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26 Feb 2024 · 3:49 PM · Division 4

Covid-19: Mortality

Further inquiry needed
Official title
Motions - Covid-19: Mortality - Further inquiry needed

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
31
No
30
Not recorded voting
15

“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 by Victorian Senator Ralph Babet (United Australia Party), which means it passed. While these types of motions do not make any legal changes on their own, they are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Motion text

That the Senate acknowledges that:

(a) the concerning number of excess deaths observed in Australia in 2021 and 2022 has continued into 2023 as evidenced by all-cause provisional mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and

(b) there is a need for further inquiry as to the reasons for these excess deaths.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
31
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party120
Liberal Party180
Australian Greens09
Independent20
Liberal National Party20
National Party20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Australia's Voice01
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 30

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