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24 June 2021 · 12:49 PM · Division 5

Senate Debate

Let a vote happen
Official title
Motions - Senate Debate - Let a vote happen

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
71
No
65
Not recorded voting
15

“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 disagreeing with a motion introduced by Kingston MP Amanda Rishworth (Labor) that:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Kingston from moving the following motion immediately—

That the House suspend to take note of the Senate debate.

This motion related to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

To suspend standing orders is to ignore the usual procedural rules - in this case, they would have ignored the rules preventing another vote from taking place.

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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
70
No
65
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party059
Liberal Party480
National Party140
Liberal National Party60
Independent13
Australian Greens01
Centre Alliance01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
Speaker01

How each member voted

Aye · 70

No · 65

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