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7 Feb 2024 · 4:22 PM · Division 4

Rearrangement

Water recovery programsProcedural motion

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

Official title
Business - Rearrangement - Water recovery programs

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
34
No
32
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 in favour of a motion introduced at the request of NSW Senator Perin Davey (Nationals):

That on Wednesday, 7 February 2023, general business notice of motion no. 453, standing in the name of Senator Davey relating to a request to the Auditor-General to perform a comprehensive review and analysis of all water recovery programs:

(a) be called on immediately after formal business;

(b) have precedence over all other business; and

(c) be determined without amendment or debate.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
34
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party122
Liberal Party230
Australian Greens08
Independent20
National Party20
Australia's Voice01
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 32

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