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8 Feb 2022 · 6:16 PM · Division 6

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Order for the production of legal documents
Official title
Documents - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Order for the production of legal documents

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
29
No
28
Not recorded voting
19

“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 introduced by Queensland Senator James McGrath (LNP), which means it succeeded.

Motion text

That—

(a) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, by no later than midday on Monday, 14 February 2022:

(i) all legal advice, internal or external, obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in relation to any legal liability that the ABC could be exposed to by social media posts by its employees, including but not limited to, the ABC's liability for defamatory social media posts by Ms Louise Milligan,

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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

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
29
No
28
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party210
Australian Labor Party017
Australian Greens07
National Party30
Liberal National Party20
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Nick Xenophon Team01
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 29

No · 28

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