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16 June 2021 · 4:00 PM · Division 8

Ministerial Suitability Commission of Inquiry Bill 2021

First Reading - Consider the bill
Official title
Ministerial Suitability Commission of Inquiry Bill 2021 - First Reading - Consider the bill

Noes 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
30
No
33
Not recorded voting
13

“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 against a motion introduced by Queensland Senator Larissa Waters, which means it failed. The motion was to read the bill for a first time. To read a bill for a first time is to agree to consider it. Usually, a first reading is granted as a matter of course and only ever refused when a bill is highly controversial - like this one.

What is this bill about?

The purpose of the Ministerial Suitability Commission of Inquiry Bill 2021 is to "[establish] an inquiry into whether Christian Porter is a fit and proper person to be a Minister of State."

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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
30
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party025
Australian Labor Party190
Australian Greens80
National Party03
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Country Liberal Party01
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal National Party01
Nick Xenophon Team10
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 30

No · 33

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