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16 May 2024 · 11:47 AM · Division 7

Rearrangement

Procedural motion

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

Official title
Business — Rearrangement

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
35
No
33
Not recorded voting
7

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

No plain-English summary has been written for this division yet. The official title above is the most reliable description of the question.

Text recorded with this division

David Pocock

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines

Leave is granted for one minute.

David Pocock

What we're seeing here is selling Australians out—the Labor Party with some ridiculous omnibus bill which takes important changes off the back of the PWC scandal and puts them with a dud deal for Australians when it comes to the export of our gas. They should be ashamed of themselves. You're selling us out. You're telling people on JobSeeker, youth allowance, all these other social security payments, 'Stay in poverty. We can't afford to help you guys, sorry.'

We don't have the money to do it and at the same time we're not collecting anything from our offshore gas. Hundreds of billions of dollars of LNG gets exported and today there is not a cent of petroleum resource rent tax. We'll hear people cry, 'Well, they're paying corporate tax.' They've minimised it below one per cent in recent years. This is embarrassing. More Australians need to know what you're doing. You're selling us out.

Sue Lines

The question is that the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023 be included in the amendment as moved by Senator Gallagher.

This is the question as put in the chamber, with the name of the member who spoke before the vote. It isn't a summary of the bill or motion.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
35
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party230
Liberal Party021
Australian Greens100
National Party03
Independent11
Liberal National Party02
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Senate President10
United Australia Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 35

No · 33

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