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23 June 2021 · 7:37 PM · Division 15

Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

in Committee - Water register
Official title
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Water register

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
32
No
27
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 amendments proposed by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, which means those amendment will now become part of the bill as passed in the Senate. The amended bill will now need to return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide whether they agree with the changes or not.

The amendments related to introducing a requirement into the bill for a publicly available water register. Read more in the amendments themselves.

What does this bill do?

According to the bill homepage, the bill was introduced to:

  • establish the role of an independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance to monitor, and provide independent oversight of, water compliance;
  • provide for the Inspector-General's powers and functions; and
  • introduce new offence and civil penalty provisions for unlawful conduct relating to the taking of water and new civil penalties for conduct relating to trading of water rights

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
32
No
27
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party020
Australian Labor Party180
Australian Greens80
National Party03
Liberal National Party02
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Nick Xenophon Team10
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 32

No · 27

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