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13 Feb 2023 · 4:36 PM · Division 2

Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023

Consideration in Detail - Exception
Official title
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Exception

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
55
No
13
Not recorded voting
83

“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 of a motion introduced by Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel (Independent), which means it failed.

Amendment text

(1) Page 7 (after line 33), at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 2 — Character test

Migration Act 1958

1 After subsection 501(7)

Insert:

(7AA) Paragraphs (7)(c) and (d) do not apply if the person has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years or less, and any of the following apply:

(a) the person is a person for whom a protection finding within the meaning of subsections 197C(4) to (7) has been made;

(b) the person is a person in respect of whom Australia has non-refoulement obligations;

(c) the person is stateless;

(d) the person has arrived in Australia and has been granted a visa on humanitarian grounds.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
54
No
13
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party430
Independent29
Australian Greens04
Liberal Party40
National Party40
Centre Alliance10

How each member voted

Aye · 54

No · 13

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