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22 Mar 2023 · 10:59 AM · Division 1

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

Second Reading - When should consider
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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - When should consider

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
29
No
36
Not recorded voting
10

“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 second reading amendment introduced by Victorian Senator Jane Hume (Liberal), which means it failed. It would have added the text below to the usual second reading amendment: "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add "and further consideration of the bill be made an order of the day for the first sitting day after the Government:

(a) establishes official 'yes' and 'no' campaign organisations for the purpose of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice; and

(b) puts into place financial arrangements to provide for equal funding for those organisations".

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
29
No
36
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party021
Liberal Party190
Australian Greens010
National Party40
Independent02
Liberal National Party20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Australia's Voice01
Deputy Senate President10
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Senate President01
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 29

No · 36

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