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8 Oct 2020 · 4:27 PM · Division 2

Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020

Consideration of Senate Message - Put the question
Official title
Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Consideration of Senate Message - Put the question

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
41
No
35
Not recorded voting
74

“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 "That the question be now put." In other words, they voted to stop debating the question - in this case, whether to agree with the Senate amendments - and instead vote on it immediately.

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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
40
No
35
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party031
Liberal Party290
National Party80
Independent12
Centre Alliance01
Liberal National Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
Speaker01

How each member voted

Aye · 40

No · 35

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