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27 Sept 2022 · 7:05 PM · Division 6

Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022

Second Reading - Provide clear plan & increase funding
Official title
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Provide clear plan & increase funding

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
11
No
41
Not recorded voting
24

“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 an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time". To read a bill a second time is to agree with its main idea.

The amendment was introduced by Victorian Senator Janet Rice (Greens).

Motion text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to:

(a) provide a clear plan for an end to all compulsory income management, which disproportionately impacts First Nations peoples; and

(b) urgently and significantly increase the funding for community and support services through a jobs and services plan, including redirecting any savings from the abolition of the cashless debit card to these services".

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

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
11
No
41
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party117
Liberal Party014
Australian Greens100
National Party04
Australia's Voice01
Independent01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 11

No · 41

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