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27 Mar 2024 · 11:39 AM · Division 4

Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024

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

Second reading agreed to

Aye
74
No
68
Not recorded voting
8

“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 agreeing with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time.

What is the bill's main idea

According to the bills digest, the bill was introduced with the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 (Levies Bill) and Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024 (Charges 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 and Charges Collection Bill 2024 "establishes a framework for collecting levies and charges under the Levies Bill and the Charges Bill respectively."

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
74
No
67
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party740
Liberal Party029
National Party012
Independent011
Liberal National Party09
Australian Greens03
Centre Alliance01
Katter's Australian Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 74

No · 67

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