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8 Mar 2023 · 5:42 PM · Division 6

Matters of Urgency

Gender Equality - Stage 3 cuts
Official title
Matters of Urgency - Gender Equality - Stage 3 cuts

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
24
Not recorded voting
40

“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 a motion:

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

That women in Australia deserve genuine progress on women's safety, health and economic security, including:

the country

all of which could be funded with $254 billion in savings from scrapping the Stage 3 tax cuts, which mostly benefit rich men.

Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own, but they can be politically influential because - when successful - they represent the will of the Senate majority.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
11
No
24
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party117
Australian Greens90
Liberal Party02
National Party02
Australia's Voice01
Independent10
Liberal National Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 11

No · 24

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