offshore detention cohort.

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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
27
No
27
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party019
Australian Labor Party170
Australian Greens80
National Party03
Liberal National Party02
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Nick Xenophon Team10
Senate President10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 27

No · 27

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