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27 Nov 2023 · 4:23 PM · Division 6

Consideration of Legislation

Time for debateProcedural motion

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

Official title
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Time for debate

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
70
No
65
Not recorded voting
16

“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 an amended motion to suspend the usual procedural rules of parliament, known as standing and sessional orders. which means it passed.

Amended motion text

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent:

(1) debate on the second reading resuming immediately, with the time limit for the first Opposition speaker being 10 minutes, and the time limit for all other Members speaking being five minutes; and

(2) the second reading debate continuing for no longer than one hour, after which the bill being passed through all its stages without delay.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
70
No
64
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party700
Liberal Party030
Independent010
National Party010
Liberal National Party09
Australian Greens03
Centre Alliance01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 70

No · 64

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