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7 Feb 2023 · 4:22 PM · Division 1

Rearrangement

Don't let everyone speakProcedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Business - Rearrangement - Don't let everyone speak

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
73
No
69
Not recorded voting
9

“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 Bradfield MP Paul Fletcher (Liberal), which means it failed.

Motion text

(1) Omit subparagraphs (2)(a) and (b);

(2) Omit paragraph (3); and

(3) Insert new subparagraph (2)(a) as follows:

"that the question on the disallowance motion not be put until such time as every Member wishing to speak on the question has spoken as provided for by the standing orders".

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
73
No
68
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party730
Liberal Party031
Independent011
National Party011
Liberal National Party08
Australian Greens04
Centre Alliance01
Katter's Australian Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 73

No · 68

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