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16 Nov 2023 · 8:40 PM · Division 18

Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third reading agreed to

Aye
36
No
11
Not recorded voting
28

“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 a motion "that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed."

What does this bill do?

The bill has the effect of:

providing for the grant of bridging visas (specifically Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) Visa R (BVR)) to non-citizens released from immigration detention with certain monitoring conditions placed on them. A person commits an offence if they breach a relevant condition. New conditions and the provisions under which they must or may be imposed were inserted into the Migration Regulations 1994.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
36
No
11
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party171
Australian Greens010
Liberal Party100
National Party30
Australia's Voice10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Senate President10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 36

No · 11

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