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1 Sept 2021 · 6:28 PM · Division 8

Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021

in Committee - Overly high threshold
Official title
Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Overly high threshold

Tied vote

Aye
12
No
12
Not recorded voting
51

“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 an amendment introduced by Queensland Senator Larissa Waters (Greens), which means it failed.

What does the amendment do?

Senator Waters explained that:

While we welcome the new offence of sex based harassment, the bill sets the threshold for establishing sex based harassment as unwelcome conduct that is 'seriously demeaning'. That's a very high threshold. Many submitters, including the commission themselves, said that that was an inappropriately high bar that would prevent women from coming forward.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 60, page 14 (line 19), omit "seriously".

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

Policies this vote counts towards

How They Vote For You uses this vote when scoring members against each policy.

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
12
No
12
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party90
Liberal Party09
Australian Greens20
Deputy Senate President01
Liberal National Party01
National Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 12

No · 12

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