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27 Mar 2024 · 11:24 AM · Division 2

Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024

Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Official title
Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
74
No
66
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 to agree with the main idea of the bill. This means they can now consider the bill in greater detail.

What is the bill's main idea

According to the bills digest, the bill was introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024 (Charges Bill) and the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024 (Collection Bill). Together, they:

impose new agricultural biosecurity protection levies and charges (BPL) which will be payable by certain producers of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products within Australia; and to authorise their collection to help fund the costs of biosecurity activities at the border to prevent pest and disease incursions into Australia.

The Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 "deals with the imposition of a new set of biosecurity protection levies that are duties of excise, and for related purposes."

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
74
No
65
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party740
Liberal Party029
National Party012
Independent09
Liberal National Party09
Australian Greens03
Centre Alliance01
Katter's Australian Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 74

No · 65

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